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Inkwo for When the Starving Return
202418 min 27 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Amanda Strong
Production: Amanda Strong (Spotted Fawn Productions Inc.)Maral Mohammadian (National Film Board of Canada)Nina Werewka (Spotted Fawn Productions Inc.)Haydn Wazelle (Spotted Fawn Productions Inc.)Lupe Danyluk (Spotted Fawn Productions Inc.)Robert McLaughlin (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Bracken Hanuse CorlettRichard Van CampAmanda Strong
A co-production by Spotted Fawn Productions Inc. and the National Film Board of Canada.
Two lifetimes from now the world hangs in the balance. Dove, a young, enigmatic, gender-shifting warrior, discovers the gifts and burdens of their Inkwo (medicine) to defend against an army of hungry, ferocious monsters. Dove’s courage, resilience and alliance with the Earth culminates in a battle against these flesh-consuming creatures, who become stronger with each body and soul they devour. Inkwo for When the Starving Return is a call to action to fight and protect against the forces of greed around us.
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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
- director
- Amanda Strong
- screenplay
- Bracken Hanuse Corlett
- Richard Van Camp
- Amanda Strong
- producer
- Amanda Strong
- Maral Mohammadian
- Nina Werewka
- executive producer
- Amanda Strong
- Haydn Wazelle
- Lupe Danyluk
- Robert McLaughlin
- cast
- Paulina Alexis
- Tantoo Cardinal
- Art Napoleon
- voice director
- Nicole Oliver
- director of photography
- Dean Holmes
- design supervisor
- Maya McKibbin
- art director
- Maya McKibbin
- production designer
- Kate Stransky
- post-production supervisor
- Keith Morgan
- technical director
- Éloi Champagne
- stop motion animator
- Anna Berezowsky
- Juan Soto
- Payton Curtis
- Deanna Partridge-David
- animation director
- Deanna Partridge-David
- character models
- Shaawan Francis Keahna
- lead puppet fabricator
- Patrick Zung
- lead costumes
- Nora Rogers
- puppet consultant
- Georgina Hayns
- puppet generalist
- Nick Soo
- Julia Soo
- Whitney Wilder
- Gates Callanan
- sculpt
- 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 manager
- Whitney Wilder
- Joel Kretschman
- Sam Schenkman
- associate producer
- Gabriel Temme
- costume design
- Nora Rogers
- Georgina Franki
- 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
- gaffer
- Danny Guay
- Ken Young
- grip
- Ken Young
- Danny Guay
- editor
- Amanda Strong
- Michael Bourquin
- assistant editor/dit
- Danny Guay
- visual effects supervisor
- Keith Morgan
- Ryan Grobins
- lead compositor
- Keith Morgan
- Maya McKibbin
- VFX artist
- Keith Morgan
- Maya McKibbin
- matchmoving
- Caleb Ellison
- Keith Morgan
- Éloi Champagne
- visual effects
- Suraj Neji
- Rasheed Banda
- Emily Barnes
- Chellysia Christen
- cg-double rigger
- Jeremy Bot
- 3D animation
- Suraj Neji
- Keith Morgan
- Caleb Ellison
- 3D roto animation
- Chellysia Christen
- 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
- post-production coordinator
- Delores Smith
- Nina Werewka
- composer
- Edo Van Breemen
- 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
- additional sound editing
- Ramachandra Borcar
- Travis Mercredi
- foley
- Karla Baumgardner
- Jocelyn Caron
- foley recording
- Luc Léger
- re-recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Isabelle Lussier
- cultural consultant
- Henry Beaver
- Georgina Franki
- Cease Wyss
- Eileen Beaver
- Delores Smith
- 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
- production manager
- Nina Werewka
- Deanna Partridge-David
- technical support
- Vincent McCurley
- Mathieu Tremblay
- post-production IT consultant
- Ashley Harvey
- technical coordinator
- Luc Binette
- titles
- Eoin Duffy
- online editor
- Serge Verreault
- behind the scenes
- Cassandra Cross
- administration
- Robyn Lawson
- Victoria Angell
- Camille Fillion
- Laetitia Seguin
- Laura Mitchell
- Rosalina Di Sario
- studio management
- 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 counsel
- Nathaniel Lyman
- Christian Pitchen
- interim financing
- RBC
- Irina Race
- Juliet Smith
- Hannah Hong
- accounting
- Samantha Wilson
- Sydney Leclaire
- marketing
- Judith Lessard-Bérubé
- Leena Minifie
- publicist
- Nadine Viau
- production baby
- Kiyam Xwatqom Hanuse Corlett
Awards
- Animated Short AwardimagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival
- Sun Jury AwardimagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival
- IndigenousYorkton Film Festival
- AnimationYorkton Film Festival
- Air Canada- Matera AwardFirst Peoples' Festival (Land InSights)
- Best Animation FilmFirst Peoples' Festival (Land InSights)
- Best FilmLi´i´dli¿i¿ Ku´e´ Film Festival
- Best Animated Film,Horror Show Film Festival
- Horror is Queer AwardHorror Show Film Festival
- Best Canadian FilmInternational 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
- Prix du meilleur personnage (Dove)Sommets du cinéma d'animation
- Best Screenwriting Animation ProgramLeo Awards
- Best Direction Animation ProgramLeo Awards
- Best Animation ProgramLeo Awards