Films




Feature Films

The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps Widely regarded as the 20th century’s most important singer of English traditional song, Shirley Collins is someone who was born to invoke the old songs. Deliberately eschewing a straightforward biopic approach, Rob Curry and Tim Plesters film is a lyrical response to the life-and-times of a totemic musical figure. Film -
Little Eden: A Film About The Bevis Frond Widely regarded as the 20th century’s most important singer of English traditional song, Shirley Collins is someone who was born to invoke the old songs. Deliberately eschewing a straightforward biopic approach, Rob Curry and Tim Plesters film is a lyrical response to the life-and-times of a totemic musical figure. Film -
King Rocker Comedian Stewart Lee and director Michael Cumming (Brass Eye, Toast of London), investigate a missing piece of punk history: Robert Lloyd, best known for fronting cult Birmingham bands The Prefects and The Nightingales, has survived under the radar for over four decades. Film - 1st November 2020
The Ballad Of Shirley Collins Widely regarded as the 20th century’s most important singer of English traditional song, Shirley Collins is someone who was born to invoke the old songs. Deliberately eschewing a straightforward biopic approach, Rob Curry and Tim Plesters film is a lyrical response to the life-and-times of a totemic musical figure. Film -

Live Films

Vanishing Twin ‘Pensiero Magico’ Fire Films presents the first in a series of special live streams, inaugurated with Vanishing Twin, who'll be bringing you Pensiero Magico (Magical Thinking), a one-hour musical performance in an improbable world of quixotic sound. Film - 20th January 2021
Rats On Rafts ‘Visions Of Chapter 3’ Rats On Rafts live music film 'Visions Of Chapter 3' is an interdisciplinary project where they'll perform songs from the new album for the first time in its entirety accompanied by projections, acting, modern ballet, a choir and a lot more. Film - 3rd July 2021
The Chills ‘Worlds Within Worlds’ Dunedin’s finest, The Chills, reveal 'Worlds Within Worlds', a full live set recorded at the Festival Of Lights in New Zealand. While the rest of the world was in lockdown, the band played to a packed crowd at Pukekura Park in New Plymouth to a huge crowd of Chills devotees. Film - 31st March 2021
Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses ‘Halfway Home’ Songwriter, guitarist and singer, Kristin Hersh, presents Halfway Home. An intimate solo performance, recorded in the midst of lockdown, sees Hersh showcase music from across her prolific career. Over the last three decades, Kristin Hersh has been heralded the queen of the alternative release, working across various projects including Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave and solo material. Film - 27th February 2021
Tobin Sprout ‘Live Horses’ For the first time, Tobin Sprout (ex-Guided By Voices) performs songs from his critically-acclaimed recent album ‘Empty Horses’. This special set sees him perform solo on piano and acoustic guitar and he’ll also be joined by his band (Tommy Schichtel, Steve Vermillion and Gary Vermillion). Film - 10th June 2021
The Nightingales with Stewart Lee ‘Perish The Thought’ Relive those pre-pandemic nights with an 80-minute rare concert from Birmingham’s post-punk legends, The Nightingales at Hackney’s Moth Club in 2018. Film - 11th March 2021
Jane Weaver ‘Loops In The Secret Society’ Jane Weaver's visual album 'Loops In The Secret Society' is an experimental film installation featured on the tour of the album and created by Nick Farrimond. Film -

About Fire Films

Fire Films launched with the critically acclaimed ‘The Ballad of Shirley Collins’ (London Film Festival, Selection 2017); the definitive document of one of Britains most iconic folk singers and followed that up with the critically acclaimed ‘The Chills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Martin Phillipps’ (SXSW Film Festival, Selection 2019 – where the band won the Grulke Prize).

Fires latest film is ‘King Rocker’ (Sheff Doc Fest, Selection 2020/2021), a documentary of the life of post-punk survivor Robert Lloyd from the Prefects and The Nightingales, written by comedian Stewart Lee and Director Michael Cumming (Brass Eye) and produced by James Nicholls. Described by film aficionado Mark Kermode as, amongst many superlatives,  “A wonderful watch” & “Do not miss”” and voted the “2nd best film of the year” by Mojo

Fire Films now takes a more hands-on approach to the music videos of the label, utilising a pool of incredibly talented film-makers around the world, and was recently awarded a grant to film a series of live performances for streaming services. Amongst the artists taking part include Vanishing Twin, Throwing Muses, The Chills and Jane Weaver.

l-r  Jenna Jones [Fire], Scott Muir [The Chills Manager], Martin Phillipps [The Chills], James Nicholls [Fire], Jonny Halliday [Fire], Alice Gros [Fire] at The Chills film premiere @ SXSW

Fire Films News

‘King Rocker’ is now available to rent/buy for the first time ever

To celebrate 3 years since the the acclaimed film 'King Rocker'  premiered on Sky Arts and Robin Ince noticed that "the whole country is watching King Rocker"  we will be making the film available internationally on that exact same day. From today everyone, anywhere, will be able to watch

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