Inkwo for When the Starving Return is a Canadian animated short film directed by Amanda Strong and released in 2024.Brooklyn Hollinger, "EIFF film review: ‘Inkwo For When the Starving Return’". The Gateway, October 7, 2024. Adapted from the short story "Wheetago War" (from his 2015 short story collection Night Moves) by Richard Van Camp, the film centres on Dove (Paulina Alexis), a young indigenous orphan with the power to shift genders who has been raised by their aunt (Tantoo Cardinal), and must learn to harness their untrained skill in traditional indigenous healing to save the world from dangerous wendigos.Sam Laskaris, "Animated film has world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival". Windspeaker, September 10, 2024.
The film premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film was named to TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2024.Carlos Diaz, "Canada’s Top Ten: TIFF Celebrates the Best in Cinema for 2024" . That Shelf, January 8, 2025.
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