Merit Motion Pictures

Friend and colleague of Merit Motion Pictures, Karsten Wall, directed this documentary featuring the Canadian goose amidst the vigour of city life. It is now available to stream on the NFB website. Check out Modern Goose!

Modern Goose Able to navigate by reading the Earth’s magnetic field, at home on land, air and water, geese straddle the territory between ancient instincts and the contemporary world. Combining …

We're selling some of our old equipment following some spring cleaning. If you have any questions or if you're interested in purchasing any of the items, please don't hesitate to email us at [email protected].

For further details and pictures, please refer to this folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dQYxx5bk-dwc6sOeOX-A4eXxLP9H3_uD

Manitoban filmmakers! If you're interested in learning the behind-the-scenes secrets of The Nature of Things or learning about science and nature filmmaking in general, this workshop will offer an insider's view.

CBC's The Nature of Things brings the Insider’s Guide to Science and Nature Filmmaking Workshop to Winnipeg on Mar 15!

This workshop is open to those who identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQ+, and/or from the deaf and disabled communities working in film and TV.

The deadline has been extended to Feb 15 to apply. Limited spots available.
https://www.onscreenmanitoba.com/events/the-insiders-guide-to-science-and-nature-filmmaking?fbclid=IwAR0LoVoKFKEGtmTfr4q1r_bpEZfA1tUpkYsur_wZXNCXSXOM7Q74Os5pT1M

This sale is extended until January 13! Visit our collection:

DVD and Blu-Rays END OF YEAR SALE: Until December 31, 2023, all individual DVDs are on sale at 25% off. Discount applied at checkout. Buy the entire Recreating Eden collection and get two seasons free. Buy both seasons of Polar Bear Town and get one free. NOTE: We are a small production company and we send out order...

Our entire store is on sale at 25% off until the end of the year! Additionally, Recreating Eden and Polar Bear Town bundles are also available. Whether you're passionate about the environment, fascinated by the human brain, or simply craving a glimpse into the lives of interesting individuals, our catalogue has a little something for everyone. Visit https://linktr.ee/meritmotionpictures to view our collection.

DVD and Blu-Rays END OF YEAR SALE: Until December 31, 2023, all individual DVDs are on sale at 25% off. Discount applied at checkout. Buy the entire Recreating Eden collection and get two seasons free. Buy both seasons of Polar Bear Town and get one free. NOTE: We are a small production company and we send out order...

We are very proud to announce Great Lakes Untamed has won Best Factual Series at the Silbersalz Festival. Congratulations to the team!

Jill Heinerth wrote this article about the extensive Great Lakes watershed for DIVER magazine. Great Lakes Untamed filmmaker Ted Oakes is featured!

https://www.magzter.com/stories/sports/DIVER-Canada/PROTECTING-NAYAANO-NIBIIMAANG-GICHIGAMIIN

Breaking news: DOC Manitoba & FTM are pleased to launch the DEEP DIVE Program 2023 which is a combination of in-class training, a masterclass, mentorships as well as training sessions during Manitoba film festivals.

Here are the full details: https://www.filmtraining.mb.ca/doc-mb-and-ftm-launch-deep-dive-training-program-for-documentary-filmmakers/

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https://www.filmtraining.mb.ca/doc-mb-and-ftm-launch-deep-dive-training-program-for-documentary-filmmakers/

Only two days left to support this fundraiser!

Day 28 of “30 Smiles for $30”! Only 3 days left to help us increase our chances of winning Canada Helps big $20,000 draw on July 1st! For every dollar donated via our Canada Helps link until midnight ET June 30th we’ll receive an entry…...fingers crossed!
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/manitoba-bear-rehabilitation-centre-inc/

Today we’re featuring our largest cub at the moment…..Xyla! Long legged and graceful, she runs around leaping effortlessly over logs and is a good jumper. She also loves to stand on her hind legs and get other cubs to wrestle with her. 😄

“The music really had to take on all the different personalities of the water itself, the inertia of this massive force I was tasked with not only the diversity of the ecosystems but the range of how the water changes over its whole journey, how it changed and progressed.” – Erica Procunier on her Original Music in Great Lakes Untamed

Michael J. Fox Requested ‘No Violins’ for Emotional Yet Joyful Doc ‘Still’ For a film or TV composer, the most difficult assignments are often documentaries. There is usually very little money, and finding the right tone and musical approach can be a weeks- or months-long…

Say hello to the new babies at Black Bear Rescue Manitoba!

'They're settling in really well': 3 orphaned bear cubs adjusting to new home at Manitoba rescue Black Bear Rescue Manitoba has some new guests that will be calling the shelter home for the spring and summer months.

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Well it happened…..companions for Winston arrived last night in the form of three small 3-month-old sisters from Waywayseecappo, Manitoba.

Sadly their mother is deceased and we were told she was struck by a vehicle. (Edit, Apr. 24th; she is now believed to have been shot). The cubs were on their own for 2 days, staying near to their mother and were found hiding in a culvert. Thank you to Natural Resources staff for catching and bringing them to our facility.

Upon arrival the cubs were vet checked and despite being on their own they were given a clean bill of health and had good energy. Two of the cubs are black and both weigh 9.2 lbs, the 3rd being brown and 9.8 lbs. We’re feeding them milk replacer every 3 hours, soon to increase to 4 hours and they’re having no trouble switching from nursing to drinking from a bowl.

All bears have their own personality so there is a very shy cub (on the right in photo), a bold one (in the middle acting feisty) and on the left is the sister who falls somewhere in between.

We always watch for newly arrived cubs to play for the first time as the sign they’re settling in and getting over the trauma of losing their mom and having their whole world turned upside down, so we were very pleased to see them playing already today! Generally, very young cubs like this adjust faster than older cubs and it also really helps that they have each other. Winston will meet his 3 new “sisters” once they’re all settled in and are on the same feeding schedule. He’ll definitely be the big brother as he now weighs 14.8 lbs!

It’s very unfortunate that these 3 cubs lost their mother but as sad as it is for them, it’s very good that Winston will now have companions.

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This Academy Award win is a powerful testament to the strength of Canadian talent! But as we celebrate this momentous achievement, we must also consider the need for further support for our homegrown filmmakers. We must continue to develop, support and push forward a truly viable Canadian film industry, one that will offer our talented storytellers the resources and opportunities they need to fully realize their visions.

Oscars 2023: Canada’s big night is wake-up call for resource-strapped film industry Every one of our homegrown talents who was honoured Sunday night only got to the Oscars stage thanks to the bank accounts of American producers

Winnipeg Film Group : Call for submissions: The 2023 Barry Lank $1,500 Memorial Award The 2nd Annual Barry Lank Memorial Award is presented by DOC Manitoba and the Winnipeg Film Group, in conjunction with the annual Gimme Some Truth Festival. The award is given to those who have shown exemplary work in the social awareness / social justice film genre as showcased in a particular docu...

Black Bear Rescue Manitoba is welcoming its first cub!

So you can see how small he is, here’s our 3 week old cub with an apple.
Hard to imagine that in just a few months he’ll be consuming an apple like this in a matter of seconds!

"He’s so small he can fit in the palm of her hand, but Judy Stearns can already tell the orphaned black bear cub she’s caring for is going to be a "tough, strong little bear" when he grows up."

Black Bear Rescue Manitoba featured in Winnipeg Free Press:

Rescue cares for tiny black bear cub HE’S so small he can fit in the palm of her hand, but Judy Stearns can already tell the orphaned black bear cub she’s caring for is going to be a “tough, strong little bear” when he grows up.

Documentary Boxing Day Sale: 25% off all DVDs - https://mailchi.mp/34b0bafa3532/documentary-boxing-day-sale-25-off-all-dvds

"We often think of the Amazon as important, but the Great Lakes watershed has almost one quarter of the Earth's fresh water sitting in it. And so for that reason, one can argue that's a giant part of the Earth and in a world short of freshwater, it's never been more important."

Global News Morning chats with doc film-maker Ted Oakes | Watch News Videos Online Watch Global News Morning chats with doc film-maker Ted Oakes Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, Inc. is looking for candy donations for their safe Halloween event! 🍭🎃

"We really haven't treated the Great Lakes watershed with the kindness it deserves." – Ted Oakes on CTV

'Great Lakes Untamed' Biologist and natural history producer Ted Oakes talks about the new documentary ‘Great Lakes Untamed'.