Northern Grassroots Cinemas Ltd.

We believe in collaboration Together we can do great things IN FILM WE TRUST Stories can
inspire change!

Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge living and working within Treaty 6 territory, the ancestral and traditional land of the Cree, Dene, Blackfoot, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux and Métis. We recognize the land as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on or are visiting.

 

About Us

Northern Grassroots Cinemas Ltd. is a film production company established in 2020 by a group of film directors, writers and film technicians. Company is currently operating from Edmonton, Alberta. Our focus is on community engagements, recognition and celebration of local talents, community-based productions and ultimately quality entertainment content creation and cognitive engagements. We celebrate different cultures, philosophies, and ways of life.

Our Values

Creativity, Collaboration, Community Orientation

Our Departments:

Feature film production

We make feature films produced by independent producers and own productions. We understand the value of content creation and Canadian representation in this highly dynamic audio-visual platform worldwide.

Documentary Production

Documentary production Unit is committed to make research and evidence-based documentary films, telling real life stories by preserving its original juice and flavor. We tell the stories of human experiences from the ‘grassroots’. We are culture sensitive, and we believe in the value of every voice in a multicultural society.

We encourage directors from all cultures, especially indigenous directors, writers and story tellers. We support the initiatives to document, protect and promote indigenous languages, culture and knowledge. We understand the role of media in the reconciliation process.

Community Based Production

Community based production unit make movies purely for telling local stories by giving opportunities to local talents. We select amateur artists for its community movie projects; we train and mentor them to polish their talents and bring them to the big screen! We give opportunities to local community writers, story tellers, directors, actors, musicians, photographers, poets, singers, dancers, craftsmen and other talents. We provide technical leadership, coordination and our technical resources for these movie projects with the help of volunteers, local talents and sponsors. The revenue generated from these projects will be distributed among the local talents involved in the project and is used for community education, art and cultural promotion initiatives.

Animation and Children’s Films Production

Children’s entertainment and educational video productions is a major unit of our company. We give great care when making high quality materials for our future generation.

Music Album Production

We give visual experience for the melodic music you enjoy!