"Green is the Fire's Tint" is directed and produced by Arya Rothe, Cristina Hanes and Isabella Rinaldi (NoCut Film Collective). The film is co-produced with Kaleo La Belle (La Belle Film) and edited by Yael Bitton.
Logline: Somi (37), an Indigenous Indian woman, faces eviction from her land due to the opening of an iron mine. A few years ago, Somi was an armed Naxalite-Maoist rebel; now, she’s determined to lead her community in resisting the encroachment and fighting against displacement—this time without her rifle. The film is a follow-up to "A Rifle and a Bag" (IFF Rotterdam 2020, Special Mention of the Jury, Bright Future Competition).
Produced by: NoCut Film Collective (Romania, India) in co-production with La Belle Film (Switzerland).
Supported by: Romanian Film Center (CNC), Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC), Zurich Film Foundation, SRF/SRG Swiss Radio and Television, International Documentary Association Logan Elevate Grant (IDA, U.S.A.), Chicken & Egg Films (U.S.A.), Redford Film Centre (U.S.A.), InMaat Foundation (U.S.A.), Al Jazeera Documentary Channel (Qatar).
Pitched at: 2026 FIFDH Geneva Impact Days (Switzerland), 2024 Points North Fellowship (US), 2024 Ji.hlava New Visions Forum & Market (Czech Republic), 2024 Meet Market at Sheffield DocFest (UK).
NoCut Film Collective® was founded in 2016 by Cristina Hanes (Romania), Isabella Rinaldi (Italy) and Arya Rothe (India) after graduating from DocNomads. The collective fosters creative documentaries in collaboration with filmmakers from across the world, approaching cinema as a transcultural endeavour.
