About
Saskatchewan & Manitoba storytellers
We make films about the people, work and places of the Canadian prairies, for the organisations and communities that are part of them.
- Saskatchewan
- Manitoba
- Documentary and commissioned work
Our ethos
A team of passionate storytellers based in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, bringing together creativity, tech wizardry and just the right amount of caffeine.
The prairies get filmed badly a lot of the time. Usually from a highway, usually at sunset, usually by somebody who arrived that morning and left that night. What comes back is a landscape with nobody in it.
We live here, so we get to do the slower version. We can come back in a different season. We can wait for the meeting that actually matters instead of filming the one that was scheduled. We know that a harvest, a freeze-up and a rink schedule are all more important than our calendar.
The technical side matters too, and we take it seriously. Clean audio, careful colour, proper captions, files organised so that somebody can find them in five years. But the craft is in service of the story, not the other way around.
Mostly, we make films that the people in them are willing to watch. That is a harder test than any festival, and it is the one we care about.
Working style
How we actually work
Six things that are true of every project we take on, whether it runs for three days or three years.
- 01
Small crews, longer access
Two people can stay in a room for three days without changing what happens in it. A full unit cannot. Almost every documentary decision we make comes back to that.
- 02
The spine is written first
Before a camera comes out we agree what the film is arguing and in what order. It saves a fortune in shooting days and it means the first cut you see is already the right shape.
- 03
Two note rounds, quoted
Revisions are part of the price rather than a negotiation you have halfway through. If a third round is genuinely needed we will tell you what it costs before we start it.
- 04
Captions are not an extra
Every delivery includes an accurate caption file and a transcript. If the film is going on a feed that autoplays silently, it gets a burned-in version too.
- 05
You keep everything
Masters, project files and the organised rushes are yours at the end. We archive a copy for a year so a re-cut in eighteen months is a phone call, not an excavation.
- 06
We say no when it is not a fit
If a project needs a bigger crew, a different specialism or a budget we cannot deliver on, we will say so early and point you at someone who can.
Availability
When we can start
An honest picture of the calendar, so you can plan around it rather than waiting to find out.
- Commissioned work
- Usually booked four to eight weeks ahead. Short turnarounds are sometimes possible, so ask.
- Documentary projects
- Taken on a rolling basis, one or two at a time, because they run for months rather than days.
- Travel
- Across both provinces as standard. Beyond a two-hour drive, travel and accommodation are quoted up front.
- Winter shoots
- Planned around daylight and battery life rather than the clock. We build the schedule accordingly.
Start a project
Come and talk to us about it
The first conversation is free and usually useful even if we never work together. Bring the half-formed version, it does not need to be a brief yet.