''Limit Is the Sky'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by

Julia Ivanova Yuliya Anatoliyevna Ivanova (russian: Юлия Анатольевна Иванова) (born 9 September 1985 in Sosnogorsk) is a Russian cross-country skier. She competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, and at the FIS N ...

and released in 2016.Eric Volmers
"CIFF: NFB doc focuses on the hopes and dreams of millennials in Fort McMurray"
''

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'', September 24, 2016. The film is a portrait of six young adults who moved to Fort McMurray,

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, to pursue financial security in the Alberta oil sands boom of the early 2010s, only to find their dreams evaporating in the face of the declining price of oil and the

2016 Fort McMurray wildfire On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. On May 3, it swept through the community, forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their ho ...

. The film premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival in 2016. The film was the winner of the

Colin Low Award The Colin Low Award is an annual Canadian film award, presented to honour the best Canadian documentary film screened at that year's DOXA Documentary Film Festival. The award frequently, but not always, presents an honorable mention An award, ...

at the 2017

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.Charlie Smith
"DOXA fest announces its 2017 award-winning films"
'' The Georgia Straight'', May 14, 2017.

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* 2016 films 2016 documentary films Canadian documentary films 2010s Canadian films Documentary films about Alberta National Film Board of Canada documentaries Fort McMurray {{2010s-Canada-documentary-film-stub