Bretten Hannam

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Bretten Hannam is a Canadian screenwriter and film director.[1]

A Two-Spirit, non-binary Mi'kmaq person, Hannam was born and raised in Nova Scotia.[1] Educated at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and Dalhousie University, they made a number of short films in their early career; the most noted of these, Deep End , premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival in 2011[2] and was included in the short film compilation Boys on Film 9: Youth in Trouble.[3]

Their 2015 feature film,

Atlantic Film Festival in 2015 before going into limited commercial release in 2018.[4]

In 2018, they participated in Now and Then, an exhibition of works by

Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.[5] Their contribution was the short film Elmiteskuatl, an interrogation of the complex relationship between First Nations peoples and colonialist conceptions of archives and museums.[5]

Their most recent short film, Wildfire, was produced with the assistance of the

Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, including nods for Hannam in both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.[9]

In 2020, Hannam received a grant from the Inside Out Film and Video Festival's Re:Focus Emergency Relief Fund for the completion of a short documentary film titled Walqwin, about two-spirit culture in the Wabanaki Confederacy.[10]

Hannam was named the winner of the $10,000 Toronto Film Critics Association's Jay Scott Prize for emerging filmmakers in February 2022.[11]

Filmography

  • New Skin (2008)
  • Puppy (2010)
  • Deep End (2011)
  • North Mountain (2015)
  • Elmiteskuatl (2018)
  • Wildfire (2019)
  • Wildhood (2021)

References

  1. ^ a b Jordan Parker, "Two-Spirit filmmaker puts queer representation first in films". Halifax Today, June 12, 2018.
  2. Dalhousie Gazette
    , September 6, 2011.
  3. ^ "BOYS ON FILM 9: Youth in Trouble – DVD Review". Front Row Reviews, May 1, 2013.
  4. ^ Rhiannon Johnson, "Two-spirit thriller North Mountain to have theatrical premiere in Toronto". CBC News Indigenous, June 29, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Peter Knegt, "What is queer identity in 2018? These artists are looking to the past to understand the present". CBC Arts, March 21, 2018.
  6. ^ Regan Reid, "Whistler '17: Feature Project, Doc, Screenwriter Lab finalists named". Playback, October 26, 2017.
  7. Screen Daily
    , June 27, 2019.
  8. ^ Rebecca Rubin, "Toronto Film Festival Unveils Contemporary World Cinema and Discovery Lineup ". Variety, July 28, 2021.
  9. ET Canada
    , February 15, 2022.
  10. ^ Dino-Ray Ramos, "Inside Out LGBTQ Film Festival Unveils Recipients For Re:Focus Emergency Relief Fund". Deadline Hollywood, July 9, 2020.
  11. ^ "David Cronenberg wins Toronto film critics' Clyde Gilmour Award". Toronto Star. February 23, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

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