“Sk+te’kmujue’katik ( At the Place of Ghosts )” is a simple story with a lot on its mind. At its core, writer-director Bretten Hannam ‘s tale follows two siblings (played by Blake Alec Miranda and Forrest Goodluck) traveling through the titular haunted forest in order to exorcise some demons from their lives. But their journey involves profound moments with their past and future, examining how the Mi’kmaw people, Indigenous to Nova Scotia, relate to the land and to each other. The film will have a chance to make an impact in its own country during its world premiere on Sept. 6 at this year’s Toronto Film Festival .

Hannam, who uses they / them pronouns, said they find genre films to be a way to draw people into a scary story and leave them thinking deeply about the ideas the filmmak

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