The way the sun soaks into forest across the water, and how turquoise water nearly clashes with the yellow-green of cedar and hemlock and messy piles of silver-tan driftwood tangle at the land’s edge. Todd’s first feature narrative unfolds through a thrilling array of temporal shifts and stylistic flourishes. Obviously it’s a period piece and so I was trying to connect to a layer of my ancestry as well. Grace Dove stars in Monkey Beach On the heels of its world premiere as the opening night film at The Vancouver International Film Festival, MONKEY BEACHm starring Prince George’s Grace Dove, has opened in Vancouver at Cineplex theatres. LUMBER (WSPF-2X4) – $620 +5.1%LUMBER (WSPF-2X6) – $620 +6.9%PLYWOOD – $649 +2.0%Canadian Dollar – $.74798 (USD), Specify a Disqus shortname at Social Comments options page in admin panel, Shirley Bond – Liberal (Prince George-Valemount), Mike Morris – Liberal (Prince George-Mackenzie), Joan Atkinson – NDP (Prince George-Mackenzie). she said. MONKEY BEACH was made possible with the support of Telefilm Canada, CRAVE, CBC Films, APTN, CAVCO, Canada Media Fund, Creative BC and was Produced in Association with and Special Thanks to the Haisla Nation and the Nechako-Kitimaat Development Society. Your support is vital to helping us provide free local news. She was raised in Prince George, British Columbia, where she attended Salmon Valley Elementary School and Kelly Road Secondary School. MONKEY BEACH also features Tina Lameman (Mixed Blessings), Sera-Lys McArthur (Outlander), Stefany Mathias (Longmire), Glen Gould (Cardinal), Ta’kaiya Blaney (Kayak to Klemtu), Nick Dangeli, Zoey Snow, Oliver Tru Sison, Miika Bryce Whiskeyjack (Red Snow), Sam Bob and more. filmed movie, Monkey Beach, starring Prince George-raised actor Grace Dove, is set to open at Famous Players this week. The main character in Monkey Beach has returned to her home village of Kitamaat and to the powerful, unsettling visions that haunted her childhood. Select theatres also premiered the film in person, including in nearby Terrace. Grace Dove (born July 25, 1991) is a Canadian actress and television host, primarily known for her role as Hugh Glass' wife in the 2015 film The Revenant; as well as Ricki, a talented mechanic in the 2018 film How It Ends. Business owners get FREE listings on GuidedBy.ca. You can unsubscribe any time, or, UNBC 'whistle blower' claims wrongful dismissal, 'Please support the Prince George Citizen and online news like this by purchasing a digital subscription. Divorce? Active COVID cases decline by three in northern B.C. When her younger brother disappears, she’s driven back into the supernatural world she tried so hard to ignore. As her story develops, time folds over on itself, revealing different information as Lisa relearns and re-sees what has happened — what will happen. Of course, there’s also the matter of contending with the mystical creatures lurking in the nearby woods. The Revenant's director Alejandro González Iñárritu did not audition her 'in the normal way' but "instead had some questions and a process that dug into who I was." We do not allow personal attacks, offensive language or unsubstantiated allegations. The Haisla woman struggles to wrangle voices of the dead, powerful spirits and recurring visions with the real-life pain and trauma her family faces. Filming on location in Kitamaat Village was important to Todd, not just because that specific land is so key to the story, but so she could stack the cast and crew with Kitamaat and Indigenous people. The Prince George Citizen welcomes your opinions and comments. Call us. Elliptical storytelling is a signature style for director Loretta Sarah Todd and the novel’s author Eden Robinson. A film about reconnection with the land, its denizens and the secrets it holds, MONKEY BEACH is also a testament to Indigenous women’s ability to not just endure trials but emerge from them empowered.” – Vancouver International Film Festival MONKEY BEACH was produced by Reunion Pacific Entertainment and Mamaoo Productions on location in Kitimat, BC. On Our Radar: Haisla film Monkey Beach, starring Grace Dove, to open in Prince George The northern B.C. The film is also screening digitally this month at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (Oct. 22nd), the Santa Fe Film Festival, the Red Nation Film Festival in Los Angeles and the Portland Film Festival. ', Shop on fire on Hartway Drive extinguished itself Wednesday, Gas leak on Fifth Avenue Wednesday after line was severed, Local actress starring in movie showing at the Cineplex, Woman pleads guilty to threatening school, The end of double cupping: Tim Hortons ditches two cups in favour of one with sleeve. And so begins a captivating allegory about learning to coexist with both the ghosts that haunt us and spirits who might enlighten us. (2012). On the heels of its world premiere as the opening night film at The Vancouver International Film Festival, MONKEY BEACHm starring Prince George’s Grace Dove, has opened in Vancouver at Cineplex theatres. Monkey Beach, adapted to film from Robinson’s debut novel wrestles the shadowlike storytelling onto screen using the score and cinematography to make the land its own character. It was also just announced that the film will be opening the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco and has been nominated for six awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor and more. [5] Dove said she went on many auditions after acting school before she landed the part of Hugh Glass's unnamed Pawnee wife. “I’m getting the chance to make this film that benefit should also be realized in the community where the story came from, where Eden lives. Both eschew the linear timelines where stories progress forward in favour of a place-based sense of time, allowing the land and ancestors to speak, making the past present for those who see. Dove was born on July 25, 1991,[1] and is Shuswap from the Canim Lake Indian Band in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. [4], At age ten, she landed a part as on-air correspondent of the Prince George TV children's show Splatterday. "[6], In 2016, The New York Times mentioned her as one of the 'lesser known faces' of the entertainment industry, in whom the fashion industry has taken an interest to promote new fashion. [4] She has also worked as a co-host of the reality action/adventure TV show UnderExposed, and appeared in the short film These Walls. “In bringing Eden Robinson’s beloved novel to the screen, Loretta S. Todd offers us a modern epic underpinned by themes that have long defined heroic journeys. The Vancouver International Film Festival runs Sept. 24 to Oct. 7, 2020. Just like the audition process and even the filming process, I didn't know what exactly I was getting into. [8], Une Britanno-Colombienne donne la réplique à Leonardo DiCaprio, Rising Star Grace Dove Stars Alongside Leonardo DiCaprio In New Film, Grace Dove Chats About Her Role in the Revenant, The Revenant, Actor Grace Dove Talks About Performing with Leonardo DiCaprio, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grace_Dove&oldid=976599711, People from Prince George, British Columbia, Articles with short description added by PearBOT 5, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 September 2020, at 21:51. Monkey Beach had its world premiere on opening day of the Vancouver International Film Festival Sept. 24, but could be viewed as far away as Kitimat, since the festival is virtual this year. The world premiere of ‘Monkey Beach’ will feature a familiar face from Northern BC. Dove was born on July 25, 1991, and is Shuswap from the Canim Lake Indian Band in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. Director Loretta Sarah Todd, lead actress Grace Dove, and author Eden Robinson (L-R) behind the scenes. The movie is an adaptation of the 2000 book by Haisla author Eden Robinson, and former writer-in-residence at UNBC. I prepared myself physically, emotionally and spiritually to be as open as possible so I could take direction, feed off my surroundings, and feed off my relationship with Leonardo within the scene. Click here to see where you can pick up a copy of the Citizen. [3] Her father was a filmmaker who took her on visits to Hollywood when she was a child. [2] She was raised in Prince George, British Columbia, where she attended Salmon Valley Elementary School and Kelly Road Secondary School. Her father was a filmmaker who took her on visits to Hollywood when she was a child. After graduation from high school, she moved to Vancouver to study acting at Vancouver Film School. [6] After she got the part, playing an emotionally demanding role opposite Leonardo DiCaprio,[7] she said she "had to go in there extremely open without any expectations. Todd, a Cree/Metis/White filmmaker has been developing the novel to screen almost since Robinson, a Haisla/Heitlsuk writer published her first novel in 2000. (VIFF Media), Virtual visit with celebrity chef is fundraiser for Hospice, Huble Homestead to close for season Oct. 11, Giving kids candy at the door wearing a mask, Setting up a socially-distant way to give kids candy, Have the Prince George Citizen delivered to your inbox or your home each day - subscribe now! The long-awaited film adaptation of Eden Robinson’s award-winning novel directed by Loretta S. Todd was just added to the Cineplex line-up and will screen at Cineplex Odeon International Village and Fifth Avenue Cinemas in Vancouver with dates and locations across BC and the country to be added. MONKEY BEACH is set in the magnificent forests and waterways of the Pacific Northwest and the Haisla village of Kitamaat andfeatures an all-star cast of Indigenous talent including Grace Dove (The Revenant), Adam Beach (Suicide Squad), Nathaniel Arcand (FBI: Most Wanted), Joel Oulette (Trickster) and more. “If you are powerful enough for the journey, you must be powerful enough to return,” Lisa narrates (Grace Dove, The Revenant). Separation? West coasters will recognize this place. Your City Matters - City of Prince George. The film was set to open in Toronto before Ontario theatre closures were announced earlier this week.Waking up in her East Van apartment, Lisa (Grace Dove) is served notice by her cousin’s ghost (Sera-Lys McArthur), “Your family needs you.” Reunited with her Haisla kin in Kitamaat Village, she realizes that she’s meant to save her brother (Joel Oulette) from a tragic fate she’s foreseen since childhood.

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