The Burning Season (2023 film)

The Burning Season is a 2023 Canadian drama film, directed by Sean Garrity. The film stars Jonas Chernick as J.B., the owner of a lake resort whose wedding to Poppy (Tanisha Thammavongsa) is disrupted by the revelation that he has been having a seven-year affair with Alena (Sara Canning), a woman who has been coming to the resort regularly for summer vacations with her husband Tom (Joe Pingue), and then depicts the affair in reverse chronological order back to its beginning.

The cast also includes Natalie Jane, Christian Meer, Sarah Cleveland, Michelle Giroux, Carmen Grant, Duane Keogh, Geoffrey Pounsett and Erik Salmon in supporting roles.

The film went into production in fall 2022 in Algonquin Park, under the working title Mockingbird. It premiered on November 30, 2023, in the Borsos Competition program at the Whistler Film Festival.

Awards
At Whistler, Chernick and Diana Frances won the award for Best Screenplay in a Borsos Competition film.