| The Sun at Midnight | |
| Director: | Kirsten Carthew |
| Producer: | Kirsten Carthew Amos Scott |
| Starring: | Duane Howard Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs |
| Music: | Rich Walters |
| Cinematography: | Ian MacDougall |
| Editing: | Jamie Alain |
| Studio: | Jill and Jackfish Productions |
| Distributor: | Industry Works Pictures Monterey Media |
| Runtime: | 93 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
The Sun at Midnight is a Canadian drama film, directed by Kirsten Carthew and released in 2016.[1] The film stars Duane Howard as Alfred, a caribou hunter in the Canadian Arctic who befriends Lia (Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs), a rebellious teenager who has been sent to the area to live with her grandmother following the death of her mother.[2]
The film was shot in 2015 in Yellowknife and Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories.[3] It premiered on September 25, 2016 in Fort McPherson,[2] before going on to screenings on the film festival circuit. It did not receive widespread commercial distribution in Canada, but instead was broadcast by HBO Canada;[4] in 2018, it was picked up for American theatrical distribution by Monterey Media.[4]
Jacobs won the Borsos Competition award for Best Performance in a Canadian Film at the 2016 Whistler Film Festival,[5] and the award for Best Actress at the 2017 American Indian Film Festival.[6]
The film won the award for Best Narrative Film at the Bentonville Film Festival in 2017.[7] It won two Leo Awards in 2017, for Best Picture Editing (Jamie Alain) and Best Musical Score (Rich Walters).[4]