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.

Cast & Crew
Producers: Dominique Dussault, Marlene Edoyan
Director: Marlene Edoyan
Script: Marlene Edoyan
Director of Photography: Etienne Roussy
Music: Mathieu Charbonneau, Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux
Sound: Irakli Ivanishvili, Lynne Trépanier, Marie-Pierre Grenier, Alex Lane
Editing: Omar Elhamy
Production. Nemesis Films

Awards
Jury Special Award (Visions du Reel, International competition, Nyon, Switzerland, 2026)

Marlene Edoyan
Marlene Edoyan is a Montreal-based documentary filmmaker, writer and producer with over twenty years of experience in the Canadian and international film industry. Founder of Fauve Film, she creates auteur documentaries exploring human geography, identity, and personal narratives. She has participated in international labs such as EURODOC and Cannes Docs. Since 2021 she serves as artistic co-director and programmer at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), she also programmes for Tënk.    

Filmography
Figure of Armen (doc., 2012), The Sea Between Us (doc., 2019), Malika in waiting (doc.,2022), A Fire There (doc., 2026)