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The Sturgeon Run
A fish older than the province, a river rebuilt twice, and the people counting what is left.
Watch trailer- Location
- Nipawin, Saskatchewan
- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 38 min
- Format
- Documentary
Trailer
Synopsis
Lake sturgeon have been in the Saskatchewan River since before the ice left. They are slow to mature, easy to lose, and hard to film.
The Sturgeon Run works alongside a monitoring crew through one tagging season, above and below the surface, without ever pretending the fish are cooperating.
Underwater work was limited to what the clarity allowed, which some weeks was nothing at all. The film says so.
Our role
- Director and producer
- One tagging season embedded with the monitoring crew.
- Cinematography
- Boat-based coverage plus an underwater housing used only when clarity allowed.
- Story editing
- Cut with the crew's own survey data as the film's timeline.
- Colour and online
- Grade, conform, mix and captioned delivery.
Production highlights
- One full tagging season with the monitoring crew
- Underwater housing used only on the days clarity allowed
- Field audio recorded from the boat with wind protection on everything
- Cut with the crew's own survey data as the film's timeline
Stills from the shoot
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