<Li> Kakki Peter as John Tovok </Li> <P> The film was first announced on March 18, 2015 . TF1 International have acquired the worldwide distribution rights . </P> <P> Filming began on March 17, 2015 . Images were released from the set on May 25, 2015 . The film's budget is $8.2 million . The filmmakers asked Iqaluit City Council to turn off street lights whilst they were filming because they did not want the orange hue that they gave off, instead wanting their own brighter, whiter lights . This involved manually disconnecting each lampost . Scenes with the bear were filmed in Porcupine, Ontario (northern Ontario near Timmins). </P> <P> The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2016 . The film went onto screen at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2016 . Shortly after, 20th Century Fox and Netflix acquired U.S distribution rights to the film, making it the first Canadian film to be released in the United States by a major film studio since Splice . The film is scheduled to be released in Canada on October 7, 2016 . Executive producer Jeff Sackman told Playback Daily that Fox is targeting a Valentine's Day 2017 release, though he offered no further details on when the film would be made available on Netflix . The U.S release date was changed to December 16, 2016 in order to qualify for the Oscars . </P>

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