Portraits from a Fire (2021)
October 3, 2021Release Date
Portraits from a Fire (2021)
October 3, 2021Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Nathaniel Arcand
Gord
Pauline Bob-King
Trish
William Lulua
Tyler
Melanie Bobby
Etsu
Dakota Hance
Firefighter #3
Asivak Koostachin
Aaron
Leighton Bingham
Baby Aaron
Kacin Hance
Baby Tyler
Barb Mack
Haya
Crystal Harry
Crystal
Sherman Mack
Puking Guy
Kelly William
Fire Fighter #1
Travis Stump
Fire Fighter #2
Sammy Stump
Sammy
Trevor Mack
Director
Eric Fogarty
Drinking Man #1
Hagen O. Sulin
Drinking Man #2
Manny Mahal
Writer
Derek Vermillion
Writer
Rylan Friday
Producer
Shazzay Stump
Kid #1
Kate Kroll
Producer
Jentara Charlieboy
Kid #2
Kate Kroll
Producer
Meshoney Stump
Kid #3
Meagan Howard-Gibbon
Meagan
Isaiah Needley
Matty
Kaayla Whachell
Cinematographer
Elad Tzadok
Editor
Luis Jack
Lashaway
Rebecca Mack
Beggy
Trinity Stump
Emily
Alvin Frank
Snorry
Juliette Singh
Jessie
Art Joyce
Cowboy
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Portraits from a Fire is the first narrative feature film written and directed by a Tsilhqot'in filmmaker.
Portraits from a Fire is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Trevor Mack and released in 2021. The film stars William Magnus Lulua as Tyler, an amateur filmmaker living with his father Gord (Nathaniel Arcand) on a Tsilhqotʼin reserve in northern British Columbia, whose life is upended following the revelation of a long-hidden family secret.The film was shot in 2019 on Tl'etinqox-t'in territory around the community of Anaham. Mack has indicated that the film was inspired by a desire to tell a First Nations story that had nothing to do with colonialism or the Indian residential school system, as well as by a desire to reclaim the Tsilhqot’in language, which during his early life was typically spoken by people in the community only when they needed to discuss something they did not want their children to hear or understand. Many of the supporting roles in the film are performed by local residents of Anaham rather than professional actors.
The film had its official theatrical premiere on October 3, 2021 at the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival, although it was screened on the online platforms of the 2021 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival and the FIN Atlantic Film Festival in September. It was also selected as the opening film of the 2021 Edmonton International Film Festival, and was screened at the 2021 ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, and the 2021 American Indian Film Festival.
It premiered commercially on November 1.