Director/Writer/Producer: Nettie Wild
Nettie is one of Canada’s leading documentary filmmakers. Her highly charged and critically acclaimed feature documentary films have brought audiences behind the frontlines and headlines of revolutions and social change worldwide. They include KONELĪNE: our land beautiful (2016), FIX: The Story of an Addicted City (2002) and A Place Called Chiapas (1998).
In 2017, Nettie joined forces with Betsy Carson, Rae Hull, Michael Brockington and ultimately a crew of 50, to create UNINTERRUPTED – first on the bridge using digital mapping; and then in 2020, Nettie and her fellow creators migrated the fish and their story into virtual reality. See our other website: www.uninterrupted.ca
In 2023, working with fellow filmmaker Scott Smith, Nettie co-directed the 3-channel video, GO FISH which explores the mayhem and wonder of the herring spawn in the Salish Sea. Then, collaborating with soundscape composer Hildegard Westerkamp and pianist Rachel Kyo Iwaasa, Nettie directed the experimental performance video, KLAVIERKLANG (2024.) Nettie’s current work explores “Moving Paintings” as she continues to attempt to “frame the familiar in an unfamiliar way”.
Nettie’s films have been distributed theatrically and broadcast in Canada and internationally. She has been honoured at film festivals around the world and has twice won the Genie Award for Best Feature Documentary in Canada. Among other honours, she has won Best Feature Documentary from the International Documentary Association (USA) and from the Hot Docs International Film Festival (Toronto); plus top honours from the Forum of New Cinema at the Berlin International Film Festival. Her installations have been exhibited across Canada and internationally, including GO FISH at the Aga Khan Museum (Toronto) and the National Gallery (Ottawa); and UninterruptedVR at the Kaohsiung VR and Film Archive in Taiwan.
Nettie has received an honorary doctorate from Emily Carr University, recognizing her lifelong commitment and contribution; and in 2023, she was a recipient of the prestigious Governor General’s Award in Visual & Media Arts.