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 Devon Bate |
Production companies | Shut Up & Colour Pictures Prospero Pictures Mazewalker Film |
| Distributed by | VVS Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
| 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 released in 2025.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
The film premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2025.[5] It was subsequently screened on September 10 as the opening film of the 2025 Atlantic International Film Festival.[6]
Awards
At AIFF, the film won the Gordon Parsons Award for Best Atlantic Canadian Feature.[7] Guy Godfree also won the Best Atlantic Cinematographer award, and Jeremy Dutcher won the award for Best Atlantic Score.[7]
It screened in the Borsos Competition program at the 2025 Whistler Film Festival.[8]
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2025.[9]
References
- ^ "AT THE PLACE OF GHOSTS [PG]". British Columbia Film Classification Office (Consumer Protection BC). February 12, 2026. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Andrew Tracy, "Atlantic Int’l Film Festival unveils full lineup for 2025 edition". Playback, August 13, 2025.
- ^ a b Andrew Tracy, "Sk+te’kmujue’katik, Little Lorraine top award winners at AIFF". Playback, September 15, 2025.
- ^ Andrew Tracy, "Youngblood, Akashi among Whistler’s Borsos Award nominees". Playback, October 28, 2025.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "TIFF unveils 2025 selections for Canada’s Top Ten features, shorts". Playback, January 6, 2026.