'' Dawson City : Frozen Time '' is a 2016 American documentary film written , edited and directed by Bill Morrison and produced by Morrison and Madeleine Molyneaux . It was screened in the Orizzonti Competition section at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival . It concerns the history of Dawson City , Canada , deep in the Yukon , from its creation during the Klondike Gold Rush culminating in the 1978 discovery of 533 silent film reels , thought to be lost , that had been buried in 1929 in a former swimming pool or hockey rink . Along with the lost films , there was also rare footage of other historic events , including the 1919 World Series
73rd Venice International Film Festival
73rd Venice International Film Festival
Dawson City: Frozen Time