Limit Is the Sky explained

Limit Is the Sky
Director:Julia Ivanova
Producer:Bonnie Thompson
Cinematography:Julia Ivanova
Editing:Julia Ivanova
Studio:National Film Board of Canada
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

Limit Is the Sky is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Julia Ivanova and released in 2016.[1] The film is a portrait of six young adults who moved to Fort McMurray, Alberta, to pursue financial security in the Alberta oil sands boom of the early 2010s, only to find their dreams evaporating in the face of the declining price of oil and the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire.[2]

The film premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival in 2016.[1]

The film was the winner of the Colin Low Award at the 2017 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Eric Volmers, "CIFF: NFB doc focuses on the hopes and dreams of millennials in Fort McMurray". Calgary Herald, September 24, 2016.
  2. Brent Holmes, "A Filmmaker Went to Fort Mac to Tell Residents’ Stories, and Then Everything Changed". The Tyee, May 2, 2017.
  3. Charlie Smith, "DOXA fest announces its 2017 award-winning films". The Georgia Straight, May 14, 2017.