ABOUT THE FILM
BC PREMIERE
SkyMed and The Order star Morgan Holmstrom leads a formidable Indigenous cast alongside Canadian Screen Award winner Darla Contois (Little Bird) and Asivak Koostachin (Run Woman Run, Red Snow) in this deeply personal Métis psychological horror.
After cutting ties with her sister, Elyse retreats to her family’s isolated rural home, determined to rebuild her life. But something is waiting for her — a grotesque presence that feeds on her emotional turmoil and grows stronger as she begins to unravel. To survive, Elyse must confront the past she tried to escape and decide what she is willing to sacrifice to protect the people she loves.
Fresh from its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival, Ancestral Beasts combines haunted-house dread and creature-feature terror with a powerful story of family, mental health and generational wounds.
DIRECTOR TIM RIEDEL STARS MORGAN HOLMSTROM & SHANNON BAKER, AND PRODUCER EDMON ROTEA IN ATTENDANCE FOR POST-SCREENING Q&A.
FILM DETAILS
DIRector/WRITER
TIM RIEDEL
YEAR
2026
COUNTRY
CANADA
RUNTIME
77 Min
STARRING
MORGAN HOLSTROM
SHANNON BAKER
DARLA CONROIS