FILMS

Winter remains one of the least understood chapters in the lives of St. Lawrence belugas.

Camille Martel’s 30-minute documentary, Where Do Belugas Go in the Winter? follows the first expedition dedicated to filming this endangered population in its winter habitat.

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WHERE DO BELUGAS GO IN THE WINTER?

Camille Martel

Ariel Waldman spent four years documenting life in some of the most remote research stations on Earth.

The resulting series, Life Unearthed, takes viewers into extreme environments where researchers are expanding our understanding of where and how life can survive.

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LIFE UNEARTHED

Ariel Waldman

Kateri Monticone

CORRIDORS: NATURES WAY

Roads and development are fragmenting the landscapes wildlife
depends on to move and survive.

Corridors: Nature's Way follows Trebek Grantee Kateri Monticone as
she explores how ecological corridors can reconnect fragmented habitats.

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Yvonne Drebert

ALL TOO CLEAR

The Great Lakes are becoming clearer, but that clarity comes at a cost.

Using cutting-edge underwater ROVs, All Too Clear reveals how invasive quagga mussels are transforming the lakes and reshaping the food web beneath the surface.

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Jessica Houston

BEYOND HER HORIZONS

In 2023, an all-female polar expedition navigated the Northwest Passage, bringing women's contributions to Arctic exploration into view.

Beyond Her Horizons follows Jessica Houston, Okalik Eegeesiak and Noémie Planat as they travel through Inuit communities, recording women’s knowledge and stories while documenting a changing Arctic.

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FEATURING WORK BY Nick Hawkins

SCALE OF CHANGE

Wild Atlantic salmon depend on healthy rivers throughout a life cycle that can take them thousands of kilometres from their home waters.

Produced by Hooké in collaboration with the Atlantic Salmon Federation, Scale of Change documents efforts to restore rivers and protect wild salmon, featuring cinematography by Trebek Grantee Nick Hawkins.

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FEATURING WORK BY Brian Timmer

SEND KELP!

Kelp forests are disappearing from parts of the Salish Sea.

Produced by Blake McWilliam, Send Kelp! follows one woman’s effort to start a kelp farm on Vancouver Island, drawing on Trebek Grantee Brian Timmer’s research to examine how these underwater forests have changed over time.

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COMING SOON


SANDPIPERS’ LAST SUPPER

Isabelle Groc

A tiny shorebird’s 10,000-kilometre migration depends on an unlikely source of fuel: mud.

Sandpipers' Last Supper follows western sandpipers along the Pacific Flyway, showing how nutrient-rich biofilm on intertidal mudflats powers their extraordinary journey.

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Coastal erosion is reshaping Tuktoyaktuk's shoreline.

In Inuusivut Sapirnaqtuq (Our Life is Very Tough), researchers and community members draw on science and Inuvialuit knowledge to understand and respond to the changes.

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INUUSIVUT SAPIRNAQTUQ

Kaitlyn Van De Woestyne

The waterbirds of the Great Lakes can tell us something about the health of the waters beneath them.

In Oiseaux, Scott Parent enters the raucous world of colonial waterbirds, with double-crested cormorants at the centre of a story about behaviour, relationships and a growing threat: anthropogenic debris infiltrating the Great Lakes food web.

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OISEAUX

Scott Parent