ALL THE FIRES
Todos los incendios
Monday, Sept 9 at 8:15 PM
The Cinematheque
Director: Mauricio Calderón Rico
México | 2023 | Spanish with English subtitles | 96 min | LGBTQ+ Teen Drama | Rated PG
Preceded by the short film Passiflora by Gabriel Souza Nunes
Sliding Scale Tickets:
$13 / $15 / $18 / $21
Plus $3 VLAFF Membership required

Conflicted by his mother’s new relationship and his best friend’s crush on him, Bruno, a pyromaniac teenager, escapes from the city. He sets off on a journey in search of a girl he meets online who will push him to confront his father’s death and the doubts about his sexuality, but not before leaving behind all his fires.
Bruno, un adolescente pirómano que pasa por un luto, escapa de casa el día que su madre formaliza una nueva relación. Ignorando a su mejor amigo, intenta reafirmar su masculinidad con una chica pirómana que vive en otra ciudad y debe regresar a casa, no sin antes dejar rastro de todos sus incendios.
“All the Fires may not be an out-of-control wildfire, but it is a promising flame about teens and LGBTQ+ issues.“
Lucy Virgen, The Film Verdict
Nominated for Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present, Locarno International Film Festival, 2023

MAURICIO CALDERÓN RICO
(México, 1980). Mauricio studied film and has a Master’s Degree in Screenwriting. Founding member of Colectivo Colmena, FONCA’s grantee in Mexico, and has participated in various international festivals with his short films Arma Blanca (White Weapon) and Solo por el Fin (Just for the Weekend) and El cuervo y el Venado (The Raven and the Deer). His debut feature film Todos los Incendios (All the Fires), participated in Cine Qua Non Lab, Guadalajara Talents Project Market, Ventana Sur’s Copia Final, and won the PIANO Distribution Award at the Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund in Los Cabos Film Festival. The film was produced with the support of FOPROCINE and EFICINE.
This film qualifies for the People’s Choice Award, presented by:
