Inspired by the surreal, live-tracked 2019 Northern British Columbia manhunt, this haunting, fever-dream parable charts a crisis of modern connection across deep class divides.
The film tracks Joey, a working-class nineteen-year-old gamer hollowing out his isolation in digital simulations, and Kit, a companion from privilege chasing an unspoken, desperate desire to dissolve into something real.
Vanishing into the vast Canadian wilderness, the two boys live-stream a descent into an open-world simulation of terror, tracking their own flight across social media feeds as the boundaries between a commodified digital world and a raw, unforgiving frontier completely dissolve.
Bypassing standard true-crime sensationalism, award-winning Michif filmmaker Wayne Wapeemukwa (Luk’Luk’l) brings a deeply felt perspective to the screen, delivering a stark, subversively stylized reckoning with colonial desire and the legacy of the frontier.
Blending the alienation of Taxi Driver with the restrained poetic urgency of Gus Van Sant’s Elephant, MANHUNT strips back regional myths to expose a generation of young men stranded in the wreckage of a digital void—an auteur-led portrait of social isolation and an urgent act of cinematic witnessing.
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Joey: Harris Lowe │ Kit: Landon Tunold │ Becca: Bianca Foscht │ Dani: Dilara Foscht Travis: Wild Al Livingstone │ Fleck: Carl Hofbauer │ Spike: Mark Moore Kit’s Mom: Tricia Spooner │ Joey’s Grandma: BJ Harrower
CREW
Director: Wayne Wapeemukwa │ Screenwriter: Anna-Lena Theobald │ Cinematographer: Jon Glendon Editor: Coline Debray │ Composer: Daniel Ross │ Music Supervisor: Alec Hanham Producer / Sound Designer: Matt Drake
Art & Design: Darenluc Sasges (Production Designer), Grace Alvarez (Art Director), Mackenzie Serin (Costume Designer), Katrin Braga (Casting Director)
Camera & Lighting: Alex Nunes (1st AC), Aidan Johnson (Gaffer), Andriy Lyskov (Key Grip), Francis Rogers (Grip)
Sound Department: Sharon Tseng (Sound Designer), Coby Degroot (Sound)
Production Team: Mickey Semera (Assistant Director), Daniel Code (Locations Manager / Associate Producer), Emilia Voudouris (Associate Producer / Intimacy Coordinator / Stills)
Post & Technical: Dave Tomiak (Colorist), Roman Betanzos (VFX), Sam Andrews (VFX), Nessa Aref (LED Stage), Rachelle Tomm (Transport), Zach Lacosse (Researcher)