GREEN IS THE FIRE’S TINT

CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY | 89 MIN | IN EDITING STAGE

INDIA, ROMANIA, SWITZERLAND

Somi, an Indigenous Indian woman, faces the threat of eviction from her land. A few years ago, Somi was an armed Naxalite-Maoist rebel; now, she’s determined to lead her community in resisting the displacement—this time without her rifle.
The film is a sequel to A Rifle and a Bag (IFFR 2020, Special Mention of Bright Future Competition).

Directed, written and produced by Cristina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi, Arya Rothe (NoCut Film Collective®)

Coproduced by Kaleo La Belle (La Belle Film) in coproduction with SRF SRG Swiss Radio and Television commissioning editor Urs Augstburger

Cinematography by Cristina Hanes
Sound recorded by Isabella Rinaldi

SUPPORTED BY

Romanian Film Center (CNC, Romania)
Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC, Switzerland)
Zurich Film Foundation (Switzerland)
SRF/SRG Swiss Radio and Television (Switzerland)
International Documentary Association Logan Elevate Grant (IDA, U.S.A.)
Chicken & Egg Films (U.S.A.)
The Redford Center (U.S.A.)
InMaat Foundation (U.S.A.)
Al Jazeera Documentary Channel (AJD, Qatar)

PARTICIPATED AT

2026 Cannes Docs, Docs-in-Progress, Docs by the Sea Showcase (France)
2026 FIFDH Geneva Impact Days (Switzerland)
2024 Points North Fellowship (U.S.A.)
2024 Ji.hlava New Visions Forum & Market (Czech Republic)
2024 Meet Market at Sheffield DocFest (U.K.)