NORTH COUNTRY CINEMA

Range Roads (2021) Available for streaming on Apple TV When her parents are killed in a sudden car accident, actor Frankie King returns to her hometown in rural Alberta to face this tragedy after being estranged from her family for 20 years. 🇨🇦 #canadianfilm #independentfilm #northcountrycinema #albertafilm #indiefilm

Hey, Viktor! (2023) “A chaotic comedy with a surprising amount of heart.” -Mike Mack, Laughing Place Stream this Canadian film on Apple TV, Prime Video, & Crave 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Twenty-five long years after his time in the limelight, former child actor Cody Lightning tries to revive his fame with a self-produced sequel to his breakthrough movie, Smoke Signals. Co-produced by @nccinema and an official selection of the 2023 @tiff_net season 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 #canadianfilm #movierecommendation #independentfilm #comedymovies canadianmade

NCC’s feature film Alberta Number One is available for rent or purchase on all digital platforms beginning today! Find direct links to streaming in our bio, we can’t wait for you to watch! 🍿🎬⛰️ #canadianfilm #albertafilm #independentfilm

Director Alexander Carson was invited to @cbcq to chat with Talia about the upcoming release of Alberta Number One. The episode is now live, thanks for the great conversation! @taliahannahschlanger Check out Alexander’s interview at the link in our bio for an insight into Alberta Number One, premiering on digital platforms January 30th! 🏔️🇨🇦🎬 @cbcarts #canadianfilm #cbcq #independentfilm #albertafilm

and that’s a WRAP on NCC20! 🎬2️⃣0️⃣ A huge thank you to our community of NCC artists, technicians, collaborators, friends, and family members who have supported us over the last 20 years. It was a blast walking down memory lane and recalling all of our projects that we are so proud of. We wouldn’t be here without you. Here’s to the past 20 years—and to the next 20 of creating, supporting, and championing Canadian cinema. 🎬🇨🇦 #ncc20 #canadianfilm #independentfilm #northcountrycinema #albertafilm

As our NCC20 campaign comes to a close, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to every artist, technician, collaborator, friend, and family member who has supported us along the way. We wouldn’t be here without you. Here’s to the past 20 years—and to the next 20 of creating, supporting, and championing Canadian cinema. 🎬🇨🇦 Thank you NCC family! 🎥➡️2️⃣0️⃣ #NCC20 #independentfilm #canadianfilm

In 2021, NCC stepped into the world of co-productions with the Indigenous mockumentary Hey Viktor! The film was directed by Cody Lightning (@lightning.cody ) and produced by Sara Corry (@s_corr ) and Kyle Thomas (@cal9000 ) (of NCC). Hey Viktor! screened at festivals around the world including TIFF and Tribecca in 2023. NCC’s second co-pro venture, Smudge The Blades, is currently in post-production and slated for release in 2026. @smudgethebladesmovie We’ve made some dear friends along the way thus far and are eager to partner with like-minded artists whose values on collaboration and storytelling align with NCC’s. 🎥➡️2️⃣0️⃣ #NCC20 #independentfilm #canadianfilm smudgetheblades

NCC’s newest episodic credit in collaboration with Ghost River Theatre @ghostrivertheatre : So Dark The Sky. We are honoured that the 2025 Sci-Fi series has been nominated for and won an incredible amount of awards this year, and we are so excited to be sharing this series with you all. Enjoy these screen grabs and behind the scenes photos, and check out the SDTS trailer on our Youtube channel, link in bio. #ncc20 #independentfilm #canadianfilm

We are honoured to announce that So Dark The Sky has won Best Science Fiction at Vancouver Web Fest! A wonderful way to wrap up our festival season! Thank you! @vanwebfest

We’ve had the pleasure of getting to know actor Joe Perry over the past 12 years as he brought his remarkable, nuanced presence to the big screen in all three of our feature films (The Valley Below, O Brazen Age, Range Roads), weaving seamlessly into the NCC fabric. What began as a working collaboration quickly blossomed into a long-standing friendship.  While currently part of the 25/26 Birmingham Conservatory at the Stratford Festival, we eagerly anticipate his return to the big screen. joewperry.com Thank you Joe for your contribution to NCC over the years! #NCC20 🎥2️⃣0️⃣ #independentfilm #canadianfilm

As we continue to celebrate 20 years of NCC, one of our newest projects deserve a highlight. So Dark The Sky is an episodic series developed in collaboration with Ghost River Theatre (@ghostrivertheatre ). 🎥➡️2️⃣0️⃣ So Dark The Sky is honoured to have received a handful of awards and nominations this past year, including: AMPIA AWARDS     •    Best Scripted Series or Mini-Series  - Kyle Thomas, Sara Corry, Eric Rose, Producers // North Country Cinema     •    Best Editor Scripted Under 30 Minutes - Kyle Thomas // So Dark the Sky “Episode 4” // North Country Films     •    Best Overall Sound Scripted Under 30 Minutes -  Propeller Studios // So Dark the Sky “Episode 4” // North Country Cinema     •    Best Costume Designer - Heather Moore // So Dark the Sky “Episode 4” // North Country Cinema Die Seriale 2025     •    Best Production Design - Patrick Du Wors     •    Best Cinematography - Chase Gardiner New Jersey WebFest 2025     •    Best Actress in a Thriller, Sci-Fi, or Fantasy - Karen Gomez     •    Best Premise - So Dark The Sky     •    Outstanding Sci-Fi - So Dark The Sky NorthFork TV Festival 2025     •    Best Pilot - North Country Films (Winner) T.O. Webfest 2025     •    Best Series - Grand Prize - North Country Cinema     •    Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror - North Country Cinema (Winner)     •    Best Actor - Karen Gomez     •    Best Original Score - Eoin Russell     •    Best Hair & Makeup - Katt Panic     •    Best Sound Design - Propeller Studios - Chris Ferguson, Tyler Rambie, Matt Coffey, Brent Planiden, Vienna Kunnas, Braun Farnon     •    Best Production Design - Patrick Du Wors     •    Best Editing - Kyle Thomas We are so proud of this project, and hope you’ll check out our official trailer at the link in our bio! #ncc20 #independentfilm #canadianfilm #scifi #canadianfilmindustry

I had the chance to sit down with Alexander (Sandy) Carson to talk about Alberta Number One, and it quickly became clear that he is most comfortable marching to the beat of his own drum. His passion for art and film is obvious, but so is his lack of interest in making something the way you are taught in film school; instead, he is willing to push against traditional beats and shape a film that feels wholly its own. The result is an Alberta-shot feature from Calgary-based North Country Cinema that folds road movie, essay film, and ensemble drama into a meta-textual portrait of the province. Already on a mini-Canadian theatrical tour, the film is currently rolling through Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton. For you Alberta folks, specifically, be sure to get your tickets to see this one at the @theplazayyc and @themetrocinema --- full interview on pointsofreview.com --- Adam Manery: I know this is a hard one to boil down, but what is Alberta Number One about? What’s your elevator pitch for the film? Alexander (Sandy) Carson: I’m not too good at elevator pitches, so bear with me. It’s a fiction film about a documentary process. There is a bit of hybridity, because sometimes we dip into “the film within the film”, like when filming at the Museum of Miniatures or the Creation Science Museum, but it’s mostly a behind-the-scenes look at a documentary process. It’s not so much a film about the museums and public sites themselves as it is an autoethnographic work, meaning that they’re including themselves in the study of the experience of museums and public sites... --- full interview on pointsofreview.com --- @gametheoryfilms @nccinema @studiookita @penderpr @telefilm_canada @canada.council @david_ehrenreich @west.brodie @inkexplodez @participatoryuniverse @bebe_buckskin @newkungfuiggy @randallokita @kris.demeanor #albertanumberone #canadianfilmmaker #yyc #yeg