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This is a story about the return of medicine. The film is set two lifetimes from now, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, in a world turned to ice and where the suns have twinned. The Dene have survived the Wheetago - a race of human-eating supernatural beings of lore whose name translates as “body eater”. They have been summoned from beneath the tar sands by humanity’s greed. The young protagonist, Dove (pronouns they/them/theirs), has the extraordinary gift of shifting genders. This makes them a protector of both earth and water - a rare and sacred gift. Dove saves a frog from …
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This is a story about the return of medicine. The film is set two lifetimes from now, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, in a world turned to ice and where the suns have twinned. The Dene have survived the Wheetago - a race of human-eating supernatural beings of lore whose name translates as “body eater”. They have been summoned from beneath the tar sands by humanity’s greed. The young protagonist, Dove (pronouns they/them/theirs), has the extraordinary gift of shifting genders. This makes them a protector of both earth and water - a rare and sacred gift. Dove saves a frog from torture and, in return, the frog offers Dove their medicine. But medicine comes at a price. And Dove discovers they possess their own. Wheetago War taps into magical, visually compelling landscapes while addressing pressing sociopolitical, economic and environmental problems faced by industrial Western society. It is a film that helps bring us back to the moral compass of Indigenous oral storytelling. Traditional oral stories of the Wheetago, Wendigo and Winago have existed across indigenous cultures to teach us about greed. Currently, Indigenous leaders and communities are protesting pipeline expansions. What will be the impacts of construction on wildlife habitats? What of the catastrophic effects of oil spills? And what of climate change? Those that consume the earth with greed will have to fight those that protect the earth.
Environment and Conservation Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) Sexuality and Reproduction All subjects
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director
Amanda Strong
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screenplay
Bracken Hanuse Corlett
Amanda Strong
Richard Van Camp
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producer
Amanda Strong
Maral Mohammadian
Nina Werewka
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executive producer
Amanda Strong
Robert McLaughlin
Haydn Wazelle
Lupe Danyluk
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cast
Paulina Alexis
Tantoo Cardinal
Art Napoleon
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voice director
Nicole Oliver
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director of photography
Dean Holmes
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design supervisor
Maya McKibbin
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art director
Maya McKibbin
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production designer
Kate Stransky
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post-production supervisor
Keith Morgan
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technical director
Éloi Champagne
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stop motion animator
Anna Berezowsky
Juan Soto
Payton Curtis
Deanna Partridge-David
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animation director
Deanna Partridge-David
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character models
Shaawan Francis Keahna
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lead puppet fabricator
Patrick Zung
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lead costumes
Nora Rogers
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puppet consultant
Georgina Hayns
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puppet generalist
Nick Soo
Julia Soo
Whitney Wilder
Gates Callanan
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sculpt
Patrick Zung
Kyleigh Bell
Mochi Lin
Mahala Miller
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head mechanics
Patrick Zung
Julia Soo
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armatures
Linsey Bungener
Nick Soo
Jeremy Spake
Gillian Povey
Gabriel Temme
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silicone and mold making
Linsey Bungener
Josephine Ortiz Merida
Mochi Lin
Kathi Zung
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painting
Josephine Ortiz Merida
Linsey Bungener
Kyleigh Bell
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cnc joint making
Sam Schenkman
Andrew Bruzga
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costume fabricator
Nora Rogers
Elodie Massa
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project manager
Whitney Wilder
Joel Kretschman
Sam Schenkman
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associate producer
Gabriel Temme
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costume design
Nora Rogers
Georgina Franki
Maya McKibbin
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sets fabricators
Ben Plante
Elly Stern
Sof Pickstone
Jesse Byiers
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props fabricators
Ben Plante
Elly Stern
Sof Pickstone
Jesse Byiers
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fabricator
Lia Fabre-Dimsdale
Danny Guay
Rebeca Spiegel
Celina McLeod
Zara Wazelle
Jagoda Lalik
Dawson Wood
Joshua Paulson
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puppet maintenance
Elly Stern
Jesse Byiers
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puppet wigs
Jesse Byiers
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lead camera
Christian Wilson-Brown
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gaffer
Danny Guay
Ken Young
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grip
Ken Young
Danny Guay
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editor
Amanda Strong
Michael Bourquin
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assistant editor
Danny Guay
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visual effects supervisor
Keith Morgan
Ryan Grobins
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lead compositor
Keith Morgan
Maya McKibbin
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VFX artist
Keith Morgan
Maya McKibbin
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matchmoving
Keith Morgan
Caleb Ellison
Éloi Champagne
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visual effects
Suraj Neji
Rasheed Banda
Emily Barnes
Chellysia Christen
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cg-double rigger
Jeremy Bot
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3D animation
Suraj Neji
Keith Morgan
Caleb Ellison
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3D roto animation
Chellysia Christen
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compositing
Suraj Neji
Rasheed Banda
Katrina Pleasance
Joshua Paulson
Chellysia Christen
Vincent McCurley
Carmen Wong
Eoin Duffy
Éloi Champagne
Serge Verreault
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render farm support
Sébastien Dion
Fabien Capus
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post-production coordinator
Nina Werewka
Delores Smith
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composer
Edo Van Breemen
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additional composition
Jeneen Frei Njootli
Matthew Cardinal
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additional musician
Jeff Innes
Sam Davidson
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sound design
Eugenio Battaglia
Humberto Corte
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additional sound design
Ramachandra Borcar
Luc Raymond
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supervising sound editor
Eugenio Battaglia
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additional sound editing
Ramachandra Borcar
Travis Mercredi
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foley
Karla Baumgardner
Jocelyn Caron
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foley recording
Luc Léger
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re-recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
Isabelle Lussier
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cultural consultant
Henry Beaver
Georgina Franki
Eileen Beaver
Cease Wyss
Delores Smith
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tłı̨chǫ language consultant
Georgina Franki
Rosie Benning
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research and development
Maya McKibbin
Shaawan Francis Keahna
Carlo Janusz Lauritsen Becker
Dean Holmes
Catriona Murphy
Michael f*ckushima
Zoe Cire
Natty Boonmasiri
Dora Epic
Rasheed Banda
Zoe Glass
Suna Galay
Kathleen Hepburn
Ed Films
Tiffany Monk
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storyboard
Maya McKibbin
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animatic
Maya McKibbin
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research administrator
Maria Lantin
Keith Doyle
Alan Goldman
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research coordinator
Daniel Garrod
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research technician
Sean Arden
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environment and texture artist
Gabe Kwok
Dawson Wood
Skye Allen
Caleb Ellison
Elizabeth Hills
Thomas Huang
Vincent Isabel
Felipe Salles Fonseca
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student researcher
Sof Pickstone
Rayne Burning
Hamed Rashtian
Oluwasola Olowo-Ake
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1st assistant director
Nina Werewka
Deanna Partridge-David
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production manager
Nina Werewka
Deanna Partridge-David
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technical support
Vincent McCurley
Mathieu Tremblay
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post-production IT consultant
Ashley Harvey
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technical coordinator
Luc Binette
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titles
Eoin Duffy
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online editor
Serge Verreault
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behind the scenes
Cassandra Cross
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administration
Victoria Angell
Robyn Lawson
Camille Fillion
Laetitia Seguin
Laura Mitchell
Rosalina Di Sario
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studio management
Robyn Lawson
Victoria Angell
Camille Fillion
Laetitia Seguin
Laura Mitchell
Rosalina Di Sario
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production coordinator
Barry Ahmad
Dominique Forget
Jasmine Pullukatt
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production assistant
Danny Guay
Mark Anthony Hogan
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legal counsel
Nathaniel Lyman
Christian Pitchen
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interim financing
RBC
Irina Race
Juliet Smith
Hannah Hong
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accounting
Samantha Wilson
Sydney Leclaire
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marketing
Judith Lessard-Bérubé
Leena Minifie
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publicist
Nadine Viau
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production baby
Kiyam Xwatqom Hanuse Corlett
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