PROJECTS
+ In Alaska
+ Seventeen
+ Akashi
+ Meadowlarks
+ Nechako
+ Inedia
+ Seagrass
+ Until Branches Bend
+ The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
+ Never Steady, Never Still
+ Perfumed Dreaming
+ In a Different Light
+ Similkameen Crossroads
+ Listener's Guide to the Saskatchewan Grid Road Map
+ Estuary
IN PRODUCTION
+ Canyon
+ Wolves Don’t Live By The Rules
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IN ALASKA
[ 2026 . Netherlands, Canada ]Synopsis
In a tiny village in Alaska, 17-year-old Woody is so desperate he shoots the oil pipeline and becomes a most-wanted terrorist. Hunted by seasoned FBI agent Susan Tarheel, he runs by ATV, hitchhiking, and on foot, vanishing into the wild and across the Canadian border to the Inuit community where his mother grew up. As Tarheel gets closer, a strange maternal bond grows between them, and Woody begins, at last, to learn what it means to be alive.
Crew
co-writers VINNIE KARETAK & JAAP VAN HEUSDEN
director JAAP VAN HEUSDEN
co-director VINNIE KARETAK
producers MARC BARY, TYLER HAGAN, VINNIE KARETAK
starring NOOMI RAPACE, LEO MATTHEW TEMELA,
featuring YIN WANG, ZORGA QAUNUQ & MIALI BUSCEMI
cinematographer MARTIJN van BROEKHUIZEN
editor XANDER NIJSTEN
production designer TIANA GORDON
costume designer CARMEN THOMPSON
composer MINCO EGGERSMAN
featured vocals by PIQSIQ
executive producers NIV FICHMAN, FRASER ASH, KEVIN KRIKST
Supporters
Telefilm Canada, Netherlands Film Fund, Eurimages, Creative BC, The Canada Media Fund, Elevation Pictures, Uvagut TV, CRAVE, WTFilms, Gusto Entertainment
Festivals & Awards
World Premiere - TIFF 2026