EXCLUSIVE: Double Dutch International (DDI) arrives at the EFM with international sales rights to the queer romance and 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) premiere Blood Lines, the second feature from Métis filmmaker Gail Maurice.
Blood Lines screens at the market on February 14 and follows a fiercely independent Métis woman whose life is upended by the return of her estranged mother and the arrival of a stranger searching for her roots. As long-buried wounds resurface, the three women are forced to confront family, identity, and belonging.
Dana Solomon and Derica Lafrance star in their first leading roles and Maurice, Paula Devonshire, and Jamie Manning serve as producers. The film features extensive dialogue in Michif – a language blending Cree and French with approximately 1,130 speakers worldwide including Maurice.
“Blood Lines is an intimate, character-driven film that carries real cultural weight,” DDI president and CEO Ron Möring said. “Gail Maurice brings Métis language, history, and contemporary experience to the screen with warmth and authenticity, creating a work that resonates far beyond its setting.”
“Language carries culture, memory, and identity,” said Maurice, whose first feature and comedy drama Rosie premiered at 2022 TIFF. “That’s why it was so important to me to bring Michif to the forefront of Blood Lines, making up a third of the language spoken in the film and preserving it on screen for future generations.”
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