International title: Wildfire
Year: 2026
Medium: Super 16mm
Length: 10 minutes
Language: Limburgisch
In the nature reserve De Peel, a lone woman pictures a forest ablaze, while in reality, she's watching the sunset. Lit only by sunlight and fire, she performs a ritual act.
In the fire-scarred landscape of the Limburg Peel, a woman appears like a shadow between sun and ash. In her mind's eye, a forest burns. Branches turn black, the air turns to smoke, the earth breathes heat. But what she's actually looking at is the sunset: a sky that slowly ignites, taking on the appearance of fire. The film moves like a dream through a terrain of peat, light and afterburn. A mystical meditation on inner emptiness, ecological threat and the fragile line between seeing, remembering and hallucinating.
- Latin American Premiere | NOV 2026 | Festival Int'l de Cinema Carazinho, BR
- World Premiere | SEP 2026 | Netherlands Filmfestival, NL
- Le Marché du film court | Clermont-ferrand, FR
- Private Preview Screening | Limburgs Filmfestival, Venlo, NL
- Dutch Talents To Cannes | Marché du Film Cannes Filmfestival, FR
International title: Wildfire
Year: 2026
Medium: Super 16mm
Length: 10 minutes
Language: Limburgisch
In the nature reserve De Peel, a lone woman pictures a forest ablaze, while in reality, she's watching the sunset. Lit only by sunlight and fire, she performs a ritual act.
In the fire-scarred landscape of the Limburg Peel, a woman appears like a shadow between sun and ash. In her mind's eye, a forest burns. Branches turn black, the air turns to smoke, the earth breathes heat. But what she's actually looking at is the sunset: a sky that slowly ignites, taking on the appearance of fire. The film moves like a dream through a terrain of peat, light and afterburn. A mystical meditation on inner emptiness, ecological threat and the fragile line between seeing, remembering and hallucinating.
- Latin American Premiere | NOV 2026 | Festival Int'l de Cinema Carazinho, BR
- World Premiere | SEP 2026 | Netherlands Filmfestival, NL
- Le Marché du film court | Clermont-ferrand, FR
- Private Preview Screening | Limburgs Filmfestival, Venlo, NL
- Dutch Talents To Cannes | Marché du Film Cannes Filmfestival, FR
Written and Directed by: Luciënne Venner
Cinematography: Tijn Sikken
Production Sound: Koos van der Vaart
Camera Assistant: Lukas de Kort
Edit: Luciënne Venner
Sound Design: Rosanne Blokker, Westside Studio, PostaVermaas
Score: Rufus van Baardwijk
Color Grading: Tom van Dessel, Filmmore
Development and Scanning: Color by Dejonghe
Produced by: Lucidland
Supported by: The Province of Limburg, Limburg Film Office, Brand Culture Fund, Het Raam, YURS and Heijerhof
Distribution: Lucidland www.lucidland.studio
Written and Directed by: Luciënne Venner
Cinematography: Tijn Sikken
Production Sound: Koos van der Vaart
Camera Assistant: Lukas de Kort
Edit: Luciënne Venner
Sound Design: Rosanne Blokker, Westside Studio, PostaVermaas
Score: Rufus van Baardwijk
Color Grading: Tom van Dessel, Filmmore
Development and Scanning: Color by Dejonghe
Produced by: Lucidland
Supported by: The Province of Limburg, Limburg Film Office, Brand Culture Fund, Het Raam, YURS and Heijerhof
Distribution: Lucidland www.lucidland.studio
