Still 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 ArticleLong-lost documentary on Dene life screened in NWT
A lost film about Dene life in the Sahtu shot in 1957 was recently located by an NWT archeologist after an 18-year search and shared with the people of the Sahtu last week. Tie-cho-ka: Quelques images...
View ArticleWood Buffalo bison pose for international videographer
Edgardo Aragón, an artist from Oaxaca, Mexico who had never been north of Toronto or seen a bison before, was in Wood Buffalo National Park last weekend doing both for the first time as part of an art...
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 ArticleDead of winter inspires chilling horror film fest
Organizers behind the North’s second annual horror film competition are hoping the madness of cabin fever and sinister quietude of the frigid Northern winter produce some creepy and gory cinematic...
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 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 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 ArticleGNWT improves territorial film funding model
Amendments to the government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) film funding model have been made to better reflect the stages of the movie generating process, allowing territorial professionals the...
View ArticleFort Smith youth share their stories through film
Young future Spielbergs in Fort Smith are getting the chance to work with professionals and learn their craft through two movie-making workshops happening during the month of August. Filmmaker Carla...
View ArticleYellowknife Film Fest shines light on Northern cinema
The work of NWT’s small but active film community will be front and centre at this year’s Yellowknife International Film Festival (YKIFF) where films from across the circumpolar North are cause for...
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