We're thrilled to share that the NPP Interactive has been named a finalist in the esteemed SXSW Interactive Awards, in the "Art" category.

The Grand Creative designed site is also up for the People's Choice Award - show your support for the NPP and cast a vote here (takes two seconds / no sign-up required).

Zacharias Kunuk's stunning film on Sirmilik National Park has been nominated for a Genie, for Best Short Documentary!

Stream or download the film on the NPP Interactive.

Congratulations Zach and good luck on March 8th!

 

We're thrilled to announce that the NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection will have its Quebec premiere at Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal, and we'll be staging a free live concert to celebrate!

FILM SCREENINGS:
Wednesday October 19 / 7pm / Impérial
Thursday October 20 / 4:45pm / Excentris (Fellini)

Directors Catherine Martin & Louise Archambault and NPP producer/creators Joel McConvey, Geoff Morrison & Ryan Noth will be on hand to present the film.

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FREE CONCERT:
Thursday October 20 / 8-9pm, Agora (UQAM)

Musicians from the NPP will perform selections from the music that was written and recorded in the parks for the project, and featured on the National Parks Project CD/LP. The performance will be accompanied by live visuals from the NPP films and documentaries mixed by Ryan Noth. Performers include:

Andrew Whiteman (broken social scene)
Cadence Weapon
Daniela Gesundheit (snowblink)
Mishka Stein (patrick watson band)
Dean Stone (apostle of hustle)
Paul Aucoin (the hylozoists)

Presented by Parks Canada.
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TICKETS and more information available here:
http://www.nouveaucinema.ca/home

TRAILER: http://www.vimeo.com/19840132

We're thrilled to share that the National Parks Project documentary series has won the Gemini for Best Arts Documentary Series!

Many thanks to the folks at Discovery Canada, Lindsay Cowan-Dotchison, Stan Lipsey and Michael Schewchenko in particular for their support and work on the project. Thanks as well to everyone Parks Canada, to Andrew Campbell, Morag Hutcheson and Fiona Currie, and to the CMF, Robin Mirsky and the Rogers Cable Network Fund, Matt Quinn and Luke Canning from Grand Creative who designed our beautiful interactive piece, music supervisor Paul Aucoin, Andres Landau, everyone who worked on the many different parts of the project, and last but certainly not least, the 52 artists of the NPP!

Thirteen of Canada's finest filmmakers bring us this diverse, ambitious collection of visually mindbending short films that capture the mystery and majesty of the Canadian landscape. Shot on a series of five-day trips to the most inspiring national parks across Canada, and featuring soundtracks written and recorded in the parks in collaboration with 39 of the country's most acclaimed musicians, the NPP is Canada like you've never seen it before

Click Here to Buy the DVD --> Get it Now

THE NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT is a hit with critics & audiences!

The acclaimed Film Collection extends its theatrical run at the ROYAL CINEMA and expands to open at the REGENT THEATRE (551 Mount Pleasant Rd.) on May 26. (updated showtimes below)

3/4 stars! Guy Dixon, THE GLOBE AND MAIL

"The collection clearly aims to be a totemic statement, a link between Canada’s thriving indie-arts culture and the land, to commemorate the centenary of the country’s national parks service. This is an exceedingly difficult premise to pull off, and the project does it with timeliness and cohesion."

4/5 stars! Eli Glasner, CBC

"So there I was, heading home after a preview screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and all I could think of was getting back to the haunting visuals of The National Park Project. If there's an antidote to the summer season of cinematic silliness that's now upon us, it could be this project: a soaring and, at times, almost abstract series of short films exploring Canada's national parks."

8/10! Jason Anderson, The Grid

"The National Parks Project contains a bounty of marvels for armchair travellers willing to adopt the film’s ruminative, wide-eyed mode and accept its invitation to space-out in some of the country’s most majestic places. At their most potent, the creations here simultaneously reinforce and reconfigure our collective notions of Canadiana."

The REGENT (551 Mount Pleasant Rd)

Opening Thursday May 26 (screening nightly till Thursday June 2)

7pm – the complete NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection

• 127min, with brief intermission

The ROYAL (608 College St)

*No Screenings at the Royal Wednesday May 25 - Saturday May 28*

Sunday May 29

430pm – The NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection Part 1

• screening the films from BC / SK / AB / NU / ON / PEI / NS

7pm – The NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection Part 2

• screening the films from YU / MN / QC / NL / NB / NWT

Monday May 30

700pm – The NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection Part 1

• screening the films from BC / SK / AB / NU / ON / PEI / NS

830pm – The NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection Part 2

• screening the films from YU / MN / QC / NL / NB / NWT

Tuesday May 31

700pm – The NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection Part 1

• screening the films from BC / SK / AB / NU / ON / PEI / NS

830pm – The NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection Part 2

• screening the films from YU / MN / QC / NL / NB / NWT

Wednesday June 1

700pm – The NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection Part 1

• screening the films from BC / SK / AB / NU / ON / PEI / NS

830pm – The NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection Part 2

• screening the films from YU / MN / QC / NL / NB / NWT

Thursday June 2

700pm – The NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection Part 1

• screening the films from BC / SK / AB / NU / ON / PEI / NS

830pm – The NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection Part 2

• screening the films from YU / MN / QC / NL / NB / NWT

 

$10 for one and $15 for double bill

 

Come join us in Toronto as we celebrate the centennial of PARKS CANADA with a one-off Record Release Concert on May19th and a week of screenings of the NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection, from May20-26 at the Royal Cinema.

May 19th THE NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT CENTENNIAL LIVE

Soundtrack Release Concert

Thurs. May 19th, 2011 – doors 830pm / showtime 930pm – Royal Cinema, 608 College St. Toronto. $15.

Celebrate Parks Canada's 100th Anniversary and the release of the National Parks Project soundtrack with an evening of live performances of songs written and recorded for the NPP, featuring: Sarah Harmer, Andrew Whiteman (Broken Social Scene), Andre Ethier, Casey Mecija (Ohbijou), Ohad Benchitrit (Do Make Say Think), Don Kerr, Jim Guthrie, Bry Webb (Constantines), Sophie Trudeau (Godspeed You! Black Emperor), Chad Ross (Quest For Fire), Dale Morningstar, Daniela Gesundheit (Snowblink), Sandro Perri, Mishka Stein (Patrick Watson), NPP music director Paul Aucoin (Hylozoists) and others.  Accompanied by a live visual mix of footage from the NPP films and documentaries, selected and mixed by Ryan Noth.

Advanced tickets available here. NPP soundtrack in stores May 24 via Last Gang Records.

THEATRICAL SCREENINGS MAY 20-26th at The ROYAL CINEMA

Friday May 20

8pm – the complete NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection

• featuring a live performance by SNOWBLINK (f. Daniela Gesundheit of NPP Cape Breton Highlands)
• creators and filmmakers in attendance for Q&A

$12

Saturday May 21

7pm – the NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection PART 1

• screening the films from BC / SK / AB / NU / ON / PEI / NS
• creators and filmmakers in attendance for Q&A

9:30pm – the NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection PART 2

• screening the films from YU / MN / QC / NL / NB / NWT
• creators and filmmakers in attendance for Q&A

$10 for one and $15 for double bill

Sunday May 22

4:30pm - the NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection PART 1

• screening the films from BC / SK / AB / NU / ON / PEI / NS
• featuring a live performance by CASEY MECIJA (Ohbijou)
• creators and filmmakers in attendance for Q&A

7pm - the NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection PART 2

• screening the films from YU / MN / QC / NL / NB / NWT

• featuring a live performance CASEY MECIJA (Ohbijou)
• creators and filmmakers in attendance for Q&A

$10 for one and $15 for double bill

Monday May 23

7pm – the NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection PART 2

• screening the films from YU / MN / QC / NL / NB / NWT
• creators and filmmakers in attendance for Q&A

9:00pm - the NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection PART 1

• screening the films from BC / SK / AB / NU / ON / PEI / NS
• creators and filmmakers in attendance for Q&A

$10 for one and $15 for double bill

Tuesday May 24

7pm – the NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection PART 1

• screening the films from BC / SK / AB / NU / ON / PEI / NS
• creators and filmmakers in attendance for Q&A

9:00pm – the NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection PART 2

• screening the films from YU / MN / QC / NL / NB / NWT
• creators and filmmakers in attendance for Q&A

$10 for one and $15 for double bill

Wednesday May 25

- no screening -

Thursday May 26

8pm – the complete NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT Film Collection

• creators and filmmakers in attendance for Q&A

$12

 

 

Ottawa, here comes the NPP train! Get on board with free fireworks and a space jam set to raise the roof of the Museum of Civilization:

 

The NPP took some time off to rest up over the holidays - but only to get ready for all the amazing stuff that will accompany our launch in 2011! Stay tuned for regular updates as the news rolls out, and, in particular, some exciting news over the next few weeks about the NPP at Winterlude in Ottawa this February!

In the meantime, check out this stealth shot from the Banff Revue...

Free sneak peaks of 3 films from the 13-part series, and also live musical performances by songs written in the park over the past summmer, by 7 unique artists.

It's all free, and all gold: Eric Harvie Theatre, Banff Centre, 7-9pm, November 25th.

Be there for what's sure to be the start of something big!