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POLARIS

Year of production
2021
Duration
89 min.
Genres
Fiction

Trailer

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Synopsis

The year is 2144. Sumi, a girl raised by a polar bear in a post-apocalyptic Arctic wilderness, sets out on a dangerous journey through the frozen landscape, guided only by the star Polaris. On her way she meets a young woman named Frozen Girl, and they decide to travel together to defend themselves from a violent group of hunters. The opening film of this year's edition of the Fantasia Festival in Montreal.

Director

Kirsten Carthew

Kirsten Carthew

A director and screenwriter, her debut feature, The Sun at Midnight (2017), garnered several awards and was commercially released in Canada, the United States and Australia. Polaris is her second feature film.

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POLARIS
Section
Panorama Fantàstic
Canada. 2021
89 min

Director
Kirsten Carthew

Writer
Kirsten Carthew

Cinematography
David Schuurman 

Editor
Geoff Klein

With
Viva Lee, Muriel Dutil, Khamisa Wilsher 
Production countries
Canada
Languages
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