The Sun at Midnight
2016 Canadian drama film directed by Kirsten Carthew / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sun at Midnight is a Canadian drama film, directed by Kirsten Carthew and released in 2016.[1] The film stars Duane Howard as Alfred, a caribou hunter in the Canadian Arctic who befriends Lia (Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs), a rebellious teenager who has been sent to the area to live with her grandmother following the death of her mother.[2]
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Directed by | Kirsten Carthew |
Written by | Kirsten Carthew |
Produced by | Kirsten Carthew Amos Scott |
Starring | Duane Howard Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs |
Cinematography | Ian MacDougall |
Edited by | Jamie Alain |
Music by | Rich Walters |
Production companies | Jill and Jackfish Productions |
Distributed by | Industry Works Pictures Monterey Media |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
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The film was shot in 2015 in Yellowknife and Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories.[3] It premiered on September 25, 2016 in Fort McPherson,[2] before going on to screenings on the film festival circuit. It did not receive widespread commercial distribution in Canada, but instead was broadcast by HBO Canada;[4] in 2018, it was picked up for American theatrical distribution by Monterey Media.[4]