Cree filmmaker Jules Arita Koostachin’s narrative feature Angela’s Shadow has been added as a world premiere for the 2024 edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF).

Angela’s Shadow was directed and produced by Koostachin through ChaKaSteTin Productions. It was co-written Koostachin and Steve Neufeld and received funding from Creative BC and Telefilm Canada. Patti Poskitt is the executive producer.

The English-language film stars Sera-Lys McArthur (pictured) and Matthew Kevin Anderson as a young Ottawa couple with a baby on the way, who travel to a Cree community in the north and are plagued by a shadow.

VIFF has scheduled two showings for the film, one on Oct. 2 and the other on Oct. 5.

Angela’s Shadow represents Koostachin’s sophomore narrative feature following 2022’s Broken Angel.

VIFF runs from Sept. 26 to Oct. 6.

Photo by Mike Bourquin