Despite the story taking place in the Arctic, the movie was shot in a studio at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The ambient was digitally constructed upon a chroma key and the ground was filled with fake snow brought from London by the same company that provides it in Game of Thrones (2011). Also, this is not the only thing the film has in common with the TV show: the actor Ralph Ineson also worked in the series as the character 'Dagmer Cleftjaw'.
Selton Mello and Seu Jorge both had worked earlier with the directors in their first movie, which was the short Tarantino's Mind (2006). This is their second movie collaboration and the director's firs feature film.