At The Place Of Ghosts

Name: At The Place Of Ghosts
Start: 2026-06-24T19:00:00-03:00
Location: King's Theatre, 209 St. George St., Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada, Nova Scotia B0S 1A0

Schedule

Wed, 24 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC-03:00

Location

King's Theatre, 209 St. George St., Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada, Nova Scotia B0S 1A0 | Annapolis Royal, NS

Post-screening Q&A with Bretten Hannam (director, producer, screenwriter)
Directed by L’nu filmmaker Bretten Hannam (Wildhood, TIFF ’21), Sk+te’kmujue’katik (At the Place of Ghosts) is an eerie thriller focusing on two Mi’kmaw brothers confronting their past trauma.
Genre: Drama, Horror
Director: Bretten Hannam
Cast: Forrest Goodluck, Blake Alec Miranda
Runtime: 81 minutes
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’katik (the Place of Ghosts), a primordial forest that exists outside of time, to confront their violent upbringing.
Sk+te’kmujue’katik (At The Place of Ghosts) is a visceral supernatural thriller, 11 years in the writing, elevated by the deeply personal work of Two-Spirit, L’nu filmmaker Bretten Hannam from Kespukwitk, L’nuekati (Nova Scotia). Their films deal with themes of community, culture, and language with a focus on Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ identity.
Official Selection, TIFF ’25
Content advisory: coarse language, violence, frightening scenes, mature theme
At the Place of Ghosts dir Bretten Hannam
Special Guest, Director Bretten Hannam
Bretten Hannam is a two-spirit L’nu filmmaker living in Kespukwitk, Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia) where they were raised. They wrote and directed the shorts New Skin (08), Puppy (10), Deep End (11), and Elmiteskuatl (19), and the features North Mountain (15) and Wildhood (21), which played the Festival. Skɨte’kmujue’katik (At the Place of Ghosts) (25) is their latest film.
TICKETS:
$11.95 Adult
$7.95 Youth (under 18)
(HST additional)