Fire Movies

When Cardboard City catches fire, it's up to an energetic fire chief and his brave deputies to save its citizens from the encroaching flames.

A potter putting up a fireplace tells a story of a man, who decided to build a house at an infamous fire site.

"The Fire Triangle" presents different types of fires (electrical, chemical, etc.) and firefighting techniques, while exploring the "triangle"...

After a long and cold night, Oog the caveman does a discovery that will change history forever.

No Contract is a visceral video that combines elements of performance, sculptural cinema and documentary to explore themes of urgency, isolation and...

Another of the "Variety Views" continuing adventures with Shorty the Chimp getting loose and running amok. Tired of waiting at the fire house for a...

A haunting fire prevention film about keeping matches out of the hands of children.

Sparked by electrical transmission lines and fueled by 100-mile-per-hour winds racing across the Mayacamas Mountains, wildfire-ravaged thousands of...

An hypnotic tale of vampirism on All Hallows' Eve.

Short film by Sandi Mitchell showing footage of the ruins of the NFB's Halifax office after it was destroyed in a fire in 1991.

“Condemned” (c.1960s) is a color fire prevention film presented by Fire Prevention Through Films. It was produced by Julian Olansky in...

Eric Sheppard, a young man goes to stay at a rural Bed and Breakfast with the goal of writing a review of the area. However, he becomes involved with...

This film was shot on Super-8 by Derek Jarman in 1977 and is considered to be the inspiration for Jubilee. Jarman often showed his films silent or...

The morning after her anniversary, Mary decides to annihilate her relationship with George.

A poetic short film that personifies fire through a woman, expressing the duality between good and evil. She dances with grace but also unveils the...

The Wife, the Thief, and the Demon.

This tongue-in-cheek cautionary tale by Croatian director Zlatko Grgic traces man's checkered history with fire, and shows how growing carelessness...

Concerned with processes of assembly, CHOIR brings together disparate bodies of material and archival technologies into dissonant concert. It is a...