The Glasgow Film Festival runs from 28th Feb – 10th March and will play host to a multitude of exciting new movies. One of the films on the dazzling line-up is Sean Garrity’s The Burning Season. Written and produced by actor Jonas Chernick, who also stars in the film alongside Sara Canning, The Burning Season is a compelling new relationship drama.
Married couple Alena (Sara Canning) and Tom (Joe Pingue) have been visiting the Luna Lake cabins every summer for years. This year is different because their friends and resort owners, JB (Jonas Chernick, The End of Sex) and Poppy (Tanisha Thammavongsa), are getting married. The wedding ends in disaster when news of an explosive affair is revealed. This is just the beginning – or perhaps the end – of Sean Garrity’s gripping and twisty tale of trauma and bad romance. The narrative gradually unfolds backwards in time until the secrets of a summer in the same spot long ago are revealed.
The Burning Season is a film that should definitely be added to the lists of those attending Glasgow Film Festival. In addition to the love story told in reverse angle, The Burning Season also has a devilish mystery waiting to be revealed. Sure to be a film that gets everyone talking at the festival, THN were able to get an early interview with director Sean Garrity, star Sara Canning, and writer, producer and star, Jonas Chernick. During our interview we discussed the challenges of telling the story in reverse, casting past selves, the importance of good intimacy co-ordinators, and exactly why this film should be at the top of Glasgow attendees’ to watch list. Watch the discussion in its entirety in the video below.
The Burning Season screens at Glasgow Film Festival on Sunday 3rd March. Tickets for the screening can be purchased here.
