Light it Before it Burns

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Release Date

10/25/2026

Runtime

81 mins

Overview

The notion of protected natural areas as an untouchable open-air museum is increasingly coming up against the reality of climate change. According to experts, one of the paradoxical tools for landscape regeneration could be controlled burning and the temporary destruction it entails. However, in Markéta Ekrt Válková’s documentary, scientific arguments and positive examples from abroad come up against the scepticism of domestic firefighters and politicians, as well as the deep-rooted fear and ignorance of the local population.

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

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A rigorous examination of how controlled burning might save forests in a climate-changed world, tracking the friction between scientific necessity and human fear. The film sits patiently with competing viewpoints to explore what gets lost when we try to protect the natural world by keeping it still.

Mood

ContemplativeTenseHopeful

Themes

NatureTechnologyPowerSurvival

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

Documentary-likeNaturalistic

Structure

Linear

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