ABOUT THE FILM

With haunting suburban visuals backed by the rich sounds of Toronto based-band Ohbijou, Akin engages a relationship between an Orthodox Jewish mother and her transgender son as they navigate silent secrets of a shared past.

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DIRECTED BY

Chase Joynt
Chase Joynt

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AWARDS

Inside Out Film and Video Festival, EP Canada/Canada Film Capital Award for Emerging Canadian Artist

Regent Park Film Festival, Jury Award

STILLS

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DISTRIBUTION

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PRESS

“Perfectly timed and sequenced, Akin is so resolutely personal in it’s detailing. Joynt points to a place, draws a circle around it, and then refuses to fill it in, restraint that leaves a powerful silence in which the viewer can inhabit."

Mike Hoolboom