By Sam Laskaris Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Some complementary exchanges with an award-winning writer several years ago has paid off for M\u00e9tis filmmaker Amanda Strong. Strong\u2019s latest work, titled Inkwo for When the Starving Return, had its world premiere at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). TIFF began on Sept. 5 and continues until Sept. 15. Strong\u2019s film is an animated adaption from Richard Van Camp\u2019s short story Wheetago War, which was published in 2015 in his short story collection called Night Moves. Van Camp, the author of 28 books, is a T\u0142\u0131\u0328ch\u01eb Dene from Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories. \u201cWe were kind of just fans of each other\u2019s work,\u201d Strong said of Van Camp. \u201cThis is probably 7-8 years ago. I think he was emailing me about… <\/p>\n
By Sam Laskaris Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Some complementary exchanges with an award-winning writer several years ago has paid off for M\u00e9tis filmmaker Amanda Strong. Strong\u2019s latest work, titled Inkwo for When the Starving Return, had its world premiere at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). TIFF began on Sept. 5 and continues until Sept. 15. Strong\u2019s film is an animated adaption from Richard Van Camp\u2019s short story Wheetago War, which was published in 2015 in his short story collection called Night Moves. Van Camp, the author of 28 books, is a T\u0142\u0131\u0328ch\u01eb Dene from Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories. \u201cWe were kind of just fans of each other\u2019s work,\u201d Strong said of Van Camp. \u201cThis is probably 7-8 years ago. I think he was emailing me about... <\/p>\n