Dead North's new mission: get northern movies to bigger stages
Northern filmmakers have until December 20 to enter the latest Dead North short horror festival. Organizers have grand plans to help films reach a bigger stage. More »
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Sisters release 'reimagined' throat-singing Christmas album
Yellowknife duo PIQSIQ are to release a Christmas album in which carols are "reimagined and sung to the beat of katajjaq, or traditional Inuit throat singing." More »
Get paid to protest in the NWT's dystopian future
A Yellowknife short film is looking for extras to get very angry about their future world government. You'll get $15 per hour to go protest outside in December. More »
Nine NWT languages celebrated in children's book series
A story contributed by Eileen and Henry Beaver, about their grandchildren, completes a uniquely northern set of books in each of the NWT's Indigenous languages. More »
Disney+ launches – to data concerns from northerners
On-demand streaming service Disney+ opened to subscribers, but northern residents signing up expressed concern about a lack of means to control data usage. More »
'Love letter to Fort Smith' wins at NWT's media awards
South Slave movie Three Feathers picked up a top prize at the NWT Film and Media Awards, while Jean-François Pitre was recognized for his decades of work. More »
Red Snow, filmed in Dettah, returns for 'incredible' screening
The movie, about a Gwich'in soldier in Afghanistan, held its NWT premiere in Dettah – where parts of the film were shot – on Tuesday evening. More »
'No escape.' Documentary delves into 2014's summer of smoke
It was a record-breaking wildfire season. A new documentary examines how hundreds of fires and thick smoke affected NWT residents' mental and physical health. More »
Inside Red Snow, a movie embracing the NWT and its languages
Gwich’in, Inuvialuktun, and Pashto feature so prominently that director Marie Clements hopes for a foreign-language Oscar nomination. We go behind the scenes. More »
Casting call for all-female northern fantasy thriller
Casting for Kirsten Carthew's movie Polaris will take place in Whitehorse this weekend, but you can also submit a video audition. Here are the details. More »
Yellowknifers snap up tiny art, with no clue who painted it
For four days, a Yellowknife art gallery hangs dozens of small, unsigned canvases. Only after you buy one do you get to discover which resident created it. More »
Yellowknifers chosen for Family Feud Canada's first season
Yellowknife hip-hop artist Godson and his family will star in the first-ever season of Family Feud Canada. The family got the call from producers on Tuesday. More »