Eternal Fire [formerly Carbon] (2023)
dir. Hayder Helo, Manu Riche

Two directors, the Belgian son of an oil trader and an Iraqi having fled during war, set off to reinterpret the past hundred years of fossil fuel history. Following intimately intertwined stories from Europe to Iraq brings them face-to-face with the end of a civilisation built on coal and oil. Following intimately intertwined stories from Europe to Iraq brings them face-to-face with the end of a civilisation built on coal and oil.
Category: Docu-Fiction
Stage: pre-production
Main Producer: Menuetto Film
Length: ca 100’
Language: Italian, English, Arabic, Dutch
Shooting Locations: Belgium, Italy, Ukraine, Iraq



With love from
Brussels, Belgium