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A Fire Inside

When a volunteer firefighter drives his car into almost certain death during the worst fires in Australian history, he does it because he ‘has a job to do’. Three months later, the fires are out but his nightmares are just beginning. What’s tormenting him, however, isn’t the memory of flames. Turning a sensitive lens on the unprecedented devastation of Australia’s Black Summer bushfires, from a country-wide emergency to the astonishing stories of help that emerged.

Director

Justin Krook, Luke Mazzaferro

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Production

FINCH,Icon Film Distribution

Awards

4 wins & 6 nominations

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https://afireinside.me/

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What you're about to see
is not just a film about bushfires. - A Fire Inside

What you're about to see is not just a film about bushf...

It's about power of help
and it's about hope. - A Fire Inside

It's about power of help and it's about hope.

It's about finding our way back
when we can't see a path - A Fire Inside

It's about finding our way back when we can't see ...

From our incredible volunteer
firefighters who ran towards danger - A Fire Inside

From our incredible volunteer firefighters who ran towards d...

These stories are tough to tell
but important to share. - A Fire Inside

These stories are tough to tell but important to share.

You will hear astonishing accounts
of bravery - A Fire Inside

You will hear astonishing accounts of bravery

And to those of you still struggling, - A Fire Inside

And to those of you still struggling,

REPORTER: The terrifying scale
of Australia's bushfire disaster - A Fire Inside

REPORTER: The terrifying scale of Australia's bushfire ...

REPORTER: It's been labelled
the worst fire season ever recorded. - A Fire Inside

REPORTER: It's been labelled the worst fire season ever...

REPORTER: There are
downright apocalyptic images - A Fire Inside

REPORTER: There are downright apocalyptic images

(DRAMATIC MUSIC) - A Fire Inside

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

REPORTER: Small towns
have been wiped out, - A Fire Inside

REPORTER: Small towns have been wiped out,

REPORTER: An area bigger than
England has been reduced to ash. - A Fire Inside

REPORTER: An area bigger than England has been reduced to as...

MAN: And we're not even at the peak
of the bushfire season... - A Fire Inside

MAN: And we're not even at the peak of the bushfire sea...

REPORTER: There's been no hiding
from these fires - - A Fire Inside

REPORTER: There's been no hiding from these fires -

WOMAN: What was harder to see...
was the way people responded... - A Fire Inside

WOMAN: What was harder to see... was the way people responde...

WOMAN: Volunteerism is indelibly
marked into our Australian DNA. - A Fire Inside

WOMAN: Volunteerism is indelibly marked into our Australian ...

But this summer,
this took on a whole new meaning... - A Fire Inside

But this summer, this took on a whole new meaning...

It's 9/9/09 - 090909. - A Fire Inside

It's 9/9/09 - 090909.

And the last thing you wanted to do
was tell us all about it - A Fire Inside

And the last thing you wanted to do was tell us all about it

(LAUGHTER) - A Fire Inside

Yeah, have been captain now
going on eight years. - A Fire Inside

Yeah, have been captain now going on eight years.

You can see it, you know, generations
all working their way through, - A Fire Inside

You can see it, you know, generations all working their way ...

We went out there,
we did an all-nighter - A Fire Inside

We went out there, we did an all-nighter

All we had was lollies and biscuits
and Mars bars and stuff - A Fire Inside

All we had was lollies and biscuits and Mars bars and stuff

(WOMAN LAUGHS) - A Fire Inside

(LAUGHTER) - A Fire Inside

(LAUGHTER) - A Fire Inside

You did not.
(LAUGHTER) - A Fire Inside

You did not. (LAUGHTER)

(LAUGHTER) - A Fire Inside

There are more than 170,000 volunteer
firefighters across the country. - A Fire Inside

There are more than 170,000 volunteer firefighters across th...

Most people have no idea
that they're not being paid - A Fire Inside

Most people have no idea that they're not being paid

This one here's made in Australia
at the moment - A Fire Inside

This one here's made in Australia at the moment

MAN: I do a tow truck duty as well. - A Fire Inside

MAN: I do a tow truck duty as well.

MAN: My main job is to cut the fish
and process the fish. - A Fire Inside

MAN: My main job is to cut the fish and process the fish.

MAN: One of the important things
to recognise, - A Fire Inside

MAN: One of the important things to recognise,

You could just take a sample
of everyday people - A Fire Inside

You could just take a sample of everyday people

He had me light her up
and I lit her up with the drip torch - A Fire Inside

He had me light her up and I lit her up with the drip torch

I did want to join the police force
first but I was too short. (LAUGHS) - A Fire Inside

I did want to join the police force first but I was too shor...

Make sure we've got no little kinks
and stuff like that in there. - A Fire Inside

Make sure we've got no little kinks and stuff like that...

BRENDON: But when I left the army,
it left a big void in my life. - A Fire Inside

BRENDON: But when I left the army, it left a big void in my ...

So, when my wife and I
moved out to Balmoral, - A Fire Inside

So, when my wife and I moved out to Balmoral,

While most people are running away
from the fire, - A Fire Inside

While most people are running away from the fire,

I've never met a person yet
that can understand - A Fire Inside

I've never met a person yet that can understand

And I guess I can understand
where they're coming from - A Fire Inside

And I guess I can understand where they're coming from

NATHAN BARNDEN: How do you convince - A Fire Inside

NATHAN BARNDEN: How do you convince

Locally, all of our rivers, creeks
were all dry. - A Fire Inside

Locally, all of our rivers, creeks were all dry.

We knew, by all indicators, - A Fire Inside

We knew, by all indicators,

MAN: 2019 was shaping up to be
Australia's hottest ever year. - A Fire Inside

MAN: 2019 was shaping up to be Australia's hottest ever...

But it's also a season where
we were expecting to see cold fronts - A Fire Inside

But it's also a season where we were expecting to see c...

That's the other missing ingredient, - A Fire Inside

That's the other missing ingredient,

(THUNDER CRACKS) - A Fire Inside

(THUNDER CRACKS)

Ignitions were starting very easily - A Fire Inside

Ignitions were starting very easily

Given the conditions, - A Fire Inside

Given the conditions,

BRENDON O'CONNOR: Where normally
we could light a 20m strip, - A Fire Inside

BRENDON O'CONNOR: Where normally we could light a 20m s...

SHANE FITZSIMMONS: I won't refer
to it as 'Black Summer' - A Fire Inside

SHANE FITZSIMMONS: I won't refer to it as 'Black S...

They were something dragged up
out of hell and dumped on Earth. - A Fire Inside

They were something dragged up out of hell and dumped on Ear...

(MEN CALL OUT INDISTINCTLY) - A Fire Inside

(MEN CALL OUT INDISTINCTLY)

(MAN CALLS OUT INDISTINCTLY) - A Fire Inside

(MAN CALLS OUT INDISTINCTLY)

When everything that you've ever
been taught doesn't work, - A Fire Inside

When everything that you've ever been taught doesn'...

BRENDON O'CONNOR:
We had the Green Wattle fire - A Fire Inside

BRENDON O'CONNOR: We had the Green Wattle fire

With us in Balmoral here, we've got
a lot of national park around us. - A Fire Inside

With us in Balmoral here, we've got a lot of national p...

It was not if it was gonna get to us,
it was when. - A Fire Inside

It was not if it was gonna get to us, it was when.

Once the fire stood up,
within ten, 15 minutes, - A Fire Inside

Once the fire stood up, within ten, 15 minutes,

I must say, that's probably
the only time in my life - A Fire Inside

I must say, that's probably the only time in my life

Most tragically, two firefighters
lost their lives that night - A Fire Inside

Most tragically, two firefighters lost their lives that nigh...

SHANE FITZSIMMONS: On that fateful
night, on Thursday, 19 December, - A Fire Inside

SHANE FITZSIMMONS: On that fateful night, on Thursday, 19 De...

For baby Charlotte, you need to know
that your dad was a selfless man, - A Fire Inside

For baby Charlotte, you need to know that your dad was a sel...

BRENDON O'CONNOR:
Morale-wise, really hurt everyone. - A Fire Inside

BRENDON O'CONNOR: Morale-wise, really hurt everyone.

It affects you very personally to
know that these guys lost their lives - A Fire Inside

It affects you very personally to know that these guys lost ...

To help honour them,
we need to protect - A Fire Inside

To help honour them, we need to protect

That Thursday, 19 December, - A Fire Inside

That Thursday, 19 December,

Myself and every other captain
within the Southern Highlands team - A Fire Inside

Myself and every other captain within the Southern Highlands...

After fighting for our village
for the last two days, - A Fire Inside

After fighting for our village for the last two days,

Every member in our brigade in
Balmoral decided they wanted to stay. - A Fire Inside

Every member in our brigade in Balmoral decided they wanted ...

Lakesland, Douglas Park
and Mount Hunter, - A Fire Inside

Lakesland, Douglas Park and Mount Hunter,

No other volunteer fire brigades
could either come in - A Fire Inside

No other volunteer fire brigades could either come in

We could hear them asking
and requesting to be sent in - A Fire Inside

We could hear them asking and requesting to be sent in

They obviously deemed it too unsafe
to be here. - A Fire Inside

They obviously deemed it too unsafe to be here.

(MAN CALLS OUT INDISTINCTLY) - A Fire Inside

(MAN CALLS OUT INDISTINCTLY)

We fought our way back here
because the other call came through - A Fire Inside

We fought our way back here because the other call came thro...

WOMAN: When we got in the fire shed,
everything was all hazy. - A Fire Inside

WOMAN: When we got in the fire shed, everything was all hazy...

Yeah. it was... You could hear
the embers hitting the shed. - A Fire Inside

Yeah. it was... You could hear the embers hitting the shed.

(FIRE ROARS) - A Fire Inside

They believed they were all gonna die
in here that night, potentially. - A Fire Inside

They believed they were all gonna die in here that night, po...

(MEN CALL OUT INDISTINCTLY) - A Fire Inside

(MEN CALL OUT INDISTINCTLY)

Firefighters had to stay
to try to defend. - A Fire Inside

Firefighters had to stay to try to defend.

Just through sheer exhaustion,
they collapsed where they were. - A Fire Inside

Just through sheer exhaustion, they collapsed where they wer...

We were absolutely spent. - A Fire Inside

We were absolutely spent.

I remember calling out
"The cavalry's here." - A Fire Inside

I remember calling out "The cavalry's here."

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When a volunteer firefighter drives his car into almost certain death during the worst fires in Australian history, he does it because he ‘has a job to do’. Three months later, the fires are out but his nightmares are just beginning. What’s tormenting him, however, isn’t the memory of flames. Turning a sensitive lens on the unprecedented devastation of Australia’s Black Summer bushfires, from a country-wide emergency to the astonishing stories of help that emerged.

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Director: Justin Krook, Luke Mazzaferro

Writer: Justin Krook, Luke Mazzaferro, Nick Worthington

Production: FINCH,Icon Film Distribution

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 07 Oct 2021

Awards: 4 wins & 6 nominations

Homepage: https://afireinside.me/