Borealis (2013 film)

{{short description|2013 Canadian science fiction film}}

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| writer = Andrew Wreggitt
Andrew Rai Berzins

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| director = David Frazee

| starring = Ty Olsson
Michelle Harrison
Patrick Gallagher
Greyston Holt

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| music = Tom Third

| country = Canada

| language = English

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| producer = Arvi Liimatainen

| editor = Brett Sullivan

| cinematography = Mathias Herndl

| runtime = 89 minutes

| company = SEVEN24 Films
Slanted Wheel Entertainment

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| network = Space

| released = {{Start date|2013|01|11}}

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Borealis, also released as Survival Code in the United States, is a Canadian science fiction television film, directed by David Frazee and released in 2013."Maybe only one chance for this one". The Province, January 10, 2013. The film was created as a series pilot for Space, which passed on the series but aired it as a television film."Global-warming epic awaits green light; Set 30 years in the future, Alberta-filmed TV pilot sees the world fight over last of the Arctic oil". The Province, December 18, 2011.

The film is set in the Canadian Arctic in 2045, after climate change has made the area more temperate and ripe for economic development, and takes place in the newly developing frontier town of Borealis. Its central characters include Ty Olsson as Vic Carbonneau, the owner of the town's airstrip and hotel; Michelle Harrison as Alison Freemont, a biologist; Patrick Gallagher as Taq, an Inuk tech entrepreneur; and Greyston Holt as Dan Riordan, an American anthropology student. The cast also includes Christine Horne, Dewshane Williams, Darren Shahlavi and Mayko Nguyen.

The film was written by Andrew Wreggitt and Andrew Rai Berzins.