The Grizzlies

The Grizzlies
Film poster
Directed byMiranda de Pencier
Written byMoira Walley-Beckett
Graham Yost
Produced byAlethea Arnaquq-Baril
Damon D'Oliveira
Miranda de Pencier
Zanne Devine
Stacey Aglok MacDonald
StarringWill Sasso
Ben Schnetzer
Tantoo Cardinal
Eric Schweig
Natar Ungalaaq
Booboo Stewart
CinematographyJim Denault
Edited byMichele Conroy
Ronald Sanders
James Vandewater
Music byGarth Stevenson
Distributed byMongrel Media
Release dates
  • September 8, 2018 (2018-09-08) (TIFF)
  • April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19) (Canada)
CountryCanada
Languages
Box office$518,361[1]

The Grizzlies is a 2018 Canadian sports drama film, directed by Miranda de Pencier.[2] Based on a true story, the film depicts a youth lacrosse team that was set up to help combat an onslaught of youth suicide in the community of Kugluktuk, Nunavut.[3]

The film's cast includes Will Sasso, Ben Schnetzer, Tantoo Cardinal, Eric Schweig, Emerald MacDonald, Natar Ungalaaq, Anna Lambe, Paul Nutarariaq, Booboo Stewart, and Madeline Ivalu.

The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).[4] In October, de Pencier won the Directors Guild of Canada award for Best Direction in a Feature Film.[5] The film was theatrically released in Canada on April 19, 2019, by Mongrel Media.

At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards, Dan General, Thomas Lambe, and Adam Tanuyak won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song for "Trials".[6] Nutarariaq was nominated for Best Actor, and Anna Lambe was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.[7]

  1. ^ "Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films May 17 to 23, 2019". Playback. May 28, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "‘Goat’ Actor Ben Schnetzer to Star in Arctic Drama ‘The Grizzlies’". Variety, February 18, 2016.
  3. ^ "The Grizzlies, movie about Kugluktuk lacrosse team, holds workshops in Iqaluit". CBC North, February 21, 2016.
  4. ^ "TIFF 2018: Rob Stewart, Denys Arcand, Jennifer Baichwal films among Canadian titles" Archived 2018-08-02 at the Wayback Machine. Now, August 1, 2018.
  5. ^ "Miranda de Pencier, Kari Skogland win DGC Awards" Playback, October 22, 2018.
  6. ^ "Les Québécois remportent plus de la moitié des trophées à l'avant-gala des prix Écrans canadiens". Ici Radio-Canada, March 31, 2019.
  7. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards 2019: English-Canadian films shut out of best picture category". Now, February 7, 2019.