A firehouse in 1920s New York refuses to let a girl anywhere near the hoses, so Fireheart sends its teenage heroine to prove them wrong from the shadows instead.
What is Fireheart about?
The animated feature imagines a Prohibition-era city where firefighting is treated as strictly men's work, and a sixteen-year-old with a genuine gift for reading danger has to disguise herself just to get near a burning building. Rather than a straightforward coming-of-age arc, the film leans into slapstick chases through cramped tenement stairwells and rooftop rescues staged with cartoon energy, while keeping its heroine's frustration with the rules around her front and center. The period setting gives the animators a chance to play with brass fire engines, gaslit streets, and a skyline still being built upward, and the plot keeps circling back to a simple question: what happens when the person best equipped to save a city isn't allowed to try.
About the cast
The English voice cast is led by Olivia Cooke, with support from Kenneth Branagh and William Shatner rounding out the firehouse's older, more skeptical ranks. It's the kind of ensemble built to let a young lead carry the emotional weight while veteran voices supply the institutional pushback she has to work around.
Context & significance
Fireheart comes from directors Laurent Zeitoun and Theodore Ty and was produced in Canada, part of a wave of internationally financed animated family features aimed at a global audience rather than one home market. The 1920s firehouse setting is unusual enough among recent animated releases that it doubles as the film's main visual hook, alongside its more familiar underdog-proves-herself structure.
Watching Fireheart on Ktime
Fireheart streams on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so it plays comfortably for viewers who prefer the story fully in Farsi and for those who'd rather hear the original English performances with Farsi text underneath. Watching requires a free K-Time account; the film's page itself is open to browse without logging in.