#34. On the Ice – Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
If Fargo symbolically made the act of murder cold in nature, then imagine if the setting was moved northwards to frigid Alaska. Since his Special Jury Prize win for his 2008 Sundance submitted short Sikumi, (an extension of his feature) Alaskan filmmaker Andrew Okpeaha MacLean attended both the Directors and Screenwriters Labs last year, and after completing filming earlier this year, looks poised to return to the fest this year with On the Ice.
Lensed by the excellent Lol Crawley (Ballast, Better Things, Four Lions), MacLean’s feature film debut is set in the remote arctic village of Barrow, Alaska, a young Iñiut man tries to help his best friend get away with a murder. A dramatic competition appears likely, perhaps the dramatic thriller might move onto a Berlin Film Festival birth if this pans out to be high quality.
* Producers: Lynette Howell (Blue Valentine), Marco and Zhana Londoner and Cara Marcous
(IONCINEMA.com Preview Page // IMDB Link)
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