Registration for our annual 48 Hour Music Video is now OPEN! The Team draw will be done virtually at 5:00 pm on Friday, September 11th, 2020 Deadline for submitting videos: 5:00 pm Sunday, September 13th, 2020 Both band/musician and video crew get a sweet video! Registration fees -Band/musician: 100$ -Video team: WAMP membership fee (50$)
UPDATE: Submissions are in and VOTING IS OPEN! Click the link to view all 5 submissions and cast your vote: https://bit.ly/YellowknifeMusicVideo *note: voting closes on Friday, August 7th at 5:30 pm MDT; viewers can vote once per day. In partnership with the NWT Film Commission, TrueNorth Records, and Craig Cardiff, WAMP is excited to present
REGISTRATION FOR 2020 IS NOW FULL! If you would like to join the wait list for 2021, please email courtney@wamp.ca to reserve your spot. WAMP with support from the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment’s’ Film Commission, is offering a script-to-screen workshop series that will allow artists to learn and create along the whole production
Western Arctic Moving Pictures Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19): Given the growing concerns and spread of the Coronavirus, WAMP is undertaking steps to proactively guard against contamination. As an organization, we take this situation very seriously and are prepared to adjust our operations accordingly in response to virus trends. The health and safety of our
Thursday, December 12th, 6:30pm @ WAMP OFFICE Notice is hereby given to all members of Western Arctic Moving Pictures (WAMP) that the Annual General Meeting will be held at the Western Arctic Moving Pictures (WAMP) is holding its Annual General Meeting at the WAMP offices (4916-49th street) on December 12, 6:30pm. Refreshments provided. All memberships are to
Thursday August 29th, 2019 7:30 – 9:00 pm In his work, artist Moritz Geremus uses computers and synthesizers to play live music and visual imagery at the same time. During his residency period in Yellowknife, he has worked on creating new sounds, photographs and video’s that are all together forming a three-part composition. This will
Juno-award-winning singer/songwriter Leela Gilday traveled to Deline, NWT where she wrote and performed a song with Deline drummers in celebration of her sacred connection with the Sahtu. In collaboration with members of the Deline drummers, the song is based on a traditional Dene story about the heart that lives in great bear lake and features
Northern Sights is a 360 degree virtual reality project aimed at helping Northern Artists broaden the reach of their art forms, in the face of geographical isolation from audiences, critical contexts, collaborators, and new technologies. People all around the world are fascinated with the North, but very few of them ever get a chance to
So many great videos created this year. Share these beauties far and wide! Thanks so much to NWT Film, Folk on the Rocks, Music NWT for supporting and sponsoring, Loren McGinnis for being our hilarious MC, Ryan Dempster and PIDO for the tech support and Rosalind Mercredi & Dave Kellet for the Beautiful trophies! The
The Yellowknife International Film Festival 2019 dates are set for November 6-10, 2019. As of May 1st, you may submit your films for consideration to the 2019 Festival using Film Freeway.