Dutch-Canadian feature In Alaska to world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2026

Directed by Jaap van Heusden and Vinnie Karetak, In Alaska is set in a tiny village in Alaska, where 17-year-old Woody (played by debut actor Leo Matthew Temela) is so desperate he shoots the oil pipeline and becomes a most-wanted terrorist. Hunted by seasoned FBI agent Susan Tarheel (Noomi Rapace), he runs by all-terain vehicle, 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.

In Alaska is produced by IJswater Films in co-production with Experimental Forest Films (Canada), Uuktumiaq Studios (Canada) and EO Television. International sales are handled by WTFilms. The film was financed with support from the Netherlands Film Fund, the Film Production Incentive, Telefilm Canada, Eurimages, BC Creative, the CoBO Fund, a.o.

Toronto International Film Festival will take place from 10 to 20 September 2026. Widely regarded as one of the world's leading film festivals, TIFF presents a broad selection of international cinema and serves as a major platform for filmmakers and the global film industry. Visit their website for more information about the festival and its programme.

Source: SEE NL
Image: In Alaska