At the Place of Ghosts

Plot

Haunted by the past, siblings Mise’l and Antle are destined to reunite and join forces against a dark spirit that emerges from their shared childhood. Once inseparable, their fractured relationship set by years of silence and a violent episode rooted in homophobia, is tested as they must return to Sk+te’kmujue’kati (the Place of Ghosts) a forest steeped in ancestral memory where time bends. What initiates from trauma soon transforms into an odyssey of healing, as Mise’l and Antle confront their caretaker’s cruelty, the weight of family secrets, and their own deepest fears.

About At the Place of Ghosts

At the Place of Ghosts (Mi'kmaq: Skɨte'kmujue'katik, frequently spelled in English-language sources as Sk+te'kmujue'katik) is a 2025 supernatural thriller film written and directed by Bretten Hannam. 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 Mi'kmaq: Skɨte'kmujue'katik, the Place of Ghosts, to face their demons and heal. 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. An international co-production between Canada and Belgium, the film was shot in and around Halifax, Nova Scotia during summer 2024. The film premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2025. It was subsequently screened on 10 September as the opening film of the 2025 Atlantic International Film Festival. The film was released theatrically in Canada on 8 May 2026.

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