''To Build a Fire'' (French: ''Construire un Feu'') is a 2016 French

animated Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anim ...

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

directed by

Fx Goby François-Xavier Goby (born 27 September 1983, Grasse) is a French director and illustrator based in London. Biography Fx Goby studied animation at Supinfocom, a pioneer school in computer animation in Valenciennes. He graduated in 2006 with ...

adapted from the 1902 and 1908 short story "

To Build a Fire "To Build a Fire" is a short story by American author Jack London. There are two versions of this story. The first one was published in 1902, and the other was published in 1908. The story written in 1908 has become an often anthologized classic, ...

" by

Jack London John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to ...

. The film has been presented in a number of festivals including the

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, the

Anibar International Animation Festival Anibar is an annual festival devoted to Animation, animated movies, held in Peja Kosovo. Its intent is to familiarize people from Kosovo with the latest global trends in animation. Its purpose is to help and encourage Kosovo youngsters to express ...

, the

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and the

Rhode Island International Film Festival Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) takes place every year in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island as well as satellite locations throughout the state. History Started in 1997, the Festival is produced by Flickers, the ...

where it won the prize for best animation. The film was partially funded through Indiegogo, an American

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platform.

Premise

In the harshness of midwinter, an unnamed man attempts to travel across ten miles of Yukon wilderness to arrive at a camp where his friends are while bracing temperatures dropping to seventy-five degrees below zero with his companion, a wolf-dog. Struggling to survive, he makes multiple attempts to build a simple fire.

Awards

*''"Animation Grand Prize"'',

2016 *''"Best International Animation"'', Shorts Mexico 2016 *''"Special Accolade"'', Animaze Montreal Animation Film Festival 2016 *''"Best Original Score"'', Fimucine Canary Island film festival 2016 The short was also included in

The animation Showcase The Animation Showcase is a travelling film screening collection, showcasing animated short films. The showcase started in 2016, with the support of the private members club Soho House, with the intention of spotting upcoming creative talents in ...

Best of the year 2016.

References

External links

* * 2016 animated films 2016 films 2010s French animated films French animated short films Films based on works by Jack London 2010s English-language films Animated films set in Canada {{short-animation-film-stub