Atikamekw Suns

Atikamekw Suns (French: Soleils Atikamekw) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Chloé Leriche and slated to premiere in 2023. The film centres on the true story of five youths from the Atikamekw First Nation community of Manawan who were found dead in a truck in the nearby river in 1977, with police investigation remaining inconclusive to this day about whether the truck driving into the river was a simple accident or a racially-motivated attack.[1]

Atikamekw Suns
FrenchSoleils Atikamekw
Directed byChloé Leriche
Written byChloé Leriche
Produced byChloé Leriche
StarringJacques Newashish
Mirotansa Chilton
Wikwasa Newashish
Release date
  • October 5, 2023 (2023-10-05) (FNC)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageAtikamekw

Its cast includes Jacques Newashish, Mirotansa Chilton and Wikwasa Newashish.

The film is slated to premiere at the 2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma.[2]

Production

The film received production funding from Quebec's Société de développement des entreprises culturelles in 2019,[3] and from Telefilm Canada in 2020.[4] Its planned filming in summer 2020 was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

The film was shot principally in collaboration with the community of Manawan, although auditions were held in some other Quebec cities to allow First Nations actors from outside the community to try out for various roles in the film.[1]

Awards

The film was shortlisted for the 2023 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award.[5]

At the 2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma, it won the TV5 Public Prize for most popular francophone film.[6]

References
  1. "À la recherche de talents autochtones pour un film". Ici Radio-Canada Première, November 19, 2020.
  2. Charles-Henri Ramond, "FNC 2023: la sélection québécoise". Films du Québec, September 20, 2023.
  3. André Duchesne, "De nouveaux films pour Monia Chokri, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette et Émile Gaudreault". La Presse, December 16, 2019.
  4. Lauren Malyk, "Telefilm awards nearly $8M across six French-language features". Playback, June 1, 2020.
  5. Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Women Talking leads film nominees for 2023 DGC Awards". Playback, September 20, 2023.
  6. Charles-Henri Ramond, "(FNC 2023) Chloé Leriche et Ariane Louis-Seize récompensées". Films du Québec, October 16, 2023.


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