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The Yukon Assignment

A British father and son undertake a five hundred mile canoe journey through the Canadian wilderness. An honest story of real adventure and the importance of making time for each other. A British father and son undertake a five hundred mile canoe journey through the Canadian wilderness. An honest story of real adventure and the importance of making time for each other. A British father and son undertake a five hundred mile canoe journey through the Canadian wilderness. An honest story of real adventure and the importance of making time for each other.

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• October 1, 2018 (United Kingdom)
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The Yukon Assignment review – canoe adventure doc stays in the shallows

A British father and son embark on a five-week expedition through Canada in a modest, pleasant documentary

A father-and-son team canoe 500 miles across the frozen Canadian wilderness in this modest, slightly frustrating documentary filmed by the son, Chris Lucas. He’s a professional adventurer. His dad, Niall, was an actor in his youth and is a natural in front of the camera. He’s also the perfect travelling companion, pretending to be a crabby old git while really being affable, unruffled and perpetually in awe of the surroundings. The two are so thoroughly pleasant and politely English that their trip might have been sponsored by John Lewis. After nearly becoming dinner for a frisky adolescent bear, one of them says mildly: “Phew, that was quite exciting wasn’t it.”

The intimidatingly capable Chris planned the five-week trip down the Yukon river as a bonding exercise on which to get to know his dad a bit better. The thing about his family, he explains, is that everyone’s a bit stiff-upper-lipped. I have to admit, I don’t think this trip loosened them up. Chris is about to become a dad and there’s a conversation or two about fatherhood, but nothing too deep. The men’s relationship doesn’t seem troubled by competitiveness, though a psychologist might take an interest in Chris’s motives for making his dad Niall entirely dependent on him for five weeks.

Some of the limitations of the film can be blamed on the budget: as the canoe’s skipper and cameraman, it’s impossible for Chris to film some of the hairier moments. Perhaps what the film needed was someone else to prod and poke and get them properly talking. Still, there are valuable tips here on what to do if you ever find yourself in bear territory. Number one: pee around your tent. Bears don’t like the smell.

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The Yukon Assignment

An inspirational journey for adventurers of all ages.

British adventurer Chris Lucas (34) and his actor father Niall (64) depend on each other for survival as they canoe down one of the most remote rivers in Canada.   

The Yukon Assignment   is a breathtaking exploration of one of the Earth’s last wildernesses and the story of how adventure can sometimes bring us together, irrespective of age.

Gentle in nature, this is a story of authentic adventure and relationship between son and father. The passing of time and changing relationships we have with our parents and children is fundamental to the human experience. So often in modern life, we make no time to simply experience this, plans are put off, excuses are made, opportunities passed. This film is the antithesis of this lament, inspiring audiences to take action, to seize the opportunity to make time for the important relationships in their life, to embrace the unknown, and to strike out on their own adventures.

The film leaves the audience wanting to call their loved ones, dream big, and dare to believe.

Read about our work on The Yukon Assignment here .

Released in the UK in November 2018

• Director: Chris Lucas
• Duration: 86 mins.
• Genre: Outdoor/adventure
• Production company: Fieldgrazer Productions

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A father-and-son team canoe 500 miles across the frozen Canadian wilderness in this modest, slightly frustrating documentary filmed by the son, Chris Lucas.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 1, 2018

The feature-length documentary is a gentle, unpretentious love-letter to untamed nature and its ability to bring two people together.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2018

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A new adventure film produced by a Falmouth University lecturer has been picked up by Netflix.

Produced and devised in Cornwall, the Yukon Assignment is a breath-taking exploration of one of the earth’s last wildernesses and the story of how adventure can sometimes bring us together, irrespective of age.

The film stars Cornwall -based adventurer and outdoor leader Chris Lucas and his father Niall Lucas who took on 500 miles of Canadian wilderness in an unsupported canoe adventure.

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The film was produced by Falmouth University lecturer Charlie Fripp and not only has it already been promoted by Canada’s Visit Yukon tourist office but it’s been picked up by Netflix.

Chris said: “We are thrilled that The Yukon Assignment will be on Netflix this festive season. Our goal with the film was to encourage people to dream big and dare to believe.”

The film’s release has been an adventure in itself, after premiering at the Plaza Cinema in Truro before going on a nationwide cinema tour and has inspired others to take on their own adventures.

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Charlie added: “We’re so pleased the film has been picked up by Netflix after its successful cinema tour and Amazon Prime release.

"We’re really grateful for all the support we’ve had from so many people at Falmouth University and it has been brilliant to use the many lessons learnt from making the film in our first-year documentary module, Origin at Falmouth’s School of Film and Television and it has been inspiring to see our students create their own stories, many of which screened at Cornwall film festival this year.

"We’d love it if after watching the film, people reach out to a loved one or plan their own adventure, whether that’s a walk in the park or something bigger.”

The Yukon Assignment’s film making team are now collaborating on their next project, which take viewers on a new adventure, while Falmouth’s Mark Jenkin is due to release his new feature film in 2022.

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