Fractured Land

Fractured Land
Directed by	Damien Gillis Fiona Rayher
Written by	Daniel Conrad Fiona Rayher
Produced by	Damien Gillis Fiona Rayher
Cinematography	Damien Gillis Adam Myhill
Edited by	Jocelyn Chaput
Music by	Edo Van Breemen
Production company	Two Island Films
Release date	April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28) (Hot Docs)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Fractured Land is a 2015 Canadian feature documentary film directed by Fiona Rayher and Damien Gillis, profiling the Dené activist Caleb Behn as he goes through law school and builds a movement around greater awareness of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on First Nations lands.[1][2][3][4][5]

Production

The film was in a crowd-source funding drive as of early 2013.[6]

Release

The film had its world premiere on 28 April 2015 at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[7][8][9]

Awards

At the 2015 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, the film finished 7th in the audience balloting.[10][11]

At the 2015 Vancouver International Film Festival, the BC Spotlight jury awarded Fractured Land the award for Best BC Film,[12] and the film won the VIFF Impact: Canadian Audience Award.[13][14]

See also

• Hydraulic fracturing in Canada

References

1. "Fractured Land (programme note)". Vancouver International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
2. "Fractured Land (programme note)". Calgary International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
3. Anja Konjicanin (2013-01-17). "'Fractured Land' depicts First Nations' fight to save land from oil and gas industry". Vancouver Observer. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
4. Andrew Parker (2015-04-27). "Hot Docs 2015: Review: Fractured Land". Toronto Film Scene. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
5. "Fractured Land selected as Best B.C. Film at VIFF". The Vancouver Sun. 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
6. Mark Hume (2013-01-06). "Fracking issue creating a reel buzz with documentary, drama". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
7. "Fractured Land (programme note)". Hot Docs. Archived from the original on 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
8. Emma Gilchrist (2015-04-28). "Fractured Land To Make World Premiere at Hot Docs". Retrieved 2015-10-20.
9. "'Fractured Land' Doc Coming to VIFF". The Tyee. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
10. Linda Barnard (2015-05-04). "U.S. documentary Unbranded wins audience award at Hot Docs". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
11. "2015 Awards". Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
12. "VIFF Announces BC Spotlight and Canadian Images Awards" (Press release). Vancouver International Film Festival. 2015-10-03. Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
13. "Audience Award Winners Announced and VIFF Repeats Oct 10 - 15" (Press release). Vancouver International Film Festival. 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
14. Matthew Robinson (2015-10-10). "Mina Shum wins Women in Film Artistic Merit Award for Ninth Floor at VIFF". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2015-10-20.

External links

• Fractured Land at IMDb
• Fractured Land at Rotten Tomatoes