Limit Is the Sky

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Limit Is the Sky
Directed by Julia Ivanova
Written byJulia Ivanova
Produced byBonnie Thompson
CinematographyJulia Ivanova
Edited byJulia Ivanova
Production
company
Release date
  • September 26, 2016 (2016-09-26)(CIFF)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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]

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