The Grizzlies Australian Premiere

The Grizzlies Australian Premiere

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On 18 March, for the very first time, Heritage Films brings you The Grizzlies. This poignant film features uplifting performances from an indigenous and Inuit cast.

The award-winning drama begins in the small artic town of Kugluktuk with the highest teen suicide rate in North America. A group of school students face off adversity and transform their lives after a teacher starts a youth lacrosse team.



The film also explores the effects of issues like intergenerational trauma on First Peoples communities, highlighting the adversities the real life Grizzlies and their community overcame to bring the teen suicide rate down to zero in Kugluktuk.



Following its premiere at Toronto International Film Festival in 2018, The Grizzlies won the Audience Awards at the Palm Springs and Calgary International Film Festivals, the People's Choice Award at Kingston Canadian Film Festival 2019 and the Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Direction of a Feature Film.



More than 600 youth in over 25 communities across Nunavut and the Northwest Territories auditioned for roles in the film. Amongst this group were cast members Paul Nutarariaq and Anna Lambe, who received Canadian Screen Award nominations for their roles in 2019.



The Grizzlies is Miranda de Pencier's (Anne with an E) feature-length directorial debut and was made in creative collaboration with Inuit producers Alethea Arnaquq-Baril and Stacey Aglok MacDonald.



A paid mentorship program invited Inuit actors, crew, musicians and other creative collaborators to participate, and in the end, more than 91 percent of the cast and more than 33 percent of the crew were Inuit or Indigenous.



For more details visit: thegrizzliesmovie.com.au

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