In a corner of the forest, a boy plays and learns to whistle among the trees and parrots. He grows up. One day, he discovers fire and runs home to tell his mother. But seeing her frailty, his emotion fades, as if the air no longer has any flavor. Unbeknownst to him, illness looms over his home. Mom, in a weak voice, takes him by the hand and, in front of the fire, tells him about a bush that burns without being burned, that gives life instead of consuming. The boy, his soul anguished, curls up in his bed, convinced that he must find it, that bush in the nearby forest. But while he dreams of growing up, the fire ravages everything around him.

Direction and screenplay: María Lucía Suárez Barbery
Genre: Animation
Cathegory: Drama
Country: Spain

• Encuentro Audiovisual de Jóvenes de Cinemajove
  [SPECIAL MENTION FOR BEST ART DIRECTION]
  Valencia, Spain
• Chhayanat Film & Theatre Festival
  [BEST SOUND AND MUSIC]
  Kolkata, India
• Cinema Jove - Youth Audiovisual Encounter
  Valencia, Spain
• U30 Film Festival
  Belgrade, Serbia
• Golden Grapa International Short Film Festival
  Telavi, Georgia
• Ull nu - Festival Audiovisual d'Andorra
  Andorra
• Unspooled Animation and Film Festival
  Wisconsin, US
• FESTIMATGE - Festival de la Imagen de Calella
  Calella, Spain
• España en Corto Film Festival
  Georgia, US
• Flicks Student Short Film Festival
  Groningen, Netherlands
• Málaga Short Corner
  Málaga, Spain
• Kare Kare International Animated Film Festival (KKIAFF)
  Ankara, Türkiye
• Facom Fest
  Galicia, Spain