Two estranged brothers take a trip into the Canadian woodland and encounter the ghosts of the past in this atmospheric horror from Indigenous non-binary filmmaker Bretten Hannam. A member of Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaw people, writer/director Hannam imbues their low-key chiller with enough cultural specificity to give it a voice in a crowded field, and it is further buoyed by unhurried pacing and strong performances. Mi’kmaw brothers Mise’l (Blake Alec Miranda) and Antle (Forrest Goodluck) were close as children but have since grown apart – Mise’l lives with his partner in the city, while Antle is raising his daughter in the suburbs. When Mise’l is visited one night by a dark, malevolent spirit, who evaporates into a cloud of leaves, he immediately recognises the apparition. The encounter is enough for him to persuade Antle to journey into the woodland near their childhood home and finally confront a long-buried secret.-Screen Daily