By Diana Mussina Nyla Innuksuk’s longtime love of horror \u2014 along with her own feelings of fear and doubt \u2014 serves as inspiration for her latest project exploring the uncomfortable subjects people often avoid and the complicated ways they shape friendships. A psychological thriller co-written with Ryan Cavan, “In the Heart of the South” premi\u00e8red Thursday at the Toronto International Film Festival. It is the Nunavut-born filmmaker’s second feature after her 2022 debut “Slash\/Back.” Innuksuk’s past work mainly involves short films and documentaries, so the transition to feature filmmaking in 2022, she said, was like jumping into ice-cold water and learning to swim. The filmmaker said “Slash\/Back,” which follows a group of teen girls fighting an alien invasion in Nunavut, was “ambitious” \u2014 at a time when there was a… <\/p>\n
By Diana Mussina Nyla Innuksuk’s longtime love of horror \u2014 along with her own feelings of fear and doubt \u2014 serves as inspiration for her latest project exploring the uncomfortable subjects people often avoid and the complicated ways they shape friendships. A psychological thriller co-written with Ryan Cavan, “In the Heart of the South” premi\u00e8red Thursday at the Toronto International Film Festival. It is the Nunavut-born filmmaker’s second feature after her 2022 debut “Slash\/Back.” Innuksuk’s past work mainly involves short films and documentaries, so the transition to feature filmmaking in 2022, she said, was like jumping into ice-cold water and learning to swim. The filmmaker said “Slash\/Back,” which follows a group of teen girls fighting an alien invasion in Nunavut, was “ambitious” \u2014 at a time when there was a... <\/p>\n