Filmed in 1965 by a group of students on a shoestring budget, Winter Kept Us Warm is Canada’s first film about a gay romance. Directed by David Sector, a 22-year-old English major with no filmmaking experience, the film was an unexpected smash, scoring attention from big name critics and a spot at the Cannes Film Festival. Sixty years after its release, Winter offers a uniquely heart wrenching portrait of queer attraction when being gay was still a crime in Canada.