In Alaska
DIRECTOR / JAAP VAN HEUSDEN
Woody, a depressed 17-year-old boy from a tiny village in Alaska, does something grotesquely stupid: he shoots The Oil Pipeline and becomes a most wanted terrorist, hunted by the seasoned FBI Agent Susan Tarheel. The boy who was fed up with living, is now running for his life. Lost in the wild, without a plan, Woody is not an easy prey. But as Tarheel closes in, she also identifies more with the boy. While Woody escapes across the state and into arctic Canada, he is reconnecting with the land, its people, and the roots of his Inuit mother: he’s learning for the first time what it actually means to be alive.
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With development support and Cinescoop realization support from the Dutch Film Fund and Creative Europe MEDIA. Previously selected for L'Atelier Cannes Film Festival and International Financing Forum Ontario Creates Toronto Film Festival.
Credits
// Director
Jaap van Heusden
// Co-Director
Vincent Karetak
// Scenario
Jaap van Heusden
Vinnie Karetak
// Producers
Marc Bary (IJswater Films)
Nicky Onstenk (IJswater Films)
// Co-Producers
Uuktimiaq Studios (Canada)
Rhombus Media (Canada)
Experimental Forest Films (Canada)
// Executive Producers
Niv Fichman (Rhombus Media)
Fraser Ash (Rhombus Media)
// Distributors
Gusto Entertainment (Benelux)
Elevation Pictures (Canada)
// Broadcaster
EO
// Funds/financiers
Nederlands Filmfonds
Telefilm Canada
Eurimages
MEDIA Creative Europe
Nederlands Film Production Incentive
CoBo