{{short description|1976 film}}{{For|the short story the film is based on|In the Region of Ice (short story)}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = In the Region of Ice | image = | caption = | director = Peter Werner | producer = Andre R. Guttfreund | writer = Peter Werner | based_on = {{Based on|"In the Region of Ice"|Joyce Carol Oates}} | starring = Fionnula Flanagan | music = Don Peake | cinematography = Stephen L. Posey | editing = Michael Goldman | studio = Center for Advanced Film Studies | distributor = | released = {{film date|1976}} | runtime = 37 minutes | country = United States | language = English }}
'''''In the Region of Ice''''' is a 1976 American drama short film written and directed by Peter Werner, based on the 1966 short story by Joyce Carol Oates.
==Summary== The film reveals the complexities of the relationship between a nun and a disturbed student.<ref>''VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever'' (pg.436) [https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590421/ Available on Internet Archive]</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/VCR_and_Film_Catalog/6C7NDjx4MWoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=in+the+region+of+ice+academy+awards&pg=PA556&printsec=frontcover VCR and Film Catalog (Volume 1987; pg.556)]</ref>
==Production== It was made as a thesis film for the Center for Advanced Film Studies. It won an Oscar at the 49th Academy Awards in 1977 for Best Short Subject.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gn5oWYew8E&t=1s Short Film Winners: 1977 Oscars]</ref><ref name="Oscars1977">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977 |title=The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners |access-date=June 12, 2019|work=oscars.org}}</ref> The Academy Film Archive preserved ''In The Region of Ice'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=in+the+region+of+ice&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>
==Cast== * Fionnula Flanagan as Sister Irene * Peter Lampert as Allen Weinstein (as Peter Lempert) * Larry Curran as the priest in the office
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0074675|title=In the Region of Ice}} *[https://watch.afi.com/movie/in-the-region-of-ice ''In the Region of Ice''] at the AFI Conservatory
{{Peter Werner}} {{Academy Award Best Short}}
Category:1976 films Category:1976 drama films Category:1976 independent films Category:1976 short films Category:1976 American films Category:1976 English-language films Category:American independent films Category:American drama short films Category:American student films Category:English-language drama films Category:English-language independent films Category:English-language short films Category:Films about Catholic nuns Category:Films based on American short stories Category:Films based on works by Joyce Carol Oates Category:Films directed by Peter Werner Category:Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners Category:Thesis films