Hay Riverites are in for some chills and thrills this weekend as the North’s premier horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and thriller festival rolls into town.

The NWT feature film — directed and produced respectively by local film stalwarts Kirsten Carthew and Amos Scott — reached yet another high-point in its festival drive over the weekend at Arkansas' Bentonville Film Festival. 

It’s been dubbed the World’s Largest Film Festival! National Canadian Film Day - an annual coast-to-coast-to-coast film screening that will take place this year on April 19 and celebrate Canada’s 150^th. Approximately 1,700 events are taking place including several in the Northwest Territories (NWT).

Ulukhaktok artists are better positioned to sell their special artwork to residents and tourists following two “Pricing Your Art” workshops presented by the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment.

Juniper-infused northern pike, wild rose hip BBQ sauce and fried morels on bannock; just a few of the locally-sourced dishes that are being served up on the new online show Wild Kitchen which debuted in January.

Artless Collective’s Dead North Film Festival‘s fifth edition from February 23-26 at Yellowknife’s Capitol Theatre will screen the creations of professional and aspiring filmmakers challenged to create their best original sci-fi, horror or fantasy films in nine weeks in the dead of winter.

(Photo of Kylik Kisoun Taylor via CBC Media Centre)

A new six-part docu-series celebrates the legendary call of the wild that draws people to the north and keeps them there.

The Sun At Midnight continues to shine the industry’s spotlight on the Northwest Territories. The film was one of a select few films from across Canada to receive a coveted spot during the PERSPECTIVE CANADA BERLIN, a Telefilm Canada Showcase at the European Film Market, where it was highlighted to an audience of 9,000+ industry professionals from around the world.

The European Film Market is one of the world’s top networking events for the film industry; and for the first time, this year, the NWT’s film industry will have a presence. Amos Scott of Yellowknife and Jerri Thrasher of Inuvik made the journey to Berlin to take part in the European Film Market, which is hosted in conjunction with Berlinale, the Berlin Film Festival February 9-19.

As the world fur market heads into auction season, Northwest Territories trappers are poised to make their mark thanks to the Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur program.