The Snow Walker
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The Snow Walker is a 2003 Canadian survival drama film, based on a Farley Mowat story, about a bush pilot and an Inuit woman struggling to survive in the Arctic after a plane crash.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Snow Walker canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7445798 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Snow Walker Context triple: [Charles Martin Smith, notableWork, The Snow Walker]
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A.
A Mind of Winter
A Mind of Winter is a contemporary classical composition by British composer George Benjamin, noted for its atmospheric, finely detailed orchestral writing.
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B.
The Cross of Snow
The Cross of Snow is a sonnet by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that mournfully commemorates his wife Frances Appleton and reflects on enduring grief through the metaphor of a snow-filled mountain ravine.
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C.
Spirits of the Ice Forest
"Spirits of the Ice Forest" is an episode of the documentary series *Walking with Dinosaurs* that depicts the lives and struggles of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures in polar environments.
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D.
The Snowmen
"The Snowmen" is a 2012 Doctor Who Christmas special featuring the Eleventh Doctor, the introduction of Clara Oswald as a new companion, and sinister living snowmen as the main antagonists.
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E.
La sociedad de la nieve
La sociedad de la nieve is a Spanish-language survival drama film that recounts the true story of the 1972 Andes plane crash and the Uruguayan rugby team’s harrowing struggle to stay alive.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Snow Walker Target entity description: The Snow Walker is a 2003 Canadian survival drama film, based on a Farley Mowat story, about a bush pilot and an Inuit woman struggling to survive in the Arctic after a plane crash.
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A.
A Mind of Winter
A Mind of Winter is a contemporary classical composition by British composer George Benjamin, noted for its atmospheric, finely detailed orchestral writing.
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B.
The Cross of Snow
The Cross of Snow is a sonnet by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that mournfully commemorates his wife Frances Appleton and reflects on enduring grief through the metaphor of a snow-filled mountain ravine.
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C.
Spirits of the Ice Forest
"Spirits of the Ice Forest" is an episode of the documentary series *Walking with Dinosaurs* that depicts the lives and struggles of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures in polar environments.
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D.
The Snowmen
"The Snowmen" is a 2012 Doctor Who Christmas special featuring the Eleventh Doctor, the introduction of Clara Oswald as a new companion, and sinister living snowmen as the main antagonists.
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E.
La sociedad de la nieve
La sociedad de la nieve is a Spanish-language survival drama film that recounts the true story of the 1972 Andes plane crash and the Uruguayan rugby team’s harrowing struggle to stay alive.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian film
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film ⓘ survival film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Genie Award nomination for Best Actor
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Genie Award nomination for Best Actress ⓘ Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Genie Award nomination for Best Motion Picture ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Farley Mowat story
ⓘ
Walk Well, My Brother ⓘ |
| castMember |
Annabella Piugattuk
ⓘ
Barry Pepper ⓘ James Cromwell ⓘ Jon Gries ⓘ Kiersten Warren ⓘ Michael Bublé ⓘ Robin Dunne ⓘ |
| character |
Charlie Halliday
ⓘ
Kanaalaq ⓘ |
| cinematography | David Connell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| director | Charles Martin Smith ⓘ |
| distributor |
Lions Gate Films
ⓘ
linked to:
Lionsgate
|
| editor | Alison Grace ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Churchill, Manitoba
ⓘ
Rankin Inlet, Nunavut ⓘ
linked to:
Rankin Inlet
|
| genre |
adventure drama
ⓘ
survival drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cross-cultural understanding
ⓘ
redemption ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Inuit culture
ⓘ
human resilience ⓘ survival in the wilderness ⓘ |
| musicBy | Mychael Danna ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Nunavut ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A bush pilot and an Inuit woman struggle to survive in the Arctic after a plane crash ⓘ |
| producer |
Charles Martin Smith
ⓘ
Rob Merilees ⓘ Steven Hegyes ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Infinity Features Entertainment
ⓘ
Snow Walker Productions ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2003 ⓘ |
| releaseEvent | premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival ⓘ |
| runtime | 103 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Charles Martin Smith ⓘ |
| setting |
Arctic
ⓘ
linked to:
Arctic region
Canadian Arctic tundra ⓘ |
| title | The Snow Walker ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Snow Walker Description of subject: The Snow Walker is a 2003 Canadian survival drama film, based on a Farley Mowat story, about a bush pilot and an Inuit woman struggling to survive in the Arctic after a plane crash.
Referenced by (9)
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