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.

Winter Buoy
Film poster
Directed byFrida Kempff
Produced byDavid Herdies
StarringDoris Floding
Talia Benoliel Singer
Cheryl Dillon
David Oats
CinematographyCatherine Lutes
Edited byErika Gonzales
Erik Andersson
Release date
  • 25 January 2015 (2015-01-25)
Running time
86 minutes
CountriesDenmark
France
Sweden
Canada
LanguageEnglish

The film had its premiere at the 2015 Gothenburg Film Festival where it was nominated to the Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary.[1] 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[2] and to the Tempo Documentary Award at the 2015 Tempo Documentary Festival in Stockholm.[3]

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