Akin

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.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

WINNER: EP Canada/Canada Film Capital Award for Emerging Canadian Artist, Inside Out Film and Video Festival. Toronto, Ontario. June 2012.
WINNER: Jury Award, Regent Park Film Festival. Toronto, Ontario. November 2012.

“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

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

“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."