Director: Andrew-Lee Potts
A carnival encounter sets off a chain of trouble in a small British town in Firecracker, a 2024 crime thriller from director Andrew-Lee Potts.
What is Firecracker about?
Growing up in a home that offers him little stability, a boy finds an unlikely escape at a traveling carnival, where he strikes up a bond with a touring singer. The friendship gives both of them a reason to imagine a different life, but that hope is disrupted when a death shakes the town and the local sheriff opens an investigation. As questions pile up faster than answers, the boy and the singer each look for a way out of circumstances that feel increasingly stacked against them, even as the fallout from the case pulls everyone closer together than they'd like.
Cast & crew
Andrew-Lee Potts directs and stars, joined by Jason Flemyng, Nick Moran, Katie Sheridan, Alexander Vlahos, Eloise Lovell Anderson, Augusta Woods, and Max Wrottesley in a cast built around small-town tension and everyday desperation.
Context & significance
Firecracker arrived in 2024 as a modestly scaled UK production, leaning into atmosphere and character rather than large set pieces. Its mix of crime, drama, and mystery places it alongside other regional British thrillers that use a single unsolved death to expose the cracks running through a tight-knit community. The carnival setting gives the film a transient, almost rootless backdrop, mirroring the instability both of its young protagonist's home life and of a town that suddenly has to reckon with violence in its midst. Rather than racing toward a twist, the film takes its time establishing the sheriff's methodical process and the pressure closing in on the two outsiders at its center.
Where & how to watch
Firecracker streams on K-Time with a Persian dub, so viewers who prefer to follow along in Farsi have that option available. Reading this page doesn't require an account, but starting playback does — just log in with a free K-Time account. The interface itself is built with the Farsi-speaking diaspora audience in mind, from menus to search.