A FIRE THERE

2026, Canada, 94 min.

Set in the remote village of Gandzani in southern Georgia, near the Armenian border, A Fire There explores youth coming of age amid uncertainty and change. The village, home to an ethnic Armenian community where echoes of exile and Soviet nostalgia still linger, frames the lives of three teenagers negotiating the tension between inherited traditions and the desire for something new. Henrikh, restless and ambitious, dreams of leaving for Tbilisi to study International Affairs. Karlen, weighed down by family obligations, considers migrant work as his path to independence. Hagop, more rooted in tradition, seeks a meaningful place within the village while quietly questioning its unspoken codes and patriarchal expectations. Against rigid gender roles, social limits, and geopolitical instability, the film offers an intimate and immersive portrait of a generation imagining a future beyond their isolated world.