In a lit­tle cab­in in the mid­dle of the Cana­di­an wilder­ness, Fiona and Dou­glas spent the morn­ing of their wed­ding day togeth­er. He steamed her dress; she got her make-up done. He played gui­tar; she sang as she got her hair done. When she was fin­ished, they got dressed togeth­er and drove to their cer­e­mo­ny at the Ganaras­ka For­est Cen­tre where, under the canopy shel­ter­ing them and their loved ones from the pour­ing rain, they exchanged per­son­al vows. Togeth­er, they did away with just about every con­ven­tion and tra­di­tion regard­ing bride and groom prepa­ra­tions — and it was absolute­ly magical.

The com­fort they find with each oth­er and in each other’s embrace is some­thing we caught onto quick­ly and, ulti­mate­ly, what dri­ves this sto­ry nar­ra­tive­ly and visu­al­ly. Whether they’re shar­ing the same space or shar­ing a tight hug to keep each oth­er warm, Fiona and Dou­glas pri­or­i­tized togeth­er­ness over tra­di­tion in every aspect of their wed­ding, and their film is a beau­ti­ful reflec­tion of that.