291 Film Company

2024 is a milestone here at 291 Film Company Inc. We're celebrating our 20th anniversary! 

Since 2004, 291 Film Company has produced award-winning broadcast television series’ and arts and nature documentaries for major Canadian broadcasters including documentary Channel, APTN, Oasis, VisionTV, Knowledge, Bravo!, and Citytv. 291’s programs are distributed in nearly every country in the world via broadcasters, festivals, and streaming.

(Documentary Series, 10x30 minutes)

Visionary Gardeners travels from a remote bog on Vancouver Island, over the southern Gulf Islands, through the BC interior, a touch down in the prairies, to a twelfth-floor balcony garden in downtown Toronto, and ending in the breathtaking Eastern Townships of Quebec. Along the way, we’re introduced to the expansive minds of those who have brought their personal, innovative visions to gardening

“…the ultimate garden tour.” - Colleen Zacharias, The Winnipeg Free Press

Nominated for 10 Leo Awards (2022-2024)

Airs on VisionTV

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(Documentary Series, 20x30 minutes)

Ageless Gardens is a visual celebration of gardens and the gardeners behind them.

Canadian Screen Awards Nominee (2024)
Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series

Canadian Screen Awards Nominee (2022)
Best Original Music, Non-Fiction

CASMA Nominee (2022)

Nominated for 15 Leo Awards (2018-2023)

Encore Broadcast on VisionTV (Mondays, starting June 10 (9pm ET / 6pm PT)

(Documentary , 60 minutes)

Canadian photographer Christopher Herwig travels former Soviet Republics from Ukraine to Uzbekistan, Armenia to Far Eastern Siberia, and all points in between, in a decades-long bus stop treasure hunt spanning more than 50,000 kilometres. Uncovering the stories of the designers who built fascinating architectural marvels during the Soviet regime, Soviet Bus Stops is an ode to the power of individual creativity that would not be suppressed.

“★★★★★★...a tribute to the silent and hidden struggle for freedom.”
— Kulturinformation

“★★★★★☆…completely and utterly enriching.”
— Ordet

“★★★★★☆...Quirky and fascinating film about the forgotten bus stops of the Soviet Union.”
— Berlingske

“…entertaining at the same time as it puts the stops into a historical context, I loved it…”
- Tue Steen Müller, Filmkommentaren

“...wonderfully nerdy...”
- Anders Holbæk, Magasinet arkitektur/design

“...a magnificent film about art, socialism, and passion...as simple as it is captivating and charming.”
— Ricardo Gallegos, La Estatuilla

“This is a joyous film about the intersection of photography, creativity, politics, and history, and you won’t look at a bus stop the same way again.”
— Tom Charity, VIFF

CPH:DOX Official Selection
In Competition, NORDIC:DOX AWARD

DOCVILLE International Documentary Film Fest
In Competition, International Selection
Ranked #5 in the Audience Award Top 10

VIFF: Vancouver International Film Festival
Official Selection

2023 Leo Awards Nomination, Best Short Documentary

(Documentary, 60 minutes)

Travel with Déné people to Canada’s subarctic zones, as they hunt, harvest, butcher, feast, and celebrate the caribou.

2020 Canadian Screen Awards Nominee
(Best Documentary Program)

Nominated for three Golden Sheaf Awards
(Best Multicultural, Best Research, Best of Saskatchewan)

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SONY FX9 XDCAM 6K

• 4K shooting internally to XQD cards

• 15+ stops of dynamic range

• 60fps@4k / 180fps@HD

• Autofocus and facial detection with E-mount lenses

• Electronic variable ND filter

(Documentary, 30 minutes)

Victor Cicansky’s body of work, from the 1960s to present includes surrealist pieces, early experimental Funk sculptures, ceramic Mason jars, and bronze bonsai trees. Cicansky’s work reflects his early exposure to gardening and his Romanian-Canadian working class roots.

2020 Leo Awards Nominee
(Best Cinematography, Short Documentary)

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(Feature Documentary, 90/60 minutes)

Bugs on the Menu follows restaurateurs, cricket farmers, scholars, and scientists, who are part of a movement to normalize insect eating in the west, as an alternative to accepted, but resource intensive proteins like chicken, pork, and beef.

“Four Stars”
- Retired Globe and Mail TV Critic James Bawden

Canadian Screen Award Nominee
(Best Cross-Platform Project - Non-Fiction).

Official Website: www.bugsonthemenu.com

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(Documentary Series, 51x30 minutes)

The Gemini Award-winning Landscape as Muse showcases both the world-class artists and spectacular landscapes that are found in Canada. Following the artist's gaze, this beautiful cinematic program examines the inspirational relationship that exists between art and landscape.

Gemini Award Winner
(Best Arts Documentary Program or Series)

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