In a dark forest, a battle is brewing between the power-hungry Celts, the rampaging Vikings, the secretive wood elves and a mysterious shaman who’s about to unleash his latest fiendish scheme. Clever, funny and intense, this winner of TIFF’s award for best Canadian feature is set in the fantasy-reality of a large role-playing game. Capturing the culture of costume play and the potentially dangerous intersection of actual and made-up worlds, The Wild Hunt is a timely, potent comment on the consuming nature of adopting another identity, even within a game, and the modern yearning for ritual. – Jesse Wente

Rated 14A