The Wild Hunt (film)

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The Wild Hunt
Directed by Alexandre Franchi
Produced by Alexandre Franchi
Karen Murphy
Written by Alexandre Franchi
Mark A. Krupa
Starring Mark A. Krupa
Ricky Mabe
Tiio Horn
Music by Vincent Hänni
Gabriel Scotti
Editing by Stephen Philipson
Arthur Tarnowski
Distributed by TVA Films  Canada, Hannover House  United States
Release date(s)  Canada
9 April 2010 (limited)
 United States
19 April 2011 (VOD)[1]
Running time 95 minutes[2]
Country  Canada
Language English
Budget $500,000 (CAD)

The Wild Hunt is a 2009 Canadian drama/horror film from Animist Films, produced and directed by Alexandre Franchi.

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Production

This is the first feature-length film by Montreal producer-director Alexandre Franchi.[2][3] The production was based on 35 mm film with an estimated $500,000 (CAD) budget.[4]

Presentations

The film was screened in September 2009 at the Toronto International Film Festival where it was deemed best Canadian first feature.[5] It was presented at the Slamdance Film Festival in January 2010 where it received an Audience Sparky Award for Best Narrative Film.[3]

Premise

Erik Magnusson (Ricky Mabe) and his girlfriend Evelyn (Tiio Horn) have a falling out. She joins Erik's brother Bjorn in a live action role-playing game whose characters such as Celts, elves and Vikings are derived from the Middle Ages.[6] Erik pursues Evelyn only to disrupt the game's proceedings.[7]

Reception

National Post film reviewer Chris Knight rated the film at 3 stars, noting Claudia Jurt's role presented the "strongest link in this chain-mail tale".[8] The Toronto Star review considered the film an "impressive achievement" but noted that technical flaws in editing, lighting and camera usage detracted from the plot and that the production should have been better funded.[9] The Montreal Gazette gave a very positive review calling the low-budget film "[m]iraculously shot".[10]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Sophia Savage (6 April 2011). "FilmBuff To Release The Wild Hunt & Zonad on VOD Before DVD". indieWIRE. http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2011/04/06/filmbuff_releasing_the_wild_hunt_zonad_on_vod_before_dvd/#. Retrieved 2 May 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "The Wild Hunt". Telefilm Canada. http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/05/516/sundance/2010/details.php?id=16. Retrieved 2010-01-29. 
  3. ^ a b "Montreal film The Wild Hunt scores Slamdance audience prize". CBC News. 29 January 2010. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/01/29/wild-hunt-prize-slamdance.html. Retrieved 2010-01-29. 
  4. ^ Wiggers, Darryl (31 August 2009). "Canada First! The Wild Hunt". Playback. http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/magazine/20090831/hunt.html. Retrieved 2010-01-29. 
  5. ^ "The Wild Hunt". Toronto International Film Festival. 2009. http://www.tiff.net/filmsandschedules/films/thewildhunt. Retrieved 2010-01-29. 
  6. ^ "The Wild Hunt". Cinematheque Ontario. http://cinemathequeontario.ca/filmdetail.aspx?filmId=1766&GrpId=0. Retrieved 2010-01-29. 
  7. ^ Bell, Robert (October 2009). "TIFF Reviews: The Wild Hunt". Exclaim!. http://www.exclaim.ca/motionreviews/generalreview.aspx?csid1=137&csid2=808&fid1=41004. Retrieved 2010-01-29. 
  8. ^ Knight, Chris (9 April 2010). "The Wild Hunt: The role play’s the thing". National Post. http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/movies/story.html?id=2783297. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 
  9. ^ Howell, Peter (8 April 2010). "The Wild Hunt: Promising thriller needed bigger budget". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/792452--the-wild-hunt-promising-thriller-needed-bigger-budget. Retrieved 2010-04-17. 
  10. ^ Griffin, John (9 April 2010). "Movie review: The Wild Hunt / Small film aims high and hits big time". The Gazette (Montreal). http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Movie+review+Wild+Hunt/2780476/story.html. Retrieved 2010-04-17. 

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