Klee (film)

Klee
Directed byGavin Baird
Screenplay byGavin Baird
Produced byGavin Baird
Kyle Zurevinski
Jacob Farrell
Kayla Peters
StarringSeth Cardinal Dodginghorse
Hannah Brennen
CinematographyMatthew Ripplinger
Music byBret Parenteau & Respectful Child
Production
company
Dynamic Video Imaging
Release date
  • September 5, 2025 (2025-09-05) (TIFF)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Klee is a Canadian short horror film, directed by Gavin Baird and released in 2025.[1] The film stars Seth Cardinal Dodginghorse as a shapeshifting alien who is sent to 19th-century Saskatchewan, in the form of a First Nations man, with a mission to find and kill a family of farm settlers through sex.[2]

The cast also includes Hannah Brennen, Joan Mylymok, Gin Fedotov, Michael Barber, Timothy Boechler, Todd William Lewis, Shayne Metcalfe and J. T. Smith in supporting roles.

Baird was a recipient of the memorial Jeff Barnaby Grant from the ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival in 2023 for the project.[3]

The film premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival,[4] and was subsequently screened at the 2025 Festival du nouveau cinéma[5] and the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival.[1]

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2025.[6]

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