Manitoba shines in sci-fi film Winnipeg Free Press [Video]

Manitoba never looked so good.

Winnipeg-born Ryan Ward has directed, written and stars in a sumptuous Prairie-set sequel to his critically celebrated 2011 film Son of the Sunshine. Daughter of the Sun — which next week releases on platforms such as Apple TV+, Shaw, Telus and Bell in Canada, and Amazon and Tubi in the United States — was shot entirely in Manitoba and co-stars 16-year-old Nyah Perkin of Souris.

The film has caught the attention of Peter Farrelly, Oscar-winning director of The Green Book, who calls it, “Gorgeously shot. A very impressive movie.”

Daughter of the Sun’s trailer, with its muttered narration and saturated slow-mo shots of wheat stalks playing peekaboo with handsome faces and brilliant skies, invites comparisons to arthouse titan Terrence Malick (Days of Heaven, Badlands).

Ward doesn’t shirk the comparisons.

“I always found Manitoba a very …