First Winter

  • Drama
10/1/1982
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First Winter is a 1982 Canadian short film directed by John N. Smith. With the father away, an Irish immigrant family struggle to survive their first winter in the Canadian wild. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

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      • Geronimo1967

        This is quite a chilling short drama that follows a young Irish immigrant family as they struggle with their first winter in Canada. With her husband having to work elsewhere, it falls to a mother to keep her daughter and younger son from the bitterness of the climate. Its a constant cycle of chopping wood and breaking the ice to provide water and that, in the face of the constantly sub-zero temperatures, ultimately takes its toll leaving the youngsters to fend for themselves. Can they survive the bleak conditions until their dad returns, though? Its quite a touching story of survival against the elements with two young actors delivering quite poignantly as the older (Sharon ONeill) has to keep her increasingly dejected sibling (Eric Patric...

        June 27, 2025

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