
The House is on Fire, Might as Well Get Warm
2023Yanis, a young Kabyl man, is leaving for Paris the following day. He goes to the nearby village to tie up loose ends. There he learns of the death of a childhood friend and meets another at the funeral. A mishap in a café turns his last day in the backwaters of an earthy and soggy Algeria into a road movie, first desperate, then thoughtful and melancholic.
Genre
FictionCountry
France, AlgeriaDuration
43'Format
HDProducer
Benjamin Costes & Thibaut Amri (Avant la Nuit)Co producer
Mouloud Aït Liotna & Jules David (L'Oeil Vif Productions)Cast
Mehdi Ramdani, Mohamed Lefkir, Idir Benaibouche, Mustapha Mahfoud, Koceila Mahfoud, Taklit Mlihi, Ghani Aït Liotna, Fares BoualiCinematography
Jowan Le BescoSound
Hocine MellalEditing
Esther FreySound editing
Hugo RossiColor grading
Graziella ZanoniMusic
Amazigh Kateb et Ptit MohDistributor
MAD SolutionsFestival
Festival de Cannes - Director’s Fortnight, IndieLisboa - Prix spécial du jury, Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, Cinemed, Festival du cinéma de Brive, Festival de Cinéma de Douarnenez, Rencontres Cinématographiques De Béjaia, Festival des Cinémas d’Afrique du Pays d’Apt, Festival du cinéma africain de VéroneSupport
CNC, Région Occitanie, AFAC





