Western Arctic Moving Pictures (WAMP)

Type of Organization:

Community:

Yellowknife

Region:

North Slave

Website

Phone:

(867) 766-2586

Address:

Basement of 4916 49th Street

Box 2487

Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P8

Canada

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Last Updated: May 29, 2023

WAMP is a non-profit media arts organization headquartered in Yellowknife, NT.

Our mission is to produce, support, showcase and promote film, video and digital media across the Northwest Territories.

WAMP offers events and activities throughout the year such as:

Rentals - Lights, Cameras, Sound Recording and Post-Production Equipment.
Workshops - Professional Development opportunities for seasoned and emerging filmmakers including; equipment training series; filmmaker seminars; artist residencies; Adobe Creative Suite classes and more.
Hackspace - a play-based STEM learning experience. Learn 3D creating in VR, construct your own synthesizer, develop a small video game or build a remote control car.
48 Hour Music Video Competition
Yellowknife International Film Festival (YKIFF) https://www.ykfilmfest.com/

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The global orchestra of sound happens all around us all the time – it is really about whether you hear this as noise or music. Growing up in the North I...

Carmen BradenNorth Slave

North Slave

When I was 14, I found old guitar at my grandma’s place and slowly taught myself from a book. It was pretty humble beginnings but I learned guitar mainly...

Caroline CoxDehcho

Dehcho

Grace-Ann is an emerging Inuit filmmaker from the hamlet of Pangnirtung, Nunavut who was raised in Łíídlıı Kųę (Fort Simpson), located in the Dehcho region...

Grace-Ann NowdlakSouth Slave

South Slave

I owe my filmmaking career almost entirely to the North. As for most jobs in the North, it was trial by fire. I started my career cleaning out the garage of...

Jay BulckaertNorth Slave

North Slave

For me, being a filmmaker is the opportunity to create a window into the subject’s world so the viewer has a snap shot into the narrative and can imagine...

Jeremy EmersonNorth Slave

North Slave

A newcomer to the North, I have absolutely fallen in love with the beauty that surrounds one in the North. I have always held a keen interest in photography...

Keating SmithNorth Slave

North Slave

Kirsten Carthew is the Director of Accompany Productions Inc., a multimedia development and productions company based out of Yellowknife, Northwest...

Kirsten CarthewNorth Slave

North Slave

I think that there are all sorts of great stories to be told in the North. We are really lucky to be in a place so rich in wilderness, people and characters...

Michelle SwallowNorth Slave

North Slave

Miranda Currie is a northern indigenous artist living and working in Sombe K’e, more widely known, as Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, among the Dene...

Miranda CurrieNorth Slave

North Slave

I am a self taught folk and indie-rock musician. My song writing is like a journal that gets me through the winter and helps express the meaning of whatever...

Nick JacksonNorth Slave

North Slave

I was born and raised in Yellowknife and love this strange beautiful North we call home; the people, culture and landscapes. Tired of watching outsiders...

Pablo SaravanjaNorth Slave

North Slave

Paul has committed himself to some of Yellowknife’s finest stage and film productions for over fifteen years and spent over twenty more years in productions...

Paul McKeeNorth Slave

North Slave

I'm a filmmaker, editor and colourist based in Hay River, NWT. I was born in Ottawa and raised in the small village of Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario. I moved to...

Scott ClouthierSouth Slave

South Slave

I design contemporary, northern indigenous adornments based on Gwich’in culture, created with land-based materials. I make these adornments with my people...

Tania LarssonNorth Slave

North Slave

Art saved my life. Spiritually, it allows me to be very close and in touch with myself. It is quite an introspective journey to put something together that...

Terry PamplinNorth Slave

North Slave