Synopsis
While we commemorate the centennary of Jack London's death, the FX director Goby adapts To Build a Fire, the famous short story by the American author. It recounts the tragic tale of a man and his dog trying to survive in the hostile and glacial nature of the Yukon.
Enter into our polar Western and experience the glacial cold by embarking on a sensory journey.
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- Executive Producer : Composite Films
- Co-production : Carabine Productions
- Foreign production company : Nexus Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : France tv distribution
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Samuel François-Steininger
- Screenwriter : Fx Goby
- Music Composer : Mathieu Alvado
- Editor : Fx Goby
- Foreign producers : Charlotte Bavasso, Christopher O'Reilly
- Author of original work : Jack London
- Voice : Tony Fish
- Co-producer : Christel Delahaye
- Animation : Christian Bøving-Andersen
- Sound Mixer : Barnaby Templer
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : 2D animation, Literary adaptation
- Themes : Travel, Nature, Human nature
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : France, Great Britain
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Great Britain)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 13 min
- Visa number : 146.705
- Visa issue date : 16/05/2017
- Production formats : HD 4K - HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : Panoramique scope
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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