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Inkwo à la défense des vivants
202418 min 27 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Amanda Strong
Production: Amanda Strong (Spotted Fawn Productions Inc.)Maral Mohammadian (Office national du film du Canada)Nina Werewka (Spotted Fawn Productions Inc.)Haydn WazelleRobert McLaughlin (Office national du film du Canada)Lupe Danyluk (Spotted Fawn Productions Inc.)
Script: Bracken Hanuse CorlettRichard Van CampAmanda Strong
Une coproduction de Spotted Fawn Productions et l'Office national du film du Canada.
Dans deux générations d’ici, le monde vacille. Cherchant à se défendre contre une horde de monstres affamés et féroces, Dove, une jeune personne dotée d’une fluidité naturelle entre le masculin et le féminin, découvre les forces et les périls de son Inkwo (médecine autochtone). Le courage et la résilience de Dove ainsi que son alliance avec la Terre sont mis à rude épreuve lorsqu’il lui faut combattre ces créatures sanguinaires qui puisent de nouvelles forces dans chaque corps qu’elles dévorent. Inkwo à la défense des vivants est un appel à l’action qui nous invite à lutter et à nous protéger contre les forces de la cupidité qui nous entourent.
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Subject categories
- Environment and Conservation > Environmental PerspectivesIndigenous ConcernsPetroleum
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Legends and Literature
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Sexual minorities (2SLGBTQ+ people)
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Dené
- Health & Wellbeing > Traditional Health, Healing & Medicine
- Intangible Culture & Literature > Traditional Stories & Storytelling
- Roles & Relationships > Two-Spirit, Queer, LGBTQ
Credits
- direction
- Amanda Strong
- script
- Bracken Hanuse Corlett
- Richard Van Camp
- Amanda Strong
- production
- Amanda Strong
- Maral Mohammadian
- Nina Werewka
- executive production
- Amanda Strong
- Haydn Wazelle
- Robert McLaughlin
- Lupe Danyluk
- cast
- Paulina Alexis
- Tantoo Cardinal
- Art Napoleon
- photography directing
- Dean Holmes
- art direction
- Maya McKibbin
- production design
- Kate Stransky
- post-production supervisor
- Keith Morgan
- technical direction
- Éloi Champagne
- stop motion animation
- Anna Berezowsky
- Juan Soto
- Payton Curtis
- Deanna Partridge-David
- director of animation
- Deanna Partridge-David
- head costumer
- Nora Rogers
- puppet consultant
- Georgina Hayns
- carvings
- Patrick Zung
- Kyleigh Bell
- Mahala Miller
- Mochi Lin
- head mechanics
- Patrick Zung
- Julia Soo
- armatures
- Linsey Bungener
- Jeremy Spake
- Nick Soo
- Gillian Povey
- Gabriel Temme
- silicone and mold making
- Josephine Ortiz Merida
- Linsey Bungener
- Kathi Zung
- Mochi Lin
- painting
- Josephine Ortiz Merida
- Linsey Bungener
- Kyleigh Bell
- cnc joint making
- Sam Schenkman
- Andrew Bruzga
- costume fabricator
- Nora Rogers
- Elodie Massa
- project leader
- Joel Kretschman
- Whitney Wilder
- Sam Schenkman
- costume designer
- Georgina Franki
- Nora Rogers
- Maya McKibbin
- sets and props fabricator
- Ben Plante
- Elly Stern
- Sof Pickstone
- Jesse Byiers
- fabricator
- Lia Fabre-Dimsdale
- Danny Guay
- Rebeca Spiegel
- Celina McLeod
- Zara Wazelle
- Jagoda Lalik
- Dawson Wood
- Joshua Paulson
- puppet maintenance
- Elly Stern
- Jesse Byiers
- puppet wigs
- Jesse Byiers
- lead camera
- Christian Wilson-Brown
- chief electrician
- Ken Young
- Danny Guay
- head grip
- Ken Young
- Danny Guay
- editing
- Amanda Strong
- Michael Bourquin
- assistant editor/dit
- Danny Guay
- matchmoving
- Caleb Ellison
- Keith Morgan
- Éloi Champagne
- visual effects
- Suraj Neji
- Rasheed Banda
- Emily Barnes
- Chellysia Christen
- cg-double rigger
- Jeremy Bot
- 3-D animation
- Suraj Neji
- Keith Morgan
- Caleb Ellison
- 3D roto animation
- Chellysia Christen
- digital compositing
- Suraj Neji
- Katrina Pleasance
- Rasheed Banda
- Joshua Paulson
- Chellysia Christen
- Carmen Wong
- Vincent McCurley
- Eoin Duffy
- Éloi Champagne
- Serge Verreault
- render farm support
- Sébastien Dion
- Fabien Capus
- additional composition
- Jeneen Frei Njootli
- Matthew Cardinal
- additional musician
- Jeff Innes
- Sam Davidson
- sound design
- Eugenio Battaglia
- Humberto Corte
- additional sound design
- Ramachandra Borcar
- Luc Raymond
- supervising sound editor
- Eugenio Battaglia
- sound effects creation
- Karla Baumgardner
- Jocelyn Caron
- post-sync effects recording
- Luc Léger
- sound mixer
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Isabelle Lussier
- tłı̨chǫ language consultant
- Georgina Franki
- Rosie Benning
- research and development
- Maya McKibbin
- Carlo Janusz Lauritsen Becker
- Shaawan Francis Keahna
- Dean Holmes
- Catriona Murphy
- Zoe Cire
- Michael Fukushima
- Dora Epic
- Natty Boonmasiri
- Zoe Glass
- Rasheed Banda
- Suna Galay
- Ed Films
- Kathleen Hepburn
- Tiffany Monk
- storyboard
- Maya McKibbin
- animatic
- Maya McKibbin
- research administrator
- Maria Lantin
- Keith Doyle
- Alan Goldman
- research coordinator
- Daniel Garrod
- research technician
- Sean Arden
- environment and texture artist
- Gabe Kwok
- Skye Allen
- Dawson Wood
- Caleb Ellison
- Elizabeth Hills
- Thomas Huang
- Vincent Isabel
- Felipe Salles Fonseca
- student researcher
- Rayne Burning
- Sof Pickstone
- Hamed Rashtian
- Oluwasola Olowo-Ake
- 1st assistant director
- Nina Werewka
- Deanna Partridge-David
- head of production
- Nina Werewka
- Deanna Partridge-David
- technical support
- Vincent McCurley
- Mathieu Tremblay
- post-production IT consultant
- Ashley Harvey
- technical coordination
- Luc Binette
- titles
- Eoin Duffy
- online editing
- Serge Verreault
- behind the scenes
- Cassandra Cross
- administration
- Robyn Lawson
- Victoria Angell
- Camille Fillion
- Laetitia Seguin
- Laura Mitchell
- Rosalina Di Sario
- production coordinator
- Barry Ahmad
- Dominique Forget
- Jasmine Pullukatt
- production assistant
- Danny Guay
- Mark Anthony Hogan
- legal advisor
- Nathaniel Lyman
- Christian Pitchen
- bookkeeper
- Samantha Wilson
- Sydney Leclaire
- marketing
- Judith Lessard-Bérubé
- Leena Minifie
- production baby
- Kiyam Xwatqom Hanuse Corlett
Awards
- Best FilmLi´i´dli¿i¿ Ku´e´ Film Festival
- Best in Category: HorrorToronto Animation Arts Festival International
- Canadian Top Short FilmGIRAF International Festival of Independent Animation
- Best Canadian Short FilmAvailable Light Film Festival
- Grand PrizeVIEW Conference
- Best ShortFilm Festival