Inkwo for When the Starving Return (2024)

Directed by

Amanda Strong

Genre

animated short film

Country

Canada

Runtime

18 min

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An indigenous orphan with the ability to change genders must learn traditional healing to stop dangerous wendigos from taking over the world.

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What happens

Inkwo for When the Starving Return is a Canadian animated short film directed by Amanda Strong and released in 2024. Adapted from the short story "Wheetago War" (from his 2015 short story collection Night Moves) by Richard Van Camp, the film centres on Dove (Paulina Alexis), a young indigenous orphan with the power to shift genders who has been raised by their aunt (Tantoo Cardinal), and must learn to harness their untrained skill in traditional indigenous healing to save the world from dangerous wendigos. The film premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was named to TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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