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Slash/Back: Dark Season
Director:
Nyla Innuksuk
Country:
Canada
Project type:
Virtual Reality
Description:
Slash/Back: Dark Season is an atmospheric survival horror game, following 17-year old Rosie and her friends as they fight off a supernatural force in the remote Arctic community of Pangnirtung, Nunavut… under the cover of 24-hour darkness.
Nyla Innuksuk
Nyla Innuksuk is a filmmaker, producer, comic book writer and owner of Mixtape VR. Working in mixed media allows Nyla to channel her passions for technology and genre storytelling among mediums that include interactive graphic novels, film, television and synthetic experiences. Originally from Nunavut, Nyla currently lives in Toronto.
Nyla co-created the teenage superhero Snowguard, a member of Marvel’s Champions League with her friend Jim Zub. Innuksuk’s first feature slash/back is a sci-fi adventure about a group of 14-year old girls from a remote Arctic community who take on an alien invasion. The film premiered at SXSW in March, 2022.
Trapped, a short horror film shot specifically for a 24K resolution, 7 foot high, 270 degree screen, premiered at the 2022 Venice Biennale and screened at Nuit Blanche Toronto.
Nyla is currently working on her second narrative feature, a psychological thriller titled In The Heart of the South, filming in 2025.