The Body remembers when the world broke open

Canada / Norway Co-Production
2019 / 105 mins / Colour / English / Drama / Canada / Norway

Available now in Canada on CBC Gem

A BEHIND THE SCENES, MAKING OF VIDEO

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Co-Writers/Co-Directors: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers & Kathleen Hepburn
Produced by: Tyler Hagan & Lori Lozinski
Producer: Alan R. Milligan
Co-Producer: Dyveke Graver
Cinematographer: Norm Li
Cast: Violet Nelson, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Funding: Telefilm Canada, CBC Films, Norweigan Film Institute, International Sami Film Institute, Telus Storyhive, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Creative BC

Company: Experimental Forest Films / Violator Films / Tannhauser Gate / Oslo Pictures

When Áila encounters a young Indigenous woman, barefoot and crying in the rain on the side of a busy street, she soon discovers that this young woman, Rosie, has just escaped a violent assault at the hands of her boyfriend. Áila decides to bring Rosie home with her and over the course of the evening, the two navigate the aftermath of this traumatic event. Inspired by a very real and transformative moment in the co-director Elle-Máijá Tailfeather's life, THE BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN weaves an intricately complex, while at the same time very simple, story of a chance encounter between two Indigenous women with drastically different lived experience, navigating the aftermath of domestic abuse.

Sales Canada: levelFilm
Sales International: ARRAY Releasing
Sales Norway: Another World Entertainment Norway NS

PRESS / NEWS:
World Premiere - Berlin International Film Festival
North American Premiere - Toronto International Film Festival
Honourable Mention - CANADA GOOSE® AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM - Toronto International Film Festival
Best BC Film Award - Vancouver International Film Festival
ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD - Toronto Critics Association - The TFCA’s Rogers Best Canadian Film Award is Canada’s richest arts prize. The director of the winning film, voted by members of the TFCA, receives $100,000 from Rogers Communications Inc.