In the Region of Ice | |
Producer: | Andre R. Guttfreund |
Starring: | Fionnula Flanagan |
Music: | Don Peake |
Cinematography: | Stephen L. Posey |
Studio: | Center for Advanced Film Studies |
Runtime: | 37 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
In the Region of Ice is a 1976 American short film directed by Peter Werner, based upon the short story of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates.
The film reveals the complexities of the relationship between a nun and a disturbed student.[1] [2]
It was made as a thesis film for the Center for Advanced Film Studies. It won an Oscar at the 49th Academy Awards in 1977 for Best Short Subject.[3] [4] The Academy Film Archive preserved In The Region of Ice in 2012.[5]