Nick Piovesan

A blood-red sky. A man descends into darkness.

Kyle is a budding writer who works as a frontline worker during the early days of the pandemic. At first he is able to weather the storm with his partner Jess, but as the pandemic grinds on, and Kyle’s mental health begins to decline, his relationship starts to come under increasing stress.

When his parents split up and he moves with his father to a new city, an introverted high school student (Nick Piovesan) has trouble adjusting to his new surroundings until he is befriended by three outsiders (Noah Brown, Katie Graham, Briony Merritt) who lure him into a dangerous game in the debut feature by Halifax-based filmmaker Chelsea Comeau.

Pain. Love. Codependency. Depression. An examination of the lives of Hunter and El, a codependent couple existing through a cold winter.