Film shot in Havre picked for prestigious festival

Directors of “Winter in the Blood” had hoped to premiere their movie in Havre, but they will have to settle for the prestigious Los Angeles Film Festival.

Festival organizers announced that 12 movies, including “Winter in the Blood,” have been chosen to premiere at the festival, which runs June 13-23.

Co-director Andrew Smith said he was “thrilled and honored” that the film was chosen to debut at LAFF.”

Most of the film was shot on the Hi-Line, especially in Havre, Chinook and Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, in the summer of 2011.

Twenty-one first-time actors, all from Montana and many from F...