New Real Films
2024 Releases
FILMMAKERS AND CREW:
Director/Writer: Kaniehtiio Horn
Producers: Jennifer Jonas and Leonard Farlinger
Executive Producers: Eva Thomas and Kaniehtiio Horn
Cinematographer: Jonathon Cliff
Production Designer: Matt Ellis
Editor: Lindsay Allikas
Composer: alaska B
Financial Partners are Telefilm Canada, Indigenous Screen Office (ISO), Ontario Creates and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC)
Distributed by Level Film
Ziggy is offered her first gig as an online influencer, promoting Nature’s Oath, a seed and fertilizer company. When her cousin summons her back to the rez, she is forced into a battle to save her people’s legacy, finding her power along the way.
Premiering at the 2024
Toronto International Film Festival!
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“Stepping behind the camera to write, direct and produce felt like a natural progression after 20 years of experience in front of the camera as an actress. It’s been really exciting having this chance to flex the creative muscles I have gained along the way,” said Horn. “SEEDS is a fun genre bending dark comedy. It is particularly gratifying to bring Indigenous stories to life in this way, and I couldn’t have done this without such an incredible team supporting me.”
- Kaniehtiio Horn (Writer, Director & Lead)
MEET THE CAST
Kaniehtiio Horn, as Ziggy
Kaniehtiio ‘Tiio’ Horn is a Kanien’kehaka actress from Kahnawake, the Mohawk reserve outside of Montreal. Most recently she starred as Mari in the National Geographic series BARKSKINS, based on the 2016 bestselling novel of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx, and currently appears as Tanis in the critically acclaimed comedy series, LETTERKENNY, created by fellow Montrealer, Jacob Tierney, for which she won a 2022 Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Additional television credits include the irreverent digital series GHOST BFF, Netflix’s NORTHERN RESCUE and WAYNE for Youtube Red. She has also recurred on the Amazon series MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, DEFIANCE and ALPHAS for Syfy, and was a series regular on the Netflix/ Gaumont series, HEMLOCK GROVE. Most recently, Tiio was praised for her role as Deer Lady in the critically acclaimed FX series, RESERVATION DOGS. In 2017 Tiio starred in the action/thriller, MOHAWK, directed by Ted Geoghegan, for which she has received outstanding reviews. She holds supporting roles in IMMORTALS, ON THE ROAD, THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT and Brandon Cronenberg’s POSSESSOR. She will next appear opposite Anna Kendrick and Wunmi Mosaku in the Lionsgate thriller ALICE, DARLING, directed by Mary Nighy. In 2020, Tiio was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award as co-host of 2019 Indspire Awards. She was also honored with ACTRA Montreal’s Walter Massey Breakthrough Artist in 2021.Tiio also serves as consulting producer on the Letterkenny spin-off SHORESY, slated to premiere on Crave in 2022.
Dallas Goldtooth, as Wiz
Dallas Goldtooth is a writer, actor, playwright, film producer, poet, and comedian. He is Dakota from the village of Cansayapi within the territory of the Oceti Sakowin people. Dallas is currently in production on the upcoming Apple+ series The Last Frontier. He is most known for writing and acting on groundbreaking FX series, Reservation Dogs. He recurs on Peacock’s Rutherford Falls, Marvel’s Echo and Amazon’s smash hit series Fallout. He has also performed on CBS’ Ghosts and Comedy Central’s Drunk History. In addition to Seeds, Dallas can next be seen in the Netflix feature Rez Ball. He is the co-creator of the Indigenous comedy group, The 1491s and their play Between Two Knees, which recently ran off-Broadway at PAC NYC. He’s built a dedicated following on TikTok and Instagram of over half a million followers where he educates and inspires his audience with daily musings of his life and activism in the Indigenous community. Dallas is also a climate change activist with his non-profit The Indigenous Environmental Networks.
Graham Greene, as his badass self
Graham Greene is a Canadian Actor who graduated from the Centre for Indigenous Theatre’s Native School Program in 1974. Graham’s screen debut was in 1983 in RUNNING BRAVE, but it was his Academy Award-nominated role as Kicking Bird in the 1990 film DANCES WITH WOLVES that brought him to stardom. Since then, Graham has delivered critically acclaimed performances in over 200 film and television productions. He has performed on stages across North America, including starring roles at the renowned Stratford Festival.
Winner of numerous awards including several Geminis, a Grammy, and the recipient of the Earle Grey Lifetime Achievement Award, Graham was also bestowed an Honourary Doctor of Law Degree from Sir Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario close to the Oneida Reserve where he is from.
Graham is the recipient of the prestigious Order of Canada and was recently inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
I wanted to make a fun ride of a film with the strong Indigenous female lead I wish I could have seen when I was a teenager. A movie I would have watched over and over again. A movie with a rad soundtrack and a woman kicking dudes’ asses into oblivion. Once the action gets going the pace remains fast. The visual style is dark and grounded.
Originally, I set out to write a fun adult version of Home Alone, I love practical FX, blood, stunts and making people laugh. Somehow this simple idea turned into a layered film touching on serious issues like food sovereignty as well as universally relatable aspects like finding once self and returning home. I also found a way of bringing in some historical aspects like my people's penchant for torture (fun!).
I have a hard time taking myself too seriously, it’s just not who I am. This film feels the same way while remaining grounded and real.
THE WALL STREET BOY:
Winner of the Oakville Film Festival's Audience Choice Award!
Kipkemboi, a teenage Kenyan math genius from a small village, creates an equation to play the stock market and brings the financial world to its knees.
The film brings together an exceptional Kenyan and Canadian cast and crew encouraging future collaborations between these two great nations and peoples.
Upcoming Festival Screenings
The Windsor International Black Film Festival
Windsor, Canada
August 17th, 2024 at 7:30pm
"African Director Charles Uwagbai’s charming Kipkemboi is a well-made Kenyan-Canadian co-production that has every ingredient for a film to succeed. In no particular order these factors include: A David vs Goliath storyline that has you rooting for the underdog; attractive protagonists; hiss-worthy villains; plot twists; young love; on-location shooting at exotic places; strong female characters; an uplifting POV; and more.”
- Hollywood Progressive
The story of an African teenager in a mud hut who brings the world financial markets to its knees.
Kipkemboi, a math genius since his childhood, must pass up a MIT scholarship and provide for his family when his father dies. As he struggles with his dreams slipping away, Kipkemboi's girlfriend, Chipchirchir, gives him a used book from the local market that changes his life; Quants: How Mathematicians took over Wall Street. Inspired, he develops an algorithm to play the stock market. Drawing from his life on the farm, watching the wind, water and weather affect the birds and livestock, Kip has an insight into predicting patterns in the market. Trading from a cobbled-together computer, powered by a car battery and broadcasting from a mud hut, his algorithm turns out to be an astronomical success generating millions of dollars.
Massive profits falling into an unknown town, Metipso Kenya, attracts the attention of unsavoury international financiers, local police and the elders of his own village. When they all collide at Kipkemboi’s mud hut, the resulting clash forces Kipkemboi and Chipchirchir to run for their lives. Surviving by their wits alone, they are chased across the African countryside.
With his life in jeopardy and jail almost a certainty, one question remains, how could a farm boy bring down the global financial system and how far is the international world order willing to go to silence his story?
Filmmakers
Director: Charles Uwagbai
Writer/Production Designer: Joel Richardson
Producer: Jennifer Jonas
Executive Producers: Appie Matere and Leonard Farlinger
Director of Photography: Rudolf Blahachek
Editor: Jeremy Munce
Composer: Amin Bhatia
Director - Charles Uwagbai
Charles Uwagbai is an award-winning, passionate, and creative film director based in Ontario, Canada, with a strong focus on the world of cinema. With over a decade of experience, Charles has dedicated his career to producing and directing captivating film projects across various platforms, including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Canal Plus (Iroko TV, Rokstudios), and more. His diverse filmography includes titles such as; "The Ghost and the Tout", "Esohe", "Charlie Charlie", "The Blood of Enogie", ...
"I was immediately attracted to the script because it connected with me on a personal level – reinforcing something I believe which is our minds can be our greatest tool for escape, and the betterment of our lives. I felt the story was unique and yet, there’s something very universal about our main characters journey. I find too often we see projects set in Africa that reflect the worst of society. This feels like an opportunity to open our eyes and look at things in a different way."
Thamela Mpumlwana - Kipkemboi
In the very short time Thamela Mpumlwana has been acting, he has already secured significant roles in a variety of television series. He appeared as Tyson, series regular, on In The Dark (CBS/CW) as well as the role of Sly in 21 Thunder (CBC). Other select credits include: Owen in Departure (Global), Liam in Ransom (CBS), Young T’Kuvma in Star Trek: Discovery (CT), Dave in DHX’s Creeped Out, Artie in Murdoch Mysteries (CBC), and Samuel in Saving Hope (CTV). In 2014 Thamela appeared in the Lifetime movie The Gabby Douglas Story which was nominated for an NAACP Award.
In 2013, Thamela received a nomination at the St. Tropez International Film Festival for Best Actor in The Warrior and The Savior, a feature film directed by Salvatore Sorrentino. Thamela has appeared in the role of Trey in the NBC series Transplant and in the recurring role of Richie in Pretty Hard Cases(CBC). He can also be seen in the feature film Akilla’s Escape, directed by Charles Officer, which premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. Thamela is also a talented animation actor and can be heard in 2 seasons of Peg and Cat (PBS, role of Ramone), The Magic Hockey Skates (CBC, role of Bernie), and Arthur (PBS, role of Sheick).
New Real Films
Past Releases
“a gorgeously moody feature”
“effortlessly cool”
“utterly absorbing” “Bale is fantastic”
- Paul Heath, The Hollywood News
“Bale steals the show”
“Beguiling”
- Alisha Mughal, Exclaim!
- Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting
