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Skin for Skin

Skin for Skin is a dark allegory of greed and spiritual reckoning set during the early days of the fur trade. In 1823, the Governor of the largest fur-trading company in the world travels across his Dominion, extracting ever-greater riches from the winter bounty of animal furs. In his brutal world of profit and loss, animals are slaughtered to the brink of extinction until the balance of power shifts, and the forces of nature exact their own terrible price. With nods to Melville and Coleridge, directors Kevin D.A. Kurytnik & Carol Beecher have created a visually stunning contemporary myth about …
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Skin for Skin is a dark allegory of greed and spiritual reckoning set during the early days of the fur trade.

In 1823, the Governor of the largest fur-trading company in the world travels across his Dominion, extracting ever-greater riches from the winter bounty of animal furs. In his brutal world of profit and loss, animals are slaughtered to the brink of extinction until the balance of power shifts, and the forces of nature exact their own terrible price.

With nods to Melville and Coleridge, directors Kevin D.A. Kurytnik & Carol Beecher have created a visually stunning contemporary myth about the cost of arrogance and greed.

 This work deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
History - Canada - Pre-1867 Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) All subjects
  • writer
    Kevin D.A. Kurytnik
    Carol Beecher
  • director
    Kevin D.A. Kurytnik
    Carol Beecher
  • producer
    Bonnie Thompson
    Carol Beecher
  • executive producer
    David Christensen
  • story team
    William Dyer
    Danielle Bazinet
    Jon-Jon Atienza
    Nic Wassill
    Lyndon Navalta
    Ryder McLean
  • storyboard artist
    Danielle Bazinet
    Kevin D.A. Kurytnik
  • editing
    Carol Beecher
  • art direction
    Kevin D.A. Kurytnik
  • assistant art director
    Lyndon Navalta
  • production manager
    Carol Beecher
  • production design
    Kevin D.A. Kurytnik
    Danielle Bazinet
    Lyndon Navalta
  • lead colour artist
    Lyndon Navalta
  • compositor
    Lyndon Navalta
    William Dyer
    Court Brinsmead
    Jon-Jon Atienza
    Brian Batista
  • colour artist
    William Dyer
    Court Brinsmead
  • technical director
    William Dyer
  • texture artist
    Danielle Bazinet
  • character design
    Douglas Nhung
    Julianna Michek
  • concept artist
    Lyndon Navalta
    Ryder McLean
    Hunter Bonyun
    Eran Fowler
    Cynthia Ward
  • pre-viz modeler
    Justin Goran
  • 3D modeling
    Nic Wassill
  • assistant modeler
    Ryder McLean
    Blake Figol
  • lighting
    Jon-Jon Atienza
    David Reynolds
    Blake Figol
  • effects
    Jon-Jon Atienza
    Brian Batista
  • animation supervisor
    Carol Beecher
    William Dyer
  • lead 3D animator
    William Dyer
  • layout
    Carol Beecher
    Court Brinsmead
    Ryder McLean
    Blake Figol
    Nic Wassill
  • rigging
    Jon-Jon Atienza
    Ryder McLean
    Price Morgan
  • production intern
    Shawna Saunders
    Alexandra Hodgson
    Danielle Vuono
    Lauren Shipton
    Balbina Argenti
    Lee Jang
    Kelly-Ann Desouza
    Milan Bojanic
    Kristy Lannan
  • lead researcher
    Carol Beecher
  • research assistant
    Emma Rouleau
    David McGonigal
  • production assistant
    Guilia Comin
    Ryley Bryanton
    Adam Muhieddine
    Christina Mah
  • technical consultant
    Sean Craig
    Steve Kahwati
  • supervising sound editor
    Frank Laratta
  • sound editor
    Brent Planiden
    Matt Coffey
    Tyler Rambie
  • foley
    Matt Coffey
    Tyler Rambie
  • re-recording mixer
    Brent Planiden
    Frank Laratta
  • voice group
    Paul Boucher
    Inouk Touzin
    Stéphane Prevost
    Stephan Gabriele
    Jim Ripley
    Roger Rhodes
  • music score
    Frank Laratta
  • sound design
    Frank Laratta
  • audio post production facility
    Propeller Studios Inc.
  • piper
    Owen Bonnar
  • additional sound editing
    Jimmy Bustos
    Ryan Von Hagen
  • colourist
    Jeff August
    Nick Zacharkiw
  • online editor
    Brock Roberts
  • production coordinator
    Ginette D'Silva
    Faye Yoneda
    Jasmine Pullukatt
  • marketing manager
    Leslie Stafford
  • program administrator
    Bree Beach
    Ginette D'Silva
  • production supervisor
    Mark Power
    Esther Viragh
  • centre operations manager
    Darin Clausen
  • executive director
    Michelle van Beusekom
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