At the Place of Ghosts
| At the Place of Ghosts | |
|---|---|
| Mi'kmaq | Sk+te’kmujue’katik |
| Directed by | Bretten Hannam |
| Written by | Bretten Hannam |
| Produced by | Diana Elbaum Mitchel Fleming Martin Katz Jason Levangie Marc Tetrault |
| Starring | Blake Alec Miranda Forrest Goodluck Brandon Oakes Glen Gould |
| Cinematography | Guy Godfree |
| Edited by | Shaun Rykiss Anne-Laure Guégan |
| Music by | Jeremy Dutcher |
Production companies | Shut Up & Colour Pictures Prospero Pictures Mazewalker Film |
| Distributed by | VVS Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
At the Place of Ghosts (Mi'kmaq: Sk+te’kmujue’katik) is a Canadian thriller film, directed by Bretten Hannam and slated for release in 2025.[1] The film stars Forrest Goodluck and Blake Alec Miranda as Mise’l and Antle, two Mi'kmaq brothers who have become estranged in adulthood due to childhood trauma, who become haunted by a malevolent spirit and must reunite and journey into Skite’kmujuekati’k, the Place of Ghosts, to face their demons and heal.[2]
The cast also includes Glen Gould as their father, and Skylar Cope and Atuen MacIsaac as the boys in childhood, as well as Brandon Oakes, Alexander Nunez, David Rossetti, Jason Daley, Tanchay Redvers, Pamela Matthews, Nancy Kenny, David Mortimer and Ainsley Cope in supporting roles.
The film was shot in and around Halifax, Nova Scotia, in summer 2024.[3]
The film is slated to premiere in the Platform Prize program at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2025.[4][5]
References
- ^ Leo Barraclough and Elsa Keslassy, "Magnify Takes Global, U.S. Rights to Bretten Hannam’s Supernatural Thriller ‘Place of Ghosts’". Variety, May 13, 2024.
- ^ Etan Vlessing, "Forrest Goodluck Joins Bretten Hannam’s Supernatural Thriller ‘Place of Ghosts’". The Hollywood Reporter, August 27, 2024.
- ^ Kim Izzo, "Bretten Hannam feature Place of Ghosts underway in Halifax". Playback, August 28, 2024.
- ^ Kate Erbland, "TIFF 2025’s Auteur-Focused Platform Competition Will Be Juried by Two Rising Filmmakers and Oscar Nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste". IndieWire, July 22, 2025.
- ^ "Sk+te'kmujue'katik (At the Place of Ghosts)". TIFF. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
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