'Fire of Love' still of Katia Krafft wearing an aluminised suit, standing near a lava burst at Krafla Volcano, Iceland. (Credit: Image'Est)

‘Fire of Love’ director Sara Dosa to unpack the power of archive at AIDC

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Sara Dosa’s Oscar-nominated Fire of Love tells the story of husband-and-wife French volcanologists, Katia and Maurice Krafft, who died in a volcanic eruption in Japan in 1991.

The documentary, narrated by Miranda July, is pieced together by archival 16mm footage shot at the edge of volcanoes, amongst ash and within craters, by the Kraffts themselves. Dosa describes the film, which evokes the style of the French New Wave, as being about a “love triangle” between Katia, Maurice and volcanoes.

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