Winter Buoy (2015)

Original title

Vinterboj

Directed by

Frida Kempff

Genre

documentary film

Country

France, Denmark, Sweden, Canada

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

15

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of nurses in Toronto who work with pregnant women facing homelessness, drug addiction, and violent relationships. It shows the challenges these women endure and the care they receive.

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What happens

Winter Buoy is a 2015 documentary film directed by the Swedish Cannes-awarded Frida Kempff. The film is about a group of nurses in Toronto helping pregnant women struggle with their homelessness, drug addictions and violent relationships. The film had its premiere at the 2015 Gothenburg Film Festival where it was nominated to the Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary. It was awarded Best Documentary at NIFF, Nordic International Film Festival, USA. It was also nominated to the 2015 First Films International Competition at Cinéma du Réel in Paris and to the Tempo Documentary Award at the 2015 Tempo Documentary Festival in Stockholm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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