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"An epic adventure to return home." Epic Pictures Group has revealed the US trailer for the Canadian post-apocalyptic indie thriller called Polaris, from filmmaker Kirsten Carthew. This initially premiered at last year's Fantasia Film Festival (we posted a teaser trailer just before then) and it stopped by many other fests last year and earlier this year. It's now ready for a VOD release in Canada / US this fall for anyone who still wants to watch... Set in the frozen world of a post-apocalyptic 2144, a young warrior girl raised by a polar bear must fight to survive after she is captured and escapes from a brutal rival tribe. Carthew describes it as "Mad Max in the Arctic, an origin story of a world gone to shame that builds from themes of environmental stewardship/horror." Adding that, "it is inspired by eco-feminism and the need for significant cultural and sustainable change." Starring Viva Lee,...

With snowbound dystopia in Polaris, true crime drama The Stranger and lockdown terrors in The Harbinger, Catalonia’s annual fantasy and horror show keeps the shocks coming

‘Apparently the economy was more important than breathing,” says an astronaut, peering out of her space station window as planet Earth is enveloped by a cloud of lethal gas. This is the absorbing sci-fi chamber piece Rubikon, directed by Austria’s Leni Lauritsch, her first foray into this genre. There was no problem breathing, though, at the 55th edition of the Sitges international fantastic film festival of Catalonia, just south of Barcelona, where the gentle sea breeze never fails to dispel the allergic sneezing that plagues me in cities.

Ecological awareness was in the air, with each film preceded by a “It’s bloody green” public service announcement, reminding us to recycle dismembered body parts and dispose of walking corpses in the organic bin.

Check out the trailer for the new Canadian dystopian apocalypse thriller Polaris, which is all set to open this year's edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival.

The Kc Carthew's sophomore feature film which stars Viva Lee (Deadly Class) as Sumi and Khamisa Wilsher (Charmed) as Frozen Girl.

Synopsis:

Set in 2144 against the backdrop of a frozen wasteland, Sumi, a human child raised by Mama Polar Bear, narrowly escapes capture from a brutal Morad hunting party and sets out across the vast winter landscape. When Sumi stumbles across Frozen Girl, an unlikely friendship is forged and together they race ahead of the vindictive hunters towards the only guiding light Sumi knows, the Ploaris star.

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Bring it on!! This is going to be awesome - get a first look below. A festival teaser trailer has debuted for a Canadian indie film titled Polaris, a revenge thriller from filmmaker Kc Carthew. It's premiering at the 2022 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal this summer, and hopefully will get a US release not long after. Here's the pitch: A young girl raised by a polar bear pursues her destiny after escaping capture by brutal warriors intent on killing her mother. Yeah I'm sold! Carthew describes the film as "Mad Max in the Arctic, an origin story of a world gone to shame that builds from themes of environmental stewardship/horror." Adding that, "it is inspired by eco-feminism and the need for significant cultural and sustainable change. The film portrays these themes with an entirely female cast – including the polar bear." Yay! This shoot for this looks stunning. Starring Viva Lee,...

Set in 2144 against the  backdrop of a frozen wasteland, Sumi, a human child raised by Mama Polar Bear, narrowly escapes capture from a brutal Morad hunting party and sets out across the vast winter landscape. When Sumi stumbles across Frozen Girl, an unlikely friendship is forged and together they race ahead of the vindictive hunters towards the only guiding light Sumi knows, the Ploaris star.   Well, howdy. Check out this trailer for the eco-fantasy thriller, Polaris, which is all set to open this year's edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival. Kc Carthew's sophomore feature film boasts an all female-identifying cast, led by Viva Lee (Deadly Class) as Sumi and Khamisa Wilsher (Charmed) as Frozen Girl.    The teaser dropped earlier today at...

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Set to World Premiere at Fantasia this year, Kc Carthew’s (The Sun at Midnight) new movie Polaris has been previewed with a teaser trailer today, and it’s one you don’t want to miss. Viva Lee, Khamisa Wilsher and Muriel Dutil star in Polaris, which has been described by Carthew as “Mad Max in the Artic.” […]

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Opening the 26th Fantasia Int’l Film Festival in Montreal on July 14, writer-director Kc Carthew’s “Polaris” is her sophomore pic after her multi-award-winning debut feature, “The Sun at Midnight” (2017). A teaser, bowing exclusively in Variety, reveals a dystopian thriller set in a frigid, snow-blanketed wasteland.

An expansion of her award-winning short film “Fish out of Water,” which also bowed at Fantasia in 2015, “Polaris” turns on Sumi, a young girl who has been raised by a polar bear. Set in 2144, it follows Sumi as she tries to evade capture from a ruthless Morad hunting party. She stumbles across Frozen Girl with whom she strikes an unlikely alliance. “Together they race ahead of the vindictive hunters towards the only guiding light Sumi knows, the Polaris star,” the synopsis goes.

The teaser opens on Sumi as she plays and rides on her polar bear mother, played by the only professional acting polar bear in the film industry,...

This rough and tumble design for Kirsten Carthew's eco-action 'raised by bears' picture exudes all kinds of gritty energy. The muted high-grain image centers on lead Viva Lee in helmeted glory, screaming at the world. It drops the credit block mid poster (and mid helmet), in a way that in no way distracts from the central image. Polaris, which shot in Canada's Yukon territory, and will open the 2022 edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, follows a young girl raised by a polar bear who pursues her destiny after escaping capture by brutal warriors intent on killing her mother. This poster communicates all you need to know about the kind of independent, can-do spirit of the film....

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Polaris Photo: courtesy of Fantasia International Film Festival

This year's Fantasia International Film Festival is to open with Kc Carthew's Polaris, it has been revealed. The dystopian actioner, which follows a young woman and her adoptive mother, who happens to be a polar bear, on a perilous journey through northern badlands, stars Viva Lee and will screen on 14 July at the Concordia Hall in Montreal.

With the second wave of festival titles also announced, there's a lot to look forward to. A special focus on queer genre cinema will include vigilante thriller Compulsus and Lebanese heavy metal documentary Sirens. A strong animé line-up features Shinji Higuchi's eagerly awaited Shin Ultraman, while other big name films set to screen at the festival include Patrice Leconte’s Maigret, Toshiro Saiga’s Red Shoes and Neil Labute's House Of Darkness.

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