A Story about Fire (CN 2025)

Black-and-white drawing of a sitting monkey and a large sitting wolf in the snow with falling snowflakes

Saturday, June 06 2026
8:15 PM Venue: Lamm-Lichtspiele

Admission: 11,– / conc. 9,– Euro
Free admission with Salon Ticket!

Animated film, directed by Li Wenyu, 85 min, no age rating, original version with English subtitles

Based on an ancient Chinese legend, this film—featuring exquisite ink drawings—tells the story of Ran Bi Wa, a monkey who grows up amongst humans and sets out on a journey to find fire on a sacred mountain. Accompanied by his wolf friend Doggie, he must face grim dangers and, in doing so, learns a great deal about courage, friendship and change. After five years in production, “A Story about Fire” celebrated its world premiere at the Berlinale 2025.