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Terror/Forming

World Premiere

Parker and his boyfriend Darren make a disturbing discovery on their way to Parker’s late kokum’s cabin, setting the stage for how the night will unfold.

 

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Director
Cast

Sasha Mark, Josh Dohy

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2022

Language

English

Film Contact
Content Warning

Frightening scene

14A
24 min

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Credits

Executive Producer

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Producer

Rylan Friday, Jordan Waunch, Cole Vandale

Screenwriter

Rylan Friday

Cinematography

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Editor

Sophia Biedka

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Director

Rylan Friday headshot, Terror/Forming director

Rylan Friday

Rylan Friday is an award-winning filmmaker and curator from Cote First Nation, Saskatchewan. His focus is to bring honest representations to the LGBTQ2+ and Indigenous communities. He recently produced Trevor Mack’s debut feature Portraits From a Fire and implemented a peer-to-peer youth mentorship.

He was the first openly gay Indigenous filmmaker to head an iteration of VIFF’s Catalyst Mentorship Program, and curated the highly successful #Indigeneity series for Reel Causes. His short This Bright Flash (2016) has screened at VIFF, Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival, and in Mexico City’s Festival Mix: Film & Sexual Diversity.