Northland Films Explained

Northland Films Inc. is an independent documentary film production company.[1] The Midwest-based crew has produced award-winning documentary films that have been featured in The New York Times,[2] The Guardian,[3] Los Angeles Times,[4] Variety,[5] The Hollywood Reporter[6] and on ESPN[7] and NBC Sports.

History

Northland Films was formed in 2005 by Tommy Haines, JT Haines and Andrew Sherburne.[8] Hockeyland, the company's most recent film, is a coming of age story set in the competitive hockey sphere of Minnesota's north country. Hailed as a "must-see...raw and brutally absorbing" by David Erhlich, Indiewire, Hockeyland premiered at DocNYC, screened in over 175 theaters nationwide by Greenwich Entertainment and was a 2022 Critics Choice "Best Sports Documentary" nominee.[9] Saving Brinton, premiered at AFI Docs in 2017, aired nationwide on PBS through America ReFramed and was named one of “the Best Movies of 2018” by Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post.[10] Gold Fever (2013), an examination of invasive mining in indigenous Guatemala community was awarded the 2014 International Federation for Human Rights Film Award.[11] Their debut documentary, Pond Hockey, (2008) featuring Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby, Neal Broten and Patrick Kane, is a celebration of outdoor hockey and was an early look into the over-structured world of youth sports. The film was dubbed “the best hockey movie ever” by John Buccigross, ESPN and aired nationwide on the NHL Network. Their films have played at over 80 festivals in 43 countries, including Rotterdam International Film Festival,[12] Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival,[13] Jeonju, and BAFICI. They are now at work on The Workshop, a patient portrait of the prestigious and closely guarded Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

Films

Notes and References

  1. Web site: With Northland Films (Sorted by Popularity Ascending). IMDb. 2020-04-29.
  2. News: Review: In 'Saving Brinton,' an Inveterate Accumulator Finds Treasure. Wesley. Morris. The New York Times . May 17, 2018. April 23, 2019.
  3. News: How did some of cinema's greatest films end up in an Iowa shed?. Pamela. Hutchinson. The Guardian . June 22, 2018. April 23, 2019. www.theguardian.com.
  4. Web site: Film exhibition advocates are the stars in affectionate documentary 'Saving Brinton'. Kenneth. Turan. June 8, 2018. Los Angeles Times. April 23, 2019.
  5. Web site: Ramachandran . Naman . 2022-08-01 . High School Hockey Rivalry Documentary 'Hockeyland' Acquired by Greenwich Entertainment, First Trailer Released (EXCLUSIVE) . 2022-12-08 . Variety . en-US.
  6. Web site: 'Saving Brinton': Film Review. November 21, 2017. The Hollywood Reporter. April 23, 2019.
  7. Web site: Burnside: Long before 1980's 'Miracle,' these men brought home gold. February 8, 2010. ESPN.com. April 23, 2019.
  8. Web site: Nonfiction storytellers in the northland. . 2020-04-29 . Northland Films . en-US.
  9. Web site: October 17, 2022 . Nominations Unveiled For The Seventh Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards, Presented by National Geographic Documentary Films . Critics Choice Association.
  10. News: Best movies of 2018: 'Roma' is intimate, epic and the year's finest. Hornaday. Ann. 2018-12-05. The Washington Post. en. 2020-04-29.
  11. Web site: Gold Fever Northland Films . 2020-04-29 . Northland Films . en-US . Winner Film Award, Brussels, Belgium, 2014.
  12. Web site: Saving Brinton. 2017-12-22. IFFR. en. 2020-04-29.
  13. Web site: Saving Brinton Edinburgh International Film Festival. www.edfilmfest.org.uk. 2020-04-29.
  14. Web site: Instant Classics: 8 Must-See Hockey Movies. Andy. Campbell. Bleacher Report. April 23, 2019.

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