''Red Snow'' is a 2019 Canadian war drama film, written and directed by

Marie Clements Marie Clements (born January 10, 1962) See p. 147. is a Canadian Métis playwright, performer, director, producer and screenwriter. Marie was founding artistic director of urban ink productions, and is currently co-artistic director of red diva pr ...

.Jeremy Shepherd
"Marie Clements premieres Red Snow at film fest"
''North Shore News'', September 26, 2019. The film stars

Asivak Koostachin Asivak Koostachin (born 1994) is a Cree-Inuk actor from Canada, most noted for his performances in the films ''Red Snow'' and '' Run Woman Run''. The son of filmmaker Jules Arita Koostachin, he had his first major acting role in the APTN drama se ...

as Dylan Nadazeau, a Gwich'in soldier serving in the

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during the

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, who is captured by the

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."'A heroic effort': Feature film about Gwich'in soldier breaks barriers in N.W.T."

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, April 1, 2018. The film's cast also includes

Tantoo Cardinal Tantoo Cardinal CM (born Rose Marie Cardinal; July 20, 1950) is a Canadian actress of Cree and Métis heritage. In 2009, she was made a member of the Order of Canada "for her contributions to the growth and development of Aboriginal performing ar ...

, Samuel Marty,

Michelle Thrush Michelle Thrush (born February 6, 1967) is a Canadian actress and First Nations activist for Aboriginal Canadians and the other Indigenous peoples of the Americas. She is best known for her leading role as Gail Stoney in '' Blackstone'', for which ...

, Tarun Keram,

Mozhdah Jamalzadah Mozhdah Jamalzadah (Dari/Pashto: ) (born December 27, 1982 in Kabul, Afghanistan) is an Afghan singer, actress, and talk show host. Referred to as 'The Oprah of Afghanistan', Jamalzadah hosts The Mozhdah Show, which often touches on issues such ...

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and

Leela Gilday Leela Gilday is a Dene-Canadian singer songwriter, born and raised in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. She has released five solo albums since 2002, two of which have won the Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year. Early life Gild ...

. The film was shot in 2018 in various locations in the

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and

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, including

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, Whistler and Cache Creek. It includes dialogue in Gwich'in,

Inuvialuktun Inuvialuktun (part of ''Western Canadian Inuit/Inuktitut/Inuktut/Inuktun'') comprises several Inuit language varieties spoken in the northern Northwest Territories by Canadian Inuit who call themselves ''Inuvialuit''. Some dialects and sub-dialec ...

Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages ...

and English. The film premiered at the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Most Popular Canadian Film.Craig Takeuchi
"Indigenous films, Parasite, and more take top honours at 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival"
''

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'', October 15, 2019. It subsequently won the award for Best Canadian Feature at the

Edmonton International Film Festival The Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF) is a nine-day film festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, hosted at Landmark Cinemas at Edmonton City Centre. It is supported by and partnered with Telefilm Canada, Government of Alberta, Alberta Fo ...

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* 2019 films Canadian war drama films Films directed by Marie Clements Films shot in British Columbia Films shot in the Northwest Territories Films set in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) films 2019 war drama films Pashto-language films English-language Canadian films 2019 drama films 2010s Canadian films 2019 multilingual films Canadian multilingual films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub