Jared Lank is a Mi’kmaq filmmaker from Maine. His existential works explore themes of cultural erasure, myth, and resilience. In 2024 his debut short film, BAY OF HERONS, was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, and he was featured in Filmmaker magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film”. He is currently a 2025 Sundance Institute Native Lab Fellow writing his first feature film, FORERUNNER.