

Afire
Self-important author Leon joins his best friend on a summer holiday near the Baltic Sea to complete his novel. When they arrive, they find their house is already occupied by a carefree woman who challenges Leon to open up. Meanwhile, forest wildfires rage around them and impending disaster looms.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $2.1M
- Language
- German
- friendship
- germany
- photographer
- literature
- bisexuality
- climate change
- northern germany
- cottage
- writer
- summer
- seaside
- novelist
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Behind the camera
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- PremiereJio MAMI Film Festival28 Oct 2023
United StatesUS
- PremiereIndependent Film Festival of Boston1 May 2023
- PremiereTribeca Festival17 Jun 2023
- PremiereNantucket Film Festival23 Jun 2023
- TheatricalNR14 Jul 2023
- Digital / OTTNR17 Oct 2023
- Digital / OTTNRCriterion Channel21 Nov 2023
- PhysicalNRJanus Contemporaries20 Feb 2024
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A20 Apr 2023
- Digital / OTT25 Aug 2023
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival3 Aug 2023
CanadaCA
- Theatrical14 Jul 2023
BrazilBR
- Theatrical142 Nov 2023
BulgariaBG
- PremiereSofia International Film Festival15 Mar 2024
Costa RicaCR
- Theatrical10 Oct 2024
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+22 Feb 2024
EstoniaEE
- PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival4 Nov 2023
- Theatrical12 Jan 2024
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP6 Sept 2023
- Digital / OTTTPVOD4 Jan 2024
- Digital / OTTArte•tv28 Aug 2025
- TVTPArte29 Aug 2025
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlin International FIlm Festival22 Feb 2023
- Theatrical1220 Apr 2023
Frequently asked questions
Afire was released on 20 April 2023.
Audience reviews
3- T8/10
Tullinge
5/1/2023
In a holiday home on the Baltic Sea not far from Ahrenshoop in hot, dry summer four young persons meet. There is a forest fire and slowly and unnoticeably they are enclosed by the walls of flame. Trapped they get closer, and then the desire, love and sex overtakes them.
- B8/10
Brent Marchant
7/30/2023
Fire is a force that can destroy and devastate, but it’s also one thar can cleanse, sweeping away what’s of questionable value in order to clear space for robust, vigorous, valued new growth. And, sometimes, it can do both simultaneously, as demonstrated in writer-director Christian Petzold’s latest, a searing drama/wry comedy about four old/newfound friends who are unwittingly drawn together at a summer house near t…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
8/24/2023
"Leon" (Thomas Schubert) and his friend "Felix" (Langston Uibel) head to a remote rural cottage near the Baltic coast so the former man can put the finishing touches to his novel before a visit from his publisher (Matthias Brandt). They arrive, though, and discover that "Nadja" (Paula Beer) is already staying - and this upsets the apple cart a bit. "Leon" quickly becomes obsessed - and that only gets worse when her n…
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