A Fire in the Cold Season is a 2019 Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Justin Oakey.Wendy Rose, "'A Fire in the Cold Season' sizzles". The Telegram, October 1, 2020. 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.Shelagh Rowan-Legg, "Review: A FIRE IN THE COLD SEASON, Crime and Tenderness in the Remote". Screen Anarchy, October 1, 2020. It received praise for its cinematography, intricate original score, as well as its "artful, genre-bending approach" to the backwoods thriller.Liam Lacey, "Review: A FIRE IN THE COLD SEASON, Artful Take on the Crime Thriller". Original Cin, October 1, 2020.
The film premiered on September 13, 2019 at the Atlantic International Film Festival.Lauren Malyk, "FIN Atlantic ’19: A Fire in the Cold Season among world premieres". Playback, August 15, 2019. 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.Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
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A Fire in the Cold Season at Library and Archives Canada