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2012 Sundance Predictions: James Clauer’s When the World’s on Fire

His unforgettable, unclassifiable and somewhat off-putting (the animal cruelty aspect) 13-minute short (The Aluminum Fowl) travelled from Park City to Rotterdam and made a splash on the Croisette back in 2006. I’m looking forward to what kind of world James Clauer (see pic above) is looking to explore and the visual treatment of his text with his feature debut, which is backed by those who produced by the same folk who backed Michael Tully’s Septien (Sundance – 2011). What we do know is that we think that this might have been based on a 2007 short film and besides that — nada. Look for When the World’s on Fire to be a strong contender for the New Frontier sidebar.

Eric Lavallée

Published on November 14, 2011

#76. When the World’s on Fire – James Clauer

His unforgettable, unclassifiable and somewhat off-putting (the animal cruelty aspect) 13-minute short (The Aluminum Fowl) travelled from Park City to Rotterdam and made a splash on the Croisette back in 2006. I’m looking forward to what kind of world James Clauer (see pic above) is looking to explore and the visual treatment of his text with his feature debut, which is backed by those who produced by the same folk who backed Michael Tully’s Septien (Sundance – 2011). What we do know is that we think that this might have been based on a 2007 short film and besides that — nada. Look for When the World’s on Fire to be a strong contender for the New Frontier sidebar.

Gist: Coming soon.

Producers: Brent Stewart, Ryan Zacarias and Brooke Bernard (all on Septien) with John Maringouin (Big River Man)
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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).