FILMMAKING

We love to share our passion and knowledge of cold.

RECENT PROJECTS

NorthWinds specializes in documentaries and film support in remote locations. Our films vary from expedition & adventure films, documentaries on waste management to experimental art films.

NorthWinds is featured in many polar films, and offers the following support to film crews:  Guiding, Logistical support, Safety, Equipment rentals, Dog teams. We also offer production services, camera operators, photographers.

 

 

Way of the North

 2015 – present:

An adventure documentary following Sarah McNair-Landry and Erik Boomer on their epic120-day dog-sledding expedition around Baffin Island.

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Gauge

2013 – 2015

Directed and produced “Gauge,” an experimental art installation. Monumental ice walls appear to emerge out of the frozen ocean, due to the rise and fall of the tide beneath the ice.

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Taking Shape

2012

Sarah directed, wrote and shot “Taking Shape”, a 10-minute documentary profiling an Inuit artist, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

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Expedition Q

2013-2015

We got to collaboration with super talented filmmaker Skip Armstrong at Wazee Motion Pictures on Expedition Q, which toured film festivals around the world.

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Pour ne pas perdre le Nord

2009

Directed, wrote and researched “Pour ne pas perdre le Nord” of a 25 min French documentary on waste management problems in the North, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. The documentary played in environmental film festivals across Canada and aired on CBC and Radio Canada.

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Pittarak

2008

Directed, filmed and edited “Pittarak”, a 22 min adventure film about a kite skiing crossing of the Greenland Icecap.

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