Zvenigora is, in terms of narrative and content, one of the most remarkable avant-garde films of an exuberantly experimental period. The film uses the central construct of a legend regarding treasure buried in Mount Zvenigora to build a montage of scenes praising Ukrainian industrialisation, attacking the European bourgeoisie, celebrating the beauty of the Ukrainian steppe and re-telling ancient myths. 　　The narrative is built upon Modernist lines, disregarding the traditional, novelistic storytelling techniques and instead using abrupt shifts in time and using the constructive devices of avant-garde poets such as Blok, Bely and Mayakovsky to create a picture of modern Ukraine that pushes in several directions at once. 　　There are some incredibly striking tableaux that require the viewers to create a structure for themselves (such as the Bolshevik soldier directing his own execution) although the climax does draw the preceding events together, combining the dialectical threads of modern industry and the old man's myth together in two exhilarating scenes. 　　The cinematography is fascinating - elements of the style of Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Protazanov and Kuleshov are recognisable, yet Zvenigora seems completely different to any of them. The juxtaposition of rapid montages, swift city tours and slow, poetic journeys around the countryside is powerful, and the mythical scenes, although winding, are beautifully realised with a dreamlike quality to them. 　　Zvenigora is not Dovzhenko's masterpiece, if only because his Earth (1930) is one of the greatest Russian films ever made. However, it is highly recommended, although if you are new to Russian film of the period it is probably not the best place to start.

一名舞者决心要将传统的邦拉舞搬上世界舞台，并准备与另一名有着自己梦想的竞争对手进行一场国际比赛。

世界大炎上——引起半个世界被烧毁这种未曾有的事态的，是由于突然变异而诞生的能够操纵火焰的人种“燃烧者”。在那之后过了30年，“燃烧者”中一部分具有攻击性的人们以“狂燃党”之名，再次袭击世界。为了熄灭“狂燃党”引起的火灾，自治共和国普罗米亚城的司政官克瑞·佛赛特组建了针对“燃烧者”的高机动救援消防队“烈焰急救队”。在高层大楼的大火灾中，持有灭火之魂的新人队员加罗·提莫斯，和“狂燃党”的领袖、正受到通缉的纵火恐怖分子里奥·福蒂亚相遇，并发生激烈的碰撞。加罗成功逮捕了里奥，其功绩得到了克瑞的认可。对加罗来说，克瑞是他小时候的救命恩人和憧憬的英雄。加罗因此兴奋不已。但是，里奥和“狂燃党”的干部盖雷以及米斯一同率领着被捉住的“燃烧者”逃走了。紧追其后的加罗最后来到了他们的基地，却在那里看到为了生存而拼尽全力的“燃烧者”们的身姿。并且，里奥还告诉加罗围绕着“燃烧者”的冲击性事实。就在这时，加罗他们知道了波及全球、正在实行中的“某个计划”的存在 。2013年制作完成电视动画片《斩服少女》后，导演今石洋之和编剧中岛一基便约定要合作制作动画电影，之后花了较长的时间确定动画电影的内容。中岛一基起初提议制作僵尸相关的电影，而中岛一基则希望电影的题材与音乐剧有关，然而两人的方案都未得到认可。之后，中岛一基又提出以“火焰”作为电影的主题，但也未得到今石洋之的认同。随后两人也探讨过各种方案，直到2017年才重新决定将电影主题定为“火焰” 。

影片讲述将燃烧视为生存意义的变种人“燃族人”，让半个世界被大火烧成焦土。为了镇压他们引发的火灾，人类成立了针对“燃族人”而设置的高机动救火消防队“烈焰救火队”。这支部队，将作为人类最后的希望与变种人战斗。