Eye For Film

A claustrophobic portrayal of life in desperate circumstances, but it's engagingly told, threaded through with humour, and makes for compulsive viewing.

Variety

A quartet of Scottish fisherman grapple with the terrible cost of human trafficking in morally resonant, deeply-felt drama "True North," from London-born, German-based thesp-turned-helmer Steve Hudson. ...

Observer on True North & the death of the fishing industry

Behind a lauded screen drama about people-smuggling is the reality of desperate Scottish trawler communities struggling to survive. ...

TIFFREVIEWS.COM

Heartbreaking: This was a very self assured debut for Steve Hudson, and promises a fantastic future as a director. ...

TIFFREVIEWS.COM

Fantastic, surprising: This is a great film; the last twenty minutes were very moving and unexpected. ...

Adventures in Downtown Toronto

"This is a film about why good people do bad things" said director Steve Hudson last night at the world premiere of his first feature film True North. ... This is a really rough film and very realistic. ... The film is great and not to be missed.