Burn Country is a 2016 American crime film directed by Ian Olds and written by Ian Olds and Paul Felten. The film stars Dominic Rains, Melissa Leo, James Franco, Rachel Brosnahan, Thomas Jay Ryan, Tim Kniffin, and James Oliver Wheatley. The film was released on December 9, 2016, by Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Principal photography took place largely in Sonoma County, California. Much of the film was shot in Sebastopol, California, Santa Rosa, California, and Bodega Bay, California.
The film follows an exiled Afghan journalist living in Northern California who covers a local crime and is drawn into a world of violence.
The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 16, 2016.[1][2] The film was released on December 9, 2016, by Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films.[3]