Cuando Todo Arde
12 min
When Everything Burns
12 min
Isabel is dismissed from the volunteer fire brigade to which she belongs, for attacking a construction company involved in forest fires. Determined to go it alone, she faces loneliness and frustration thanks to an encounter that will challenge the very nature of her struggle. Inspired by the recurring fires that ravage her city, Cordoba, the director stages the story of two all-too-real solitudes that call the viewer to question what position to take, between individualism and community, isolation and connection, anger and empathy.
Maria Belen Poncio is an Argentinean filmmaker and editor. Her work has been produced by Arte France TV with the support of the Sundance Institute and the Venice Biennale College Cinema VR. Thanks to TSOA and Maurice Kanbar scholarships, she is currently completing an MA in Cinema at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.