Seeds
Followed by a Q&A with Actor Dylan Cook
Sunday, November 17th at 10:00am
82 mins | 2024 | Canada
Dir: Kaniehtiio Horn
Language: English
Seeds
Imparting lessons of Kanienʼkehá:ka food sovereignty within a campy revenge thriller, Kaniehtiio Horn’s feature directorial debut takes viewers on a ride unlike any other. In Seeds, Horn (Alice, Darling) plays Ziggy, a Toronto-based bike courier and budding influencer. Just as she lands a new client, a seed and fertilizer company called Nature’s Oath, and starts making content for them, she’s called back to her community to house sit for her aunt.
Ziggy’s cousin, played by Dallas Goldtooth (Reservation Dogs), imparts a few nuggets of wisdom: to be wary of the seed company, and that creepy things happen around their aunt’s house. As a shadowy figure follows her, Ziggy must protect herself, and her aunt’s cache of seeds.
Already known as a talented film and television actor and producer, Horn flexes her writing and directing skills in this bloody and intelligent thriller that ties together connections to the land and to reproduction. In Ziggy, she has created a layered Indigenous female lead character, motivated by her people’s history, relying on her strengths, and not afraid to get violent.
In addition to seeing Horn lead a film for the first time, we also get Goldtooth in a great comic performance, and legendary actor Graham Greene pulling double duty as a crime show host and an uncle figure to Ziggy who comes alive in her dreams.
Q&A with Actor Dylan Cook
Thomas-Dylan Cook is an Ojibway actor and artist . He was born in Sault.Ste.Marie Ontario, but grew up on the Batchewana and Garden River First Nation. He has worked in various positions in film and television including scenic artist and production assistant He studied Fine Arts at Algoma University in Sault.Ste.Marie. Then Graphic Design at George Brown College in Toronto Ontario before leaving to pursue a career in Film and Television. Several roles followed in the following years, leading to his latest work as Slash in the hit Canadian television series Letterkenny.
Screening With:
Okuribi
Canadian Showcase
Mei, a Japanese Canadian teenage girl, lives with her single father Tatsuya. Mei just found out that her trip to Japan which she long- awaited for has been cancelled due to Tatsuya’s work. Although Mei is upset at her father for breaking his promise of taking her to Japan, she is mature enough to understand her father’s situation and work responsibilities. Consequently, she tries not to voice her complaints directly, but her disappointment still shows through her changed behaviors toward her father. However, a traditional Japanese custom, Okuribi, gives Mei an opportunity to reflect on her actions and reconcile with her father.
7 Mins 15s
Canada, 2023
Dir. Hiromu Yamawaki
Language: English, Japanese
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