At the Place of Ghosts

Bretten Hannam
2026

FILM INFO

Siblings Mise’l and Antle, close confidants as children, have drifted apart as adults. When a malevolent spirit begins tormenting them, the siblings are forced to reunite and journey into Sk+te'kmujue'kati (the Place of Ghosts), a primordial forest that exists outside of time, to confront their violent upbringing.

Original title
Skte’kmujue’katik
Country
Canada, Belgium
Year
2026
Duration
87’
Color / Black&White
Color
Form
Fiction

DIRECTOR

Bretten Hannam

Bretten Hannam is a screenwriter, director, producer, and fiction writer. Their short and feature-length films have been featured in festivals across Canada and abroad, including the Atlantic Film Festival, the Kashish Mumbai LGBT Film Festival, Los Angeles Cinefest, the BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, and the Melbourne Queer Film Festival. Hannam’s feature-length film North Mountain won awards including the Best Feature Film Awards from both the Two Cliffs Film Festival and Screen Nova Scotia (2016).

Filmography

North Mountain (2015); E’sekati (2017)

team

Director
Bretten Hannam
Screenplay
Bretten Hannam
Camera
Guy Godfree
Cast
Forrest Goodluck, Blake Alec Miranda
Production design
Michael Pierson
Producer
Jason Levangie, Marc Tetreault, Martin Katz, Diana Elbaum
Production
Shut Up & Colour Pictures, Prospero Pictures, Mazewalker Films, Beluga Tree
World sales company
Magnify