The Garden Sees Fire

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Kiera Faber

A still from "The Garden Sees Fire."

A still from "The Garden Sees Fire," stop-motion animation by Kiera Faber, 2024.

This special evening is devoted to the work of experimental filmmaker Kiera Faber, who will be on hand for the world premiere of her latest, an experimental stop-motion animation called The Garden Sees Fire. Faber is an auteur who creates the entire world depicted in her films including script, design and sound. Also screening will be man-i-fest (2005, 3 min.), Children of God (2006, 4 min.), Evils (2006, 6 min.), T is for Turnip (2015, 3 min.), and stop-motion animations Living Organics (2009, 10 min.) and Obscurer (2018, 19 min.).

media release: USA | DCP | 60 min.

Director: Kiera Faber

In a mystical forest, a cycle of insatiable consumption begins to change the ecology of the wooded area. A visionary, dark masterpiece of stop-motion animation, The Garden Sees Fire (2024, 15 min.) is the latest work from the gifted filmmaker Kiera Faber. The artist will join us in person for the World Premiere of The Garden Sees Fire and offer a retrospective that begins with her experimental short films man-i-fest (2005, 3 min.), Children of God (2006, 4 min.), Evils (2006, 6 min.), T is for Turnip (2015, 3 min.), and her other highly accomplished stop-motion gems Living Organics (2009, 10 min.) and Obscurer (2018, 19 min.).