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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 WazelleRobert McLaughlin (National Film Board of Canada)Lupe Danyluk (Spotted Fawn Productions Inc.)
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
- Robert McLaughlin
- Lupe Danyluk
- 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
- 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