POLARIS

By Kirsten CARTHEW

EPIC PICTURES GROUP - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, USA / PROD

Thriller - Completed 2022

A young girl raised by a polar bear pursues her destiny after escaping capture by brutal warriors intent on killing her mother.

Festivals
& Awards

Fantasia International Film Festival 2022
Opening Film
Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival 2022
Opening Film; Winner, Best Actress - Viva Lee; Winner, Audience Award
Motel X Lisbon International Horror Film Festival 2022
FIN Atlantic International Film Festival 2022
Cinefest Sudbury Intl FF 2022
Beyond Fest 2022
US Premiere
Reykjavík International Film Festival 2022
Sitges International Film Festival 2022
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Thriller, Action/Adventure, Fantasy
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Duration
    • 92 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Kirsten CARTHEW
    • Writer(s)
    • Kirsten CARTHEW
    • Producer(s)
    • Max FRASER (Little Dipper Films), Alyson RICHARDS (Alyson Richards Productions), Paul CADIEUX (Megafun), Kirsten CARTHEW
    • Synopsis
    • Sumi, a 10-year-old human child raised by a polar bear, escapes capture by a brutal Morad hunting party. She rescues another youth, Frozen Girl, and the two forge an unlikely friendship as they track an elusive polar bear across a vast taiga landscape in search of Sumi’s home, while evading the vindictive hunters.