FIRST WINTER
Directed by John N. Smith · Starring Kathleen McAuliffe, Sharon O'Niell, Eric Patrick Godfrey, Kevin Kennedy · 1981
In 1830, an Irish immigrant family faces its first winter in the wilderness of the Ottawa Valley, the mother left alone to keep everyone going while the father works at a distant logging camp.
An Oscar-nominated NFB period drama that makes the hardship of a pioneer family's first Canadian winter vivid and intimate.
Oscar® Nominee, Best Short Film (Live Action), 1981
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