The Dead North Film Festival was an annual film festival in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, which presented a lineup of horror, fantasy and science fiction films. [1] The festival had a special focus on films made in Arctic areas, such as the Canadian territories, Scandinavia, Greenland, Iceland and Russia. [2]
The festival was first launched in 2012, [3] by Jay Bulckaert and Pablo Saravanja through the city's Artless Collective. [4] In addition to the primary film festival, the event has also organized filmmaking workshops to act as an unofficial "film school" for amateur filmmakers in the region; [5] in 2020, the festival organizers also launched Rated N, a television series on Yellowknife's cable community channel which broadcasts short films previously screened at the festival. [3]
In September 2020, festival organizers announced that the festival would be going on hiatus. [4]
References
- ^ Brendan Burke, "Dead North: ‘Mind-melting’ made-in-the-North film festival kicks off tonight". Northern News Services, February 27, 2020.
- ^ Julien Gignac, "Dead North festival is raising the bar for Northern genre filmmaking, president says". Yukon News, February 18, 2020.
- ^ a b Emily Blake, "New TV show gives ‘extra life’ to Dead North’s horror shorts". Cabin Radio, June 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "Yellowknife's Dead North Film Festival dead ... for now". CBC North, September 14, 2020.
- ^ Nick Pearce, "Dead North Film Festival doubles down as film school for year 8". Northern News Services, January 7, 2020.
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