NWT dogs scamper into small screen spotlight
A new documentary delving into past and current relationships between Northerners and their canine counterparts is set to make its world TV premiere next week on the Pet Network. North Paws, an...
View ArticleVoting opens for new Northern history film contest
Two Northwest Territories students are going head to head with over 20 other young Canadians in a new short film competition aimed at celebrating Northern history. Kayla Sanderson of Yellowknife and...
View ArticleDene TV show heads out on second trek across NWT
With a whale hunt off the Arctic Coast and a voyage to the breathtaking traditional hunting grounds of the Mountain Dene kicking off filming this summer, season two of Dene A Journey is shaping up to...
View ArticleArctic Mosque film captures epic journey
The Midnight Sun Mosque in Inuvik has an unbelievable story to tell, as revealed by a new documentary. Arctic Mosque aired for the first time on Aug. 3 on CBC North. It’s an inside look at what it...
View ArticleStill not enough support for NWT film: local producers
Film and television enthusiasts in the NWT let out a collective groan last week upon hearing the announcement that the next episode of CBC TV series Arctic Air would be shot in Manitoba rather than in...
View ArticleWeb doc explores legacy – and future – of Giant Mine
The complicated and multifaceted history of one of the Northwest Territories’ most crucial and controversial landmarks, livelihoods and legacies is now the focus of a new, interactive online...
View ArticleFestival hands out first awards to Northern filmmakers
Seven years after the Western Arctic Motion Pictures (WAMP) society launched the Yellowknife International Film Festival in the legion hall basement, it handed out its first awards this Sunday evening....
View ArticleYouth express themselves through filmmaking at annual Yellowknife film festival
Movies weren’t just being screened at the seventh annual Yellowknife International Film Festival this month – they were being made. A pack of 16 youth flocked to the NWT capital for the festivities,...
View ArticleDocumentary exposes homelessness in Inuvik
A new documentary seeking to shed light on homelessness in Inuvik has received more attention than producer Michael Young says he ever hoped. As of Monday, the documentary, A Cold Place to Live...
View ArticleDogrib story comes to life in Mohawk film
In a film as full of full-frontal nudity as Mohawk Midnight Runners, it is a testament to filmmaker Zoe Hopkins’ skill that the powerful, life-affirming message of friendship in the wake of suicide...
View ArticleNWT actor beats out stars for best actor award
Beating out superstars Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro, first-time teen actor Joel Evans from Fort Smith, NWT won the title of “outstanding actor in a leading role” last week at the 10th annual Red...
View ArticleIdeas battle online for control of Fort McMoney
A groundbreaking interactive web-documentary/game is inviting regular people to “put their hands in the oilsands and see if they can keep them clean.” Fort McMoney, created by David Dufresne, gives the...
View ArticleYouth express themselves through filmmaking at annual Yellowknife film festival
Movies weren’t just being screened at the seventh annual Yellowknife International Film Festival this month – they were being made. A pack of 16 youth flocked to the NWT capital for the festivities,...
View ArticleDocumentary exposes homelessness in Inuvik
A new documentary seeking to shed light on homelessness in Inuvik has received more attention than producer Michael Young says he ever hoped. As of Monday, the documentary, A Cold Place to Live...
View ArticleDogrib story comes to life in Mohawk film
In a film as full of full-frontal nudity as Mohawk Midnight Runners, it is a testament to filmmaker Zoe Hopkins’ skill that the powerful, life-affirming message of friendship in the wake of suicide...
View ArticleNWT actor beats out stars for best actor award
Beating out superstars Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro, first-time teen actor Joel Evans from Fort Smith, NWT won the title of “outstanding actor in a leading role” last week at the 10th annual Red...
View ArticleNWT dogs scamper into small screen spotlight
A new documentary delving into past and current relationships between Northerners and their canine counterparts is set to make its world TV premiere next week on the Pet Network. North Paws, an...
View ArticleVoting opens for new Northern history film contest
Two Northwest Territories students are going head to head with over 20 other young Canadians in a new short film competition aimed at celebrating Northern history. Kayla Sanderson of Yellowknife and...
View ArticleDene TV show heads out on second trek across NWT
With a whale hunt off the Arctic Coast and a voyage to the breathtaking traditional hunting grounds of the Mountain Dene kicking off filming this summer, season two of Dene A Journey is shaping up to...
View ArticleArctic Mosque film captures epic journey
The Midnight Sun Mosque in Inuvik has an unbelievable story to tell, as revealed by a new documentary. Arctic Mosque aired for the first time on Aug. 3 on CBC North. It’s an inside look at what it...
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