Both Mia McKenna-Bruce and George Somner's singing was recorded live on set rather than in advance of filming.
The first English language film to play in competition at the Shanghai Film Festival in six years.
In preparation for filming the young cast along with the director and producer rented a house together for the weekend where they swapped roles, creating a film together where the actors worked as crew members while the director and producer acted in the film.
Based on the short film Infinite (2016) starring George MacKay.
Harry Brokensha, composer on Kindling, was also the composer of the short film version. He wrote five original songs for the Kindling soundtrack including the concert song 'Lifeboats' which he wrote five years before the completion of the film and the credit song 'Kindling' which he wrote in the final week of the films completion.