Fire Song

This article is about the film. For the novel, see Catherine Coulter. For another novel, see Roberta Gellis.
Fire Song
Directed by Adam Garnet Jones
Produced by P.J. Thornton
Laura Miliken
Michelle Derosier
Written by Adam Garnet Jones
Starring Andrew Martin
Jennifer Podemski
Derek Miller
Brendt Thomas Diabo
Music by David Arcus
Cinematography James Kinistino
Edited by Michael Pierro
Release dates
  • September 13, 2015 (2015-09-13) (TIFF)
Running time
96 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

Fire Song is a 2015 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Adam Garnet Jones and released in 2015.[1]

The film stars Andrew Martin as Shane, a gay aboriginal teenager. When his sister commits suicide just weeks before he is scheduled to leave his community to attend university, he is forced to wrestle with the decision of whether to follow his dreams or stay home to help support his family.[2]

The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, and was screened as the closing night gala at the 2015 ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, where it won the Air Canada Audience Choice award. [3] It also received the audience choice award for Best Narrative Feature at the ReelOut Film Festival, where it was featured as the opening gala in 2016, and was named both Best Film and Best Canadian Film at the Queer North Film Festival in 2016.[4]

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