Artless Collective / Aerials North
3530 McDonald Drive X1A 2N2 Yellowknife, NT, Canada

Photo workshops from Far North Photo Festival

#DeadNorth is taking a break for a while. Deadlies and fans of Dead North, there is no way to sugar coat this or soften the blow, so we will just be direct; w...e have decided to give the Dead North Film Festival a rest for the foreseeable future. We know this comes as a shock to many of you and are sorry for that. The 2021 festival would have dramatically changed this year anyways due to COVID-19 restrictions and was no doubt going to negatively impact Dead North. The reality is that our decision to put it to bed has been on our minds for a long time. We were considering this even before the pandemic occurred. Organizing Dead North for nearly a decade now has been one of the greatest honours and privileges of our careers. We could not have done it without our core funders (the GNWT and the NWT Arts Council), our board members over the years (Jay Bulckaert, Pablo Saravanja, Meagan Wohlberg, Mandee McDonald, Pat Kane, Loren McGinnis and Andrew Silke) and our family of friends, partners, volunteers and sponsors. We are tired. It’s time for us to take a break, catch our breath and refocus our energy. This could mean Dead North goes away for a year, or maybe two (or five, or...?). In truth, we don't know right now. It is not dead though (wink wink), merely resting for a while, like a Lovecraftian beast, just below the surface, biding time until an inevitable, terrible and triumphant return. As always, Dead North wouldn't exist without all the filmmakers who made 220 films over the life of this beautiful experiment. These films travelled far and wide, and together, we showed the world that Northern genre filmmaking is a force to be reckoned with. This festival changed so many lives for the better all across the North, and it certainly changed ours. We are deeply proud of our Dead North community. You are the stuff of legend, and we thank you all for coming out to play with us for the last eight years. It has been the wildest of rides. Stay Deadly, @deadnorthfilmfestival

The Closet. A short film written and directed by Ben Nind.

Marian River, NT

Virtual Trails of our Ancestors pilot shoot is complete. These gigs ain’t for the faint of heart, 14 days straight of 15hr days, dumping footage in the cold lying on rocks, pushing boats over portages and pure exhaustion all round. But we got’r done especially with the help of Richard Romie and Joseph Alexi, bush guides extraordinaire. This project is the first of its kind and will result in an interactive map experience that allows elders to revisit their traditional travel routes and youth to learn about them in an immersive, unique way thanks the visionary people at the Tlicho Government and to @insta360 technology.

First @insta360 interview of the day...better not screw it up or we know what awaits us. Madeleine literally carries this around town to shoot chickens when she sees them...coolest elder ever?

Beauty day mapping Lac la Marte with the boys. @insta360 cameras mounted to our boats. Day 7 of 14 mapping ancestral routes and locations for the Tlicho Government on this groundbreaking project. @ Lac La Martre, Northwest Territories

Online premiere of our new show RATED-N is happening right now! On RATED-N, we showcase two amazing Dead North films per episode and then chat with the filmmakers who brought them to life. In this episode we chat with Ben McGregor about his fever dream "Fruit of the Gods" and Lindsey McNeill on her hauntingly beautiful film "What you Can Hide in the Cold". This show is made by Northerners, for Northerners...RATED-N...get it! We will be releasing more episodes every few weeks. The dark arts are on display here, get inspired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSUwNKQ99Y0

Alone Across The Arctic Theatrical release date is now SEPTEMBER 28th 2020. Holding out hope for those of you who have been waiting to see the film on the Cineplex big screen!

ICYMI - Nahanni River of Forgiveness is an #NWTFilm featuring 12 local Dene who recreated a journey of their ancestors. The feature-length doc makes its broadcast premiere on Aug. 9 on the documentary Channel, a specialty channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - https://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel

We produced this series of videos with the University of Alberta researchers and communities in the Northwest Territories to improve the use of cancer screening in our region.