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. 

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