The Territory by Alex Pritz – Theatrical Release on August 26th at Montreal Forum

Montreal, August 2nd, 2022. Equinoxe films in association with Sherry Media Group is proud to announce the theatrical release of National Geographic Documentary Film The Territory on August 26th in Montreal Forum Theatre. This Brazil, Denmark, United States feature documentary is produced by Darren Aronofsky, Will N. Miller, Sigrid Dyekjær, Lizzie Gillett and Gabriel Uchida. Languages of this film are Brazilian Portuguese, Tupi-Kawahiva (English subtitles).

The Territory provides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon. With awe-inspiring cinematography showcasing the titular landscape and richly textured sound design, the film takes audiences deep into the Uru-eu-wau-wau community and provides unprecedented access to the farmers and settlers illegally burning and clearing the protected Indigenous land. Partially shot by the Uru-eu-wau-wau people, the film relies on vérité footage captured over three years as the community risks their lives to set up their own news media team in the hopes of exposing the truth.

Alex Pritz, director stated, "As a filmmaker, I am deeply committed to understanding more about our relationship with the natural world and empowering others to use film as a way to explore these questions themselves."

Alex Pritz is a documentary film director and cinematographer focused on human's relationship with the natural world. Pritz's directorial debut, The Territory, premiered in the World Cinema competition at Sundance 2022, winning both an Audience Award and Special Jury Award for Documentary Craft, making it the only film at that year's festival to win awards from audience and jury alike. Pritz also worked as a cinematographer on the feature documentary The First Wave with director Matt Heineman, and as a cinematographer and field producer on Jon Kasbe's feature documentary When Lambs Become Lions (Tribeca 2018). Prior to that, Pritz co-directed, shot and edited the documentary short My Dear Kyrgyzstan (Big Sky 2019). He is a co-founder of Documist and has received grants from the Sundance Institute, IDA Enterprise Fund, Catapult Fund and Doc Society. Pritz holds a Bachelor of Science from McGill University, where he studied Environmental Science and Philosophy. In 2012, he received an inaugural Dalai Lama Fellowship for his work developing film curricula alongside low-income communities in the Philippines and taught participatory film workshops for lawyers and human rights advocates around the world.