The House is on Fire, Might as Well Get Warm

2023
Directed by Mouloud Aït Liotna

​​Yanis, 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

Fiction

Country

France, Algeria

Duration

43'

Format

HD

Producer

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 Bouali

Cinematography

Jowan Le Besco

Sound

Hocine Mellal

Editing

Esther Frey

Sound editing

Hugo Rossi

Color grading

Graziella Zanoni

Music

Amazigh Kateb et Ptit Moh

Distributor

MAD Solutions

Festival

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 Vérone

Support

CNC, Région Occitanie, AFAC