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Two more films…

In March 2023, we delivered two more films to an ongoing series of short films for the Government of Nunavut...

Art Fair Toronto 2022

Chickweed Art’s owner/director, Jamie Griffiths, has had multiple art works at the fair this year. Two short experimental videos and...

Adolescence

Based on a poem by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Adolescence is the story of a young Inuit woman who reflects on the historical trauma experienced by Inuit living in Canada through a conversation with her beloved grandmother. Against the backdrop of the Arctic sea ice, this fictional story connects the impact of colonization to the ongoing mental health crisis in Nunavut, while maintaining hope for the future.

Mini-Documentary of the Pillimaksarniq Program

Chickweed Arts has released a new short film made for Ilitaqsiniq (the Nunavut Literacy Council). Pillimaksarniq Program by Ilitaqsiniq from...

Canada Goose & Makers.to

Canada Goose & Makers.to

Chickweed Arts provided Northern support in November to the Ontario production company www.makers.to for their recent trip to Iqaluit with...

Women in Science (NFB Series)

Women in Science (NFB Series)

Chickweed Arts is busy this week filming a profile on Dr. Gwen Healey of ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᑏᑦ Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre for...

Chickweed Arts providing local support to visiting film companies.

Chickweed Arts providing local support to visiting film companies.

It is important for visiting film companies to get things right on the ground when they arrive in Nunavut. By...

Pilimmaksarnniq program by Ilitaqsiniq (Nunavut Literacy)

Pilimmaksarnniq program by Ilitaqsiniq (Nunavut Literacy)

Chickweed Arts recently filmed Ilitaqsiniq’s Pilimmaksarnniq program, a 3 week program for work readiness, with a large component focused on...

Tristan Omik, trainee with Chickweed Arts

Tristan Omik, trainee with Chickweed Arts

This week, Chickweed Arts had the great pleasure of working with Tristan Omik as a camera trainee on our project...

Framing the Future

Chickweed Arts took part in Nunavut Film Development Corporation‘s (NFDC) two day conference, ‘Framing the Future’, in Iqaluit, Nunavut, March...