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Wildhood is a 2021 Canadian dramatic romantic coming of age film, written, produced, and directed by Bretten Hannam.[1]

Wildhood
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Directed by	Bretten Hannam
Written by	Bretten Hannam
Produced by	Julie Baldassi Damon D'Oliveira Gharrett Patrick Paon
Starring	Phillip Lewitski Joshua Odjick
Cinematography	Guy Godfree
Edited by	Shaun Rykiss
Music by	Neil Haverty
Production companies	Rebel Road Films Younger Daughter Films
Distributed by	Films Boutique
Release date	September 10, 2021 (2021-09-10) (TIFF)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Canada
Languages	English Mi'kmaq

An expansion of Hannam's earlier short film Wildfire, which was the winner of the award for Best Short Film at the Screen Nova Scotia awards in 2020,[2] the film stars Phillip Lewitski as Lincoln, a young man in his late teens who was raised disconnected from his maternal Mi'kmaq heritage by his abusive white father Arvin (Joel Thomas Hynes); following the discovery that his mother Sarah, whom he had long been told was dead, is in fact still alive, he takes his younger half-brother Travis (Avery Winters-Anthony) on a journey to find her. En route, they meet the openly two-spirit Pasmay (Joshua Odjick), who becomes both a guide to Lincoln in reconnecting with his indigenous roots and a love interest.[3]

The cast also includes Michael Greyeyes, Savonna Spracklin, Jordan Poole, Samuel Davison and Steve Lund.

Cast

Production and distribution

The film's screenplay won Telefilm Canada's Pitch This! competition at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival,[1] and was funded by Telefilm Canada in 2019.[4] The film entered production in 2020 in the Windsor, Nova Scotia area.[3]

The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2021.[5] It was subsequently screened at the 2021 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, the 2021 Atlantic Film Festival, and the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival. It has been acquired for commercial distribution by Films Boutique.[6]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 100% approval rating, based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's consensus reads, "A coming-of-age story with several refreshing twists, Wildhood sends its protagonist on a bittersweet, beautifully filmed journey."[7]

Lovia Gyarkye of The Hollywood Reporter reviewed the film favourably, writing that "The trio’s dynamic is entertaining, and they crack jokes with the same fierceness with which they argue. But it’s the evolving romance between Link and Pasmay that’s the most fun to witness. Maybe I’m a sucker for romance, but watching Link and Pasmay steal glances and exchange knowing smirks begins to feel more thrilling than the journey itself. Lewitski, who stars in Hulu’s Utopia Falls, and Odjick have a subtle and exciting chemistry that makes rooting for their budding love easy. The progress of that love is measured by the proximity of their bodies, which, as they get closer to finding Sarah, feel bound by an almost spiritual force."[8]

For The Coast, Morgan Mullin wrote that "the movie is at its strongest when it turns away from the family that abandoned its leads and leans into their frisson-filled connection instead (even if their most intimate moment borrows a touch too heavily from Moonlight). Traipsing the countryside together and awash in that magic-hour light, the two youth learn to be themselves while Pasmay teaches Link pow wow dancing."[9]

Awards

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival	2021	Cinema Indigenized Outstanding Talent	Bretten Hannam	Won	[10]
FIN Atlantic Film Festival	2021	Best Feature	Wildhood	Won	[11]
		Best Director	Bretten Hannam	Won
		Best Screenwriter		Won
		Best Actor	Avery Winters-Anthony	Won
Directors Guild of Canada	2021	DGC Discovery Award	Bretten Hannam	Nominated	[12]
Canadian Screen Awards	2022	Best Picture	Gharrett Patrick Paon, Julie Baldassi, Bretten Hannam	Nominated	[13]
		Best Director	Bretten Hannam	Nominated
		Best Actor	Phillip Lewitski	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Joshua Odjick	Won
		Best Original Screenplay	Bretten Hannam	Nominated
		Best Casting in a Film	Stephanie Gorin	Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle	March 7, 2022	Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film	Joshua Odjick	Won	[14]
Screen Nova Scotia	2022	Best Feature Film	Wildhood	Nominated	[15]
		ACTRA Award for Outstanding Performance	Mary-Colin Chisholm	Nominated
			Desna Michael Thomas	Nominated
			Avery Winters Anthony	Won

References

External links

• Wildhood at IMDb 
• Wildhood at Rotten Tomatoes
• Wildhood at Metacritic

На других языках

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[de] Wildhood

Wildhood (engl. für „Wildnis“) ist ein Filmdrama von Bretten Hannam, das im September 2021 beim Toronto International Film Festival seine Premiere feierte.

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- [en] Wildhood

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[es] Wildhood

Wildhood es una película dramática canadiense, dirigida por Bretten Hannam y programada para estrenarse en 2021.[1] Una expansión del cortometraje anterior de Hannam Wildfire, que fue el ganador del premio al Mejor Cortometraje en los premios Screen Nova Scotia en 2020, la película está protagonizada por Phillip Lewitski como Link, un adolescente indígena en un viaje de autodescubrimiento con sus dos espíritus amigo Pasmay (Joshua Odjick) tras la muerte de su madre.[2][3]

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