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A Fire in the Cold Season

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A Fire in the Cold Season
Directed byJustin Oakey
Written byJustin Oakey
Story byKaela Babstock
Justin Oakey
Produced byMarc Tétrault
Justin Oakey
StarringStephen Oates
Michaela Kurimsky
CinematographyJames Klopko
Edited byJustin Oakey
Music byMat McNerney
Kimmo Helén
Production
companies
Black River Pictures
OPC
Distributed byGame Theory Films
Vertical Entertainment
Velvet Spoon
Release date
  • September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13) (FIN)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

A Fire in the Cold Season is a 2019 Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Justin Oakey.[1] The film stars Stephen Oates as Scott, an introverted trapper who has discovered a dead body, and Michaela Kurimsky as Mona, the dead man's pregnant widow.[2] It received praise for its cinematography, intricate original score, as well as its "artful, genre-bending approach" to the backwoods thriller.[3]

The film premiered on September 13, 2019 at the FIN Atlantic Film Festival.[4] It subsequently had its international premiere in Iceland, and continued to screen at festivals during the COVID-19 pandemic, before a delated theatrical and digital release in Canada (October 2020). It has since been released internationally, in dozens of countries.

James Klopko received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[5]

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