“Run” begins, though, in a quietly harrowing way. As if performing opposite one of the greats working today weren’t daunting enough, “Run” asks a ton of Allen in a physically and emotionally arduous role, and she’s up for every challenge. But the great discovery of “Run” is Kiera Allen, making her feature film debut.

Her technique is so specific, and she keeps you on edge with just the slightest facial expression or unexpected line delivery.

We’ve seen Sarah Paulson do this sort of simmering-beneath-the-surface insanity for years, but it’s always chilling to watch. And even as things get a little nutty by the end in a way that deviates from the quiet, slow burn that came before, the performances in what is essentially a two-hander always remain gripping. Run the North is listed on IMDb.With just their second feature, director Aneesh Chaganty and his co-writer, Sev Ohanian, expand the scenery but maintain the same tight narrative focus. It also received coverage in the Abbotsford News and The Trailbreaker with Loren McGinnis on CBC North. It has been televised on ShawTV across Manitoba, and screened in Churchill (MB), Tadoule Lake (MB), Whitehorse (YT), Vancouver (BC) and premiered at the Real to Reel Film Festival in Winnipeg (MB). The movie was an Official Selection at the Franklin International Indie Film Festival in Tennessee in August, 2019. The Polar Bear Marathon is organized by Albert and Edna Martens, and is a way for them to raise awareness and support for their work in remote First Nations communities, where they have an incredible positive impact. Each individual has their own incredible story of what is driving them to do something most people would consider crazy, and along the way an unexpected story emerges of reconciliation between two estranged communities.Ĭhurchill is known as the 'Polar Bear Capital of the World', making the bears another aspect that adds to the intrigue of running in this isolated, frozen wilderness landscape.

Each year, a motley group of adventurers gather to challenge this extreme cold weather marathon in Canada's wild north. Run the North is a documentary about the Polar Bear Marathon, an extreme adventure marathon which takes place at the end of November in the sub-zero temperatures of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

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