The National Parks Project is a Canadian music and film project. Released in 2011 to mark the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Parks of Canada system,"The National Parks Project: Wildlife and wild music"
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'', May 20, 2011. the project sent teams consisting of three Canadian musicians and a filmmaker to 13 Canadian national parks, one in each province or territory, to shoot and score a short documentary film about the park. The project was commissioned by

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and produced by FilmCAN and Primitive Entertainment, in association with

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."National Parks Project Gets Soundtrack with John K. Samson, Shad, Sebastien Grainger"
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'', April 28, 2011. Prior to its commissioning, a test film by Ryan Noth, Joel McConvey and Geoff Morrison entitled ''National Parks Project: Gros Morne'' was released in 2009; although it was not included in the finished series, Noth, McConvey and Morrison were producers of the series. In addition to airing on Discovery World and on the web, the series was also screened at a number of film festivals, including Toronto's

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. Music from the project was released on several EPs, as well as on a compilation album that featured some of the most popular tracks.

Awards

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's segment, ''Sirmilik'', won the

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for Best Short Documentary Film at the

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."Nunavut filmmaker wins Genie Award"

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, March 8, 2012. The overall series won the

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for Best Performing Arts Program or Series at the

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."Cinema academy dishes out 52 Gemini awards". ''

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'', September 1, 2011.

Projects

References

External links

National Parks Project
{{authority control Compilation albums by Canadian artists 2011 albums Canadian documentary films 2011 films English-language Canadian films Documentary film series National Parks of Canada Documentary films about nature Documentary web series Canadian non-fiction web series Canadian Screen Award-winning television shows Canadian film series 2010s Canadian films