102 minutes – Comedy, Mockumentary, Indigenous
Language: English
Festival release date: June 8, 2023 – Tribeca Film Festival
Release date: Spring 2024
Production companies: Lightning Mill, North Country Cinema,
Canadian distributor: levelFILM

The film stars Cody Lightning as a fictionalized version of himself, 25 years after his breakthrough role as the young Victor in Smoke Signals. Eager to boost his floundering acting career, Cody hopes to cash in on his old childhood role by making a sequel for Smoke Signals, in which he would star (as “Viktor,” to avoid a potential lawsuit), alongside the original cast. His first move: hijack the film crew which is documenting his intervention.

Hey Viktor! won the award for Best Dramatic Feature at the 2023 imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival and was an Official Selection at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. It was named to TIFFD’s Top Ten Canadian films of 2023.