Documentary The Last Dogs Of Winter, which features Caleb Ross, will be showing in Glasgow, as part of the Glasgow Film Festival.

The film will be shown at 3:30PM on Thursday 23rd February at the Glasgow Film Theatre. Tickets are £8. To book tickets, click here.

Brian Ladoon is the kind of wilderness man who seems tailor-made for a Werner Herzog film. In 1976, Ladoon began a lifelong mission to protect and preserve the beautiful Canadian Eskimo dog ­ qimmiq ­ which is the rarest registered breed of dog in the world. The dogs once numbered in their thousands but had been reduced to hundreds by the late 1970s. The Last Dogs of Winter tells Ladoon’s story and that of Caleb Ross, a young New Zealand actor who travelled to Churchill, Manitoba in search of adventure and stayed three years. An inspirational documentary with awe-inspiring footage of the landscapes, the dogs and the polar bears who share their territory. This film will screen with beautiful animated short Amaqqut Nunaat (The Country of Wolves, 11min), winner of the prestigious Best Short Drama and Best Emerging Artist awards at the ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival 2011. Part of Glasgow Film Festival 2012: The Edge of the World.

Caleb Ross attended the Toronto International Film Festival 2011 for the world premiere of the documentary The Last Dogs Of Winter, in which he features and had creative input.

The movie, which premiered at TIFF on September 9th, received a standing ovation from a capacity filled showing of the documentary. The ovation was received when director Costa Botes with film subjects Brian Ladoon and Caleb Ross went to the stage for a Q & A session. (Source: Stuff.co.nz)

Variety.com gave a positive review on the documentary, describing it as an “Intimate, gorgeously rendered docu… Costa Botes intelligently surveys Ladoon’s quixotic mission, the numerous obstacles he faces, and the uneasy co-existence of man, animal and nature in the small town of Churchill (pop. 873). A wilderness lover’s delight, “Dogs” reps a shoo-in for cablers, fests and the cinematheque circuit.”

Speaking to Helen Barlow of the New Zealand Herald, Caleb said the following, “The film received a standing ovation and I have to admit I was a little choked up. The Q & A session went very well. People were coming up to us saying it’s a great movie, very moving and very informative, so I couldn’t have asked for any better. One of the comments Costa got from the crowd was that it’s funny [for Canadians] to be taught about their native heritage by a Kiwi. I guess it’s one of those issues that not a lot of people know about, which is why this story needed to be told”.

As usual, for the latest news on the film visit the official website/blog for The Last Dogs Of Winter. With thanks to Hil for the info. Cheers :) There’s still allot of articles out there on the doc, it’s worth googling and checking out.

The documentary Last Dogs Of Winter, filmed by Costa Botes and featuring Caleb Ross (The Tribe’s Lex) has been selected viewing at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival 2011.

On his blog, Costa Botes said the following: “Right at the beginning of planning Last Dogs of Winter it was my fervent hope that if we ever succeeded in getting it made, the best thing that could happen was to be selected for the documentary lineup at Toronto, and now it has. So as you can imagine, there is a fair bit of joy under this roof.”

To keep up to date with the production, keep an eye out the website located here, also there is a Facebook page here, the comments on the website in particular are worth reading for more insight and opinions on the documentary.

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A teaser trailer for the documentary film The Last Dogs Of Winter, which features Caleb Ross, has been uploaded online. Check it out below:

The footage of the polar bears with the dogs and amongst them Caleb and Brian Ladoon surviving in that environment looks amazing as well as dramatic. Definitely can’t wait to see more.

There is also a Facebook page, setup by Caleb, for you to join and stay up-to-date with the film as it develops, click here to go there now, there’s some amazing photos up there already as well as the trailer and more footage.

There was a previous article about the movie on this site here. Costa Botes answered Tribe fans about his working on The Tribe as a director and added, “Right. My views on The Tribe are neither here nor there. Working on it was overall a good experience in terms of the wonderful cast and crew. The rest I can smile about now. No offence intended. I’m the last person to poke a stick at anyone’s passion. Kia Kaha everyone!”

Onwards and upwards Mr. Botes and thanks for visiting the site :)

With thanks to Tracey & Jebrill (Tribe-Cast.com).

Awesome news about Caleb Ross, he features in the up-coming documentary The Last Dogs Of Winter by independent film maker Costa Botes – who first met Caleb when he was a director on The Tribe.

The Last Dogs Of Winter follows the story of Brian Ladoon who resides in Churchill, in Manitoba, Canada. For around 40 years Brian has bred and maintained a colony of Canadian Eskimo dogs which lived in the region as “the pack horses/tractors of the arctic” but now serve no purpose and had been dying out.

From Costa’s website:

… the young man who introduced me to this cold world – Caleb Ross. I first met Caleb back in 1999, when he was starring in the cult TV show, The Tribe. I came and went as one of the show’s directors. I’ll refrain from comment on the show, but I always enjoyed working with the cast. Caleb always struck me as a talented guy who put 100% into everything he did.

So I was not altogether surprised to see how well he handled himself in Canada. Driving through blizzards, feeding dogs raw meat by hand while surrounded by giant polar bears, guarding himself and Brian with a shotgun – all very exciting, and real.

It definitely sounds exciting! Were definitely looking forward to seeing more on this project. You can keep up to date with Costa as he progresses by visiting his blog.

Caleb Ross is not just in the film, his own photography and video from his time with Brian Ladoon will be incorporated into the documentary (which is in post-production) by Costa.

With thanks to Jessica Carroll for the info. Visit CostaBotes.com for more info on the director and his work.