Polaris (Director’s Cut)
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Premiered at the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival
Set in 2144 against the harsh 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 Polaris star.
Kirsten Carthew
Kirsten Carthew is a Canadian film director, producer and screenwriter from Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. She made a number of short films, most notably Fish Out of Water in 2015, before releasing her debut feature film, The Sun at Midnight, in 2016. Her second feature film, Polaris, went into production in 2021, and was released in 2022. In 2018, she was one of eight women filmmakers selected for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Apprenticeship for Women Directors program, alongside Kathleen Hepburn, Tiffany Hsiung, Alicia K. Harris, Allison White, Asia Youngman, Halima Ouardiri, and Kristina Wagenbauer.
