Those Who Feel the Fire Burning - True/False Film Fest

Those Who Feel the Fire Burning

This poetic work soars high following the lives of refugees who make their way to the beckoning lands of Europe.
Director: Morgan Knibbe
Runtime: 1:14
In-person: dir. Morgan Knibbe
Fest Year: 2015
A storm on the sea, crashing waves, screams, a splash, and we bob on the choppy surface. Up. The raft is distant now, a blur of light. Submersion. Darkness. And then, unexpectedly, light. The formally adventurous Those Who Feel the Fire Burning is a specter’s stroll through migrant Europe. From our guide’s disembodied perspective, we glimpse drug use, lonely phone calls home, personal traumas recollected, religious fervor, makeshift wakes on the pier, and a young girl’s wish that resonates with our spirit’s predicament: “I want to fly to places I haven’t seen yet. I’ve seen more than enough of this place.” With its episodic structure, Those Who Feel the Fire Burning coalesces into a pointillist portrait of migrant life as limbo: invisible, solitary, and nothing like the paradise that was promised. (KP)