| Klee | |
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| Directed by | Gavin Baird |
| Screenplay by | Gavin Baird |
| Produced by | Gavin Baird Kyle Zurevinski Jacob Farrell Kayla Peters |
| Starring | Seth Cardinal Dodginghorse Hannah Brennen |
| Cinematography | Matthew Ripplinger |
| Music by | Bret Parenteau & Respectful Child |
Production company | Dynamic Video Imaging |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Klee is a Canadian short horror film, directed by Gavin Baird and released in 2025. [1] The film stars Seth Cardinal Dodginghorse as a shapeshifting alien who is sent to 19th-century Saskatchewan, in the form of a First Nations man, with a mission to find and kill a family of farm settlers through sex. [2]
The cast also includes Hannah Brennen, Joan Mylymok, Gin Fedotov, Michael Barber, Timothy Boechler, Todd William Lewis, Shayne Metcalfe and J. T. Smith in supporting roles.
Baird was a recipient of the memorial Jeff Barnaby Grant from the ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival in 2023 for the project. [3]
The film premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, [4] and was subsequently screened at the 2025 Festival du nouveau cinéma [5] and the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival. [1]
The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2025. [6]