The National Parks Project is a Canadian music and film project."A trip through the National Parks Project". Now, May 18, 2011. Released in 2011 to mark the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Parks of Canada system,"The National Parks Project: Wildlife and wild music". The Globe and Mail, May 20, 2011. the project sent teams consisting of three Canadian musicians and a filmmaker to 13 Canadian national parks, one in each province or territory, to shoot and score a short documentary film about the park."National Parks Project, The". Torontoist, April 27, 2011.
The project was commissioned by Parks Canada and produced by FilmCAN and Primitive Entertainment, in association with Discovery World HD."National Parks Project Gets Soundtrack with John K. Samson, Shad, Sebastien Grainger". Exclaim!, April 28, 2011. Prior to its commissioning, a test film by Ryan Noth, Joel McConvey and Geoff Morrison entitled National Parks Project: Gros Morne, with cinematography by Peter Mettler, was released in 2009;"Exploring Canada’s parks in film and music". Queen's Alumni Review, 2010. although it was not included in the finished series, Noth, McConvey and Morrison were producers of the series.
In addition to airing on Discovery World and on the web, the series was also screened at a number of film festivals, including Toronto's Hot Docs.
Music from the project was released on several EPs, as well as on a compilation album that featured some of the most popular tracks.
Awards Zacharias Kunuk's segment, Sirmilik, won the Genie Award for Best Short Documentary Film at the 32nd Genie Awards."Nunavut filmmaker wins Genie Award". CBC North, March 8, 2012. The overall series won the Gemini Award for Best Performing Arts Program or Series at the 26th Gemini Awards."Cinema academy dishes out 52 Gemini awards". Windsor Star, September 1, 2011.
Projects Province/TerritoryParkMusiciansFilmmakerAlbertaWaterton LakesCadence Weapon, Laura Barrett, Mark HamiltonPeter LynchBritish ColumbiaGwaii HaanasSarah Harmer, Bry Webb, Jim GuthrieScott SmithManitobaWapuskKathleen Edwards, Matt Mays, Sam RobertsHubert DavisNew BrunswickKouchibouguacCasey Mecija, Don Kerr, Ohad BenchetritJamie TravisNewfoundland and LabradorGros MorneJamie Fleming, Melissa Auf der Maur, Sam ShalabiSturla GunnarssonNorthwest TerritoriesNahanniShad, Jace Lasek, Olga GoreasKevin McMahonNova ScotiaCape Breton HighlandsTony Dekker, Old Man Luedecke, Daniela GesundheitKeith BehrmanNunavutSirmilikAndrew Whiteman, Dean Stone, Tanya TagaqZacharias KunukOntarioBruce PeninsulaJohn K. Samson, Christine Fellows, Sandro PerriDaniel CockburnPrince Edward IslandPrince Edward IslandChad Ross, Sophie Trudeau, Dale MorningstarJohn WalkerQuebecMingan ArchipelagoSebastien Grainger, Dan Werb, Jennifer CastleCatherine MartinSaskatchewanPrince AlbertAndre Ethier, Mathieu Charbonneau, Rebecca FoonStéphane LafleurYukonKluaneGraham Van Pelt, Ian D'Sa, Mishka SteinLouise Archambault
References
External links National Parks Project