The film premiered at the 40th Montreal World Film Festival . The film was selected in the Perspective Canada program at Cannes in 2016 . It was distributed under the banner Raven Banner Entertainment theatrically in Canada . The Northlander was lauded as one among " 8 of indigenous cinema 's most important films " by i-D magazine . The Northlander theatrically opened in over ten major cities across Canada between October 2016 and April 2017
Cannes
2016 Cannes Film Festival
The Northlander