At the Place of Ghosts

At the Place of Ghosts is a Canadian thriller film, directed by Bretten Hannam and released in 2025. The film stars Forrest Goodluck and Blake Alec Miranda as Mise’l and Antle, two Mi'kmaq brothers who have become estranged in adulthood due to childhood trauma, who become haunted by a malevolent spirit and must reunite and journey into Skite’kmujuekati’k, the Place of Ghosts, to face their demons and heal.
The cast also includes Glen Gould as their father, and Skylar Cope and Atuen MacIsaac as the boys in childhood, as well as Brandon Oakes, Alexander Nunez, David Rossetti, Jason Daley, Tanchay Redvers, Pamela Matthews, Nancy Kenny, David Mortimer and Ainsley Cope in supporting roles.
The film was shot in and around Halifax, Nova Scotia, in summer 2024.
The film premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2025. It was subsequently screened on September 10 as the opening film of the 2025 Atlantic International Film Festival.

Awards

At AIFF, the film won the Gordon Parsons Award for Best Atlantic Canadian Feature. Guy Godfree also won the Best Atlantic Cinematographer award, and Jeremy Dutcher won the award for Best Atlantic Score.
It screened in the Borsos Competition program at the 2025 Whistler Film Festival.
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2025.