{"id":4778,"date":"2025-01-29T08:30:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T14:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horrorfatale.com\/?p=4778"},"modified":"2025-01-28T23:48:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:48:48","slug":"animated-horror-filminkwo-for-when-the-starving-return-screens-at-sundance-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horrorfatale.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/animated-horror-filminkwo-for-when-the-starving-return-screens-at-sundance-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Animated horror film,\u2018Inkwo For When The Starving Return\u2019, screens at Sundance 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Inkwo For When the Starving Return<\/em><\/strong>, the soon to be a six-part animated series is currently screening at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in the Animated Shorts Film Program.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dove, a young, enigmatic, gender-shifting warrior, discovers the gifts and burdens of their\u00a0<em>Inkwo<\/em>\u00a0(medicine) to defend against an army of hungry, ferocious monsters. Dove&#8217;s courage, resilience and alliance with the Earth culminates in a battle against these flesh-consuming creatures, who become stronger with each body and soul they devour.\u00a0<strong>Inkwo For When the Starving Return<\/strong>\u00a0is a call to action to fight and protect against the forces of greed around us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kGuM4eK0-WQ?si=-19Sr3JWRUvWqDcM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>The film, directed by Amanda Strong (M\u00e9tis) was just greenlit by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spottedfawnproductions.com\/\">Spotted Fawn Productions<\/a> for development into a six-part animated series expanding on and populating the fascinating world of their critically acclaimed short film.<\/p>\n<p>The film was adapted from the collection of published and unpublished short stories and graphic novels <em>Wheetago War<\/em>, by award-winning storyteller Richard Van Camp (T\u0142\u0131\u0328ch\u01eb), features the voice talents of Tantoo Cardinal (<strong><em>Legends Of The Fall, Killers Of The Flower Moon<\/em><\/strong>), Paulina Alexis (<strong><em>Reservation Dogs<\/em><\/strong>), and Art Napoleon (<strong><em>Moosemeat &amp; Marmalade<\/em><\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>Fabrication of the puppets is by Standing Figure (<strong><em>Wendell &amp; Wild<\/em><\/strong>) and was puppet supervised by the incomparable Georgina Hayns (Guillermo Del Toro&#8217;s <strong><em>Pinocchio, Corpse Bride<\/em><\/strong>).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4778 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/horrorfatale.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/animated-horror-filminkwo-for-when-the-starving-return-screens-at-sundance-2025\/inkwo_10052107_72dpi\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/INKWO_10052107_72dpi.jpg?fit=640%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/INKWO_10052107_72dpi.jpg?w=645&amp;ssl=1 645w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/INKWO_10052107_72dpi.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/horrorfatale.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/animated-horror-filminkwo-for-when-the-starving-return-screens-at-sundance-2025\/inkwo_10044621_72dpi\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Inkwo_10044621_72dpi.jpg?fit=640%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Inkwo_10044621_72dpi.jpg?w=645&amp;ssl=1 645w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Inkwo_10044621_72dpi.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/horrorfatale.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/animated-horror-filminkwo-for-when-the-starving-return-screens-at-sundance-2025\/inkwo_10040716_72dpi\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/INKWO_10040716_72dpi.jpg?fit=640%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/INKWO_10040716_72dpi.jpg?w=645&amp;ssl=1 645w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/INKWO_10040716_72dpi.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/horrorfatale.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/animated-horror-filminkwo-for-when-the-starving-return-screens-at-sundance-2025\/inkwo_10003709_72dpi\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/INKWO_10003709_72dpi.jpg?fit=640%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/INKWO_10003709_72dpi.jpg?w=645&amp;ssl=1 645w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/horrorfatale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/INKWO_10003709_72dpi.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<blockquote><p>In subsequent episodes, Dove continues their battle with the soul-stealing creatures. With revolutionary animation and a story based on award-winning Indigenous literature, the series explores the pre- and post-war world while also expanding on Dove&#8217;s epic journey of embracing the power of their Inkwo and taking a stand to defend the remaining humans and animals left on the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The series will appeal to not only Generation Z audiences looking for captivating stories that meet them where they are, but also anime fans, horror fans, and queer audiences across the spectrum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This film is gorgeous and the story is extremely relevant to the times we find ourselves in now, sadly. Dove\u2019s fight with the creature is the perfect allegory for the next couple of years. HF.com says &#8211; See it! And, watch out for the upcoming series.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Inkwo For When the Starving Return<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0first screened at Sundance on January 24th in the <a href=\"https:\/\/festival.sundance.org\/program\/short-info\/67534d6363b943583cc22c14\">Animated Shorts Film Program<\/a> at the Library Center Theatre, Park City at 8:30pm MST, with three additional in-person screenings to follow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/festival.sundance.org\/program\/short-info\/67534d6363b943583cc22c14\">The film will also screen online across North America January 29<sup>th<\/sup>, 7:00 AM\u00a0\u00a0PST\u00a0through February 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, 3:55 AM\u00a0\u00a0PST.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inkwo For When the Starving Return, the soon to be a six-part animated series is currently screening at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[833,931,867,1206,1032,1094,1326,877,1599,137],"tags":[1606,935,1064,1208,962,1095,878,1605,1600,5],"class_list":["post-4778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animated","category-animation","category-film-festival","category-first-nations","category-indigenous-peoples","category-lgbtq","category-limited-theaters","category-queer-horror","category-sundance-film-festival","category-trailers","tag-animate-horror","tag-animated","tag-festival-selection","tag-first-nations","tag-indigenous","tag-lgbtq","tag-queer-horror","tag-sundance-2025","tag-sundance-film-festival","tag-trailer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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