Video Portraits
Close-up on the Arts
Since 2013, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Independent Media Arts Alliance have put out a call to professional Canadian filmmakers to create video portraits of the award winners.
The response from the media arts community is always enthusiastic, as the selected filmmakers are given the opportunity to create a short film about a key figure in the visual or media arts with full creative control over their work.


Video Archive
In addition to the GGArts website, the videos are available on Youtube.
2021 Filmmakers
Maya Bastian
video portrait of Bryce Kanbara
Katrina Beatty
video portrait of Cheryl L’Hirondelle
Amy Bohigian
video portrait of Lou Lynn
Storm Carroll
video portrait of Dempsey Bob
Patrick Péris
video portrait of Luc Courchesne
Alexander Seltzer
video portrait of Bonnie Devine
Amos Scott
video portrait of Germaine Arnaktauyok
Rhayne Vermette
video portrait of Lori Blondeau