MEDIA RELEASE: SPECIAL SCREENING OF THIS YEAR’S MOST MOVING FILM, FIRE OF LOVE

MEDIA RELEASE

8 August 2022

SPECIAL SCREENING OF THIS YEAR’S MOST MOVING FILM, FIRE OF LOVE

Stronger Than Fiction Documentary Series, in partnership with Dendy Cinema present a sneak preview screening of this year’s most celebrated documentary, FIRE OF LOVE, this August.

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If there is one movie to see on the big screen this year, FIRE OF LOVE is it. A captivating true story of two of science’s greatest lovers - geochemist Katia Krafft and geologist Maurice Krafft. Intrepid and unconventional, these volcanologists devoted their lives to two shared obsessions: volcanic activity, up close, and one another.

Stronger than Fiction Documentary Series, in collaboration with Dendy Cinemas is bringing FIRE OF LOVE to Canberra, for a special pre-release screening, on Sunday 21 August, at 3pm.

The film, narrated by Miranda July, opens with a warning; the pair’s epic love story will come to an end at the foot of a volcano. This feeling of sadness quickly lifts as Maurice and Katia’s authenticity takes over the screen. Both of them, so clearly beguiled by the primordial nature of their greatest love: the volcano.

With footage that could be mistaken for that of a Hollywood great, the pair filmed volcanos from every angle, point of view and perspective. Drawing from 20 years of their expeditions and 200 hours of spectacular up close footage captured by Katia and Maurice.. The footage has symmetry similar to a Wes Anderson film and the story, akin to that of the tragic obsessive characters of  Grizzly Man, and Free Solo. 

A homage to their pioneering research and life saving educational outreach. FIRE OF LOVE is a perfectly curated collage of the elements in action, and love, on molten rocks.

“A singular romance blazing with jaw-dropping imagery … [and] a drama with poetic expressiveness that emanates from the choreography of all the elements.” – The Playlist

“The greatest lava-fuelled love story ever told.” – Rolling Stone


FIRE OF LOVE Screenings

3pm Sunday 21st August

6.30pm Friday 26th August

Dendy Cinemas, Canberra Centre

TICKETS AVAILABLE here

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ABOUT STRONGER THAN FICTION DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

Since 2013, Stronger Than Fiction has brought the finest documentary cinema from around

the world to Canberra, giving audiences unique insights into the lives of people from all

corners of the globe. Often made over several years by passionate independent filmmakers,

the films tell local stories that connect with national and international issues. These films

are ‘Stronger Than Fiction’: the drama, the humour, the deep truths about human

nature that we expect from great movies are all there, while staying factual. Engaging with these superbly crafted under marketed gems, audiences have the chance to get behind the headlines and better understand the big stories of our time.


MEDIA ENQUIRIES

Deborah Kingsland, STF Co-Director

Hannah de Feyter, STF Co-Director

Email: hi@strongerdocs.com