Klee (2025)
Colour | 19:45 | 4K
Body horror meets prairie gothic in Gavin Baird’s mind-blowing period sci-fi that flips the script on colonization as an alien in the form of an Indigenous man infiltrates a remote Saskatchewan community and seduces its members one by one. — TIFF
SCREENINGS
World Premiere — Toronto International Film Festival (2025) — Sept. 5th & 11th, 2025
Quebec Premiere— Festival du Noveau Cinema (2025) — Oct. 11th & 16th, 2025
Saskatchewan Premiere— Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival (2025) — Nov. 21st, 2025
International Premiere — International Film Festival Rotterdam (2026) — Jan. 30th, 2026
Available Light Film Festival (2026) — Feb. 7th, 2026
Winner — Made in the North Award - Best Canadian Short Film
International Film Festival of Ottawa (2026) — Mar. 13th, 2026
Landshut Short Film Festival (2026) — Mar. 14th, 2026
Filmfort - Treefort Music + Film Festival (2026) — Mar. 27th, 2026
Dawson City International Short Film Festival (2026) — Apr. 3rd, 2026
Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (2026) — Apr. 9th, 2026
Aulajut: Nunavut International Film Festival (2026) — Apr. 11th, 2026
Latin American Premiere — Fantaspoa Film Festival (2026) — Apr. 11th, 2026
Special Mention — Short Film Competition
Calgary Underground Film Festival (2026) — Apr. 18th, 2026
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival (2026) — May 28th, 2026
Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival (2026) — May 28th, 2026
imagineNATIVE Film Festival (2026) — June 6th, 2026
Winner — After Dark Award
Norwegian Short Film Festival (2026) — June 10 - 14th, 2026
Soho Horror Film Festival (2026) — June 19 - 21st, 2026
Guanajuato International Film Festival (2026) — July 26th, 2026
Octopus Film Festival (2026) — Aug. 11-16th, 2026
Winner — Best Short Film
L’Etrange Film Festival (2026) — Sept. 4th, 2026
Sydney Underground Film Festival (2026) — Sept. 12th, 2026
Chicago Underground Film Festival (2026) — Sept. 25th, 2026
Dead Prairies Horror Movies Festival (2026) — Sept. 26th, 2026
A Dorothy Studios & Dynamic Video Imaging Production
Written & Directed by Gavin Baird
Produced by Jacob Farrell, Kyle Zurevinski, Kayla Peters & Gavin Baird
Director of Photography: Matthew Ripplinger
Assistant Camera: Salem Zurch
Grip: Holly Westlake, Jessica Szeto, Devin McAdam
Colour: Ryley Konechny
Sound Mix/Edit: Reid Paraszczynec
Production Designer: Tiffany Johnson
VFX Team: Leviv Miereau & Dylan Crosby
SPFX Lead: Levi Miereau
SPFX Assistants: Heather Adrian, Dylan Crosby
Intimacy Coordinator: Alexis Makepeace
Costume Design: Laura Crossman, Vada Mae Boyer, Raelynn Olson
Makeup & Hair Design: Abbey Fraser-Saddleback
Catering: Kim Baird-McDonald
Production Assistants: Friday Smith, Bodie Johnson
Title Design: Andrea Engele
Title Beadwork: Kim Baird-McDonald
End Credits Design: Dani LaValley
Horse Wranglers: Janie Weger, Paula Woodhouse, Travis Waldner, Gladys Johner
Wagon provided by Randy Wolfe
Film by Kodak
Film processing by Negativeland
Filmed in Saskatoon, SK
Starring: seth cardinal dodginghorse, Hannah Brennen, Joan Mylymok, Gin Fedetov, Todd Lewis & Michael Barber
Also featuring: Marcel Petit, JT Smith, Colton Benson, Darren Lorenzo, Troy Greenwood, Harris Ford, Andrea Engele, Lois A. Unger, Karen Zurevinski, Pat Keyser, Marjorie Keyser, Janie Weger, Peter Stinson, Gerald Zurevinski, Shayne Metcalf, Timothy Boechler, Devon Oman, Raelynn Olson, Jacob Farrell, Jelly Gan, Levi Miereau, Dylan Crosby & Jesse Sawitsky
Special thanks: Shawn Stratychuk, Avondale Farms, Wilson Museum (Dundurn), Fort Carlton Provincial Historic Park, Alvena Church, Linda Duvall, Jody Busch, Erin Dyck, Jessy Lee-Saas, Ryan Green, Andreas Buchwaldt, Amalie Atkins, Mark Eisenzimmer, Oliver Darrius Merrick King, Zach Tennent, Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative & PAVED Arts
Funding provided by ImagineNATIVE, Netflix & SK Arts
