Red Snow (2019 film)

Red Snow
Film poster
Directed byMarie Clements
Written byMarie Clements
Produced byMarie Clements
Lael McCall
Michelle Morris
Jonathan Tammuz
StarringAsivak Koostachin
Samuel Marty
Tarun Keram
Tantoo Cardinal
Mozhdah Jamalzadah
CinematographyRobert Aschmann
Roger Vernon
Edited byJamie Alain
Rafi Spivak
Darryl Whetung
Music byWayne Lavallee
Production
companies
Lily Pictures
MCMedia
Principia Productions
Zhoh Daatsik Pictures
Release date
  • October 3, 2019 (2019-10-03) (VIFF)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Gwich'in
Inuvialuktun
Pashto

Red Snow (Gwichʼin: Zhoh Daatsik, Inuvialuktun: Kaviqhak Apun, Pashto: سره واوره) is a 2019 Canadian war drama film, written and directed by Marie Clements.[1] The film stars Asivak Koostachin as Dylan Nadazeau, a Gwich'in soldier serving in the Canadian Army during the War in Afghanistan, who is captured by the Taliban.[2]

The film's cast also includes Tantoo Cardinal, Samuel Marty, Michelle Thrush, Tarun Keram, Mozhdah Jamalzadah, Steven Cree Molison and Leela Gilday. The film was shot in 2018 in various locations in the Northwest Territories and British Columbia, including Yellowknife, Dettah, Kamloops, Whistler and Cache Creek.[3] It includes dialogue in Gwich'in, Inuvialuktun, Pashto and English.[4]

The film premiered at the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival,[1] where it won the Audience Award for Most Popular Canadian Film.[5] It subsequently won the award for Best Canadian Feature at the Edmonton International Film Festival.

  1. ^ a b Jeremy Shepherd, "Marie Clements premieres Red Snow at film fest". North Shore News, September 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "'A heroic effort': Feature film about Gwich'in soldier breaks barriers in N.W.T.". CBC North, April 1, 2018.
  3. ^ Jeremy Kay, "Canadian shoot underway on drama 'Red Snow'. Screen Daily, March 29, 2018.
  4. ^ Emelie Peacock, "Films with NWT links dominate Yellowknife Film Festival line-up". Cabin Radio, October 15, 2019.
  5. ^ Craig Takeuchi, "Indigenous films, Parasite, and more take top honours at 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival". The Georgia Straight, October 15, 2019.