Bretten Hannam

Director

Bretten Hannam is a two-spirit L’nu filmmaker living in Kespukwitk, Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia) where they were raised. They wrote and directed the shorts New Skin (08), Puppy (10), Deep End (11), and Elmiteskuatl (19), and the features North Mountain (15) and Wildhood (21), which played the Festival. Skɨte’kmujue’katik (At the Place of Ghosts) (25) is their latest film.

Directing

2026 At the Place of Ghosts Director In Library
2023 Mawitai’kw Director
2022 Wildhood Director
2019 Elmiteskuatl Director
2019 Wildfire Director
2015 North Mountain Director
2013 Boys On Film 9: Youth in Trouble Director
2011 Deep End Director

Writing

2026 At the Place of Ghosts Writer In Library
2022 Wildhood Writer
2019 Elmiteskuatl Writer
2019 Wildfire Screenplay
2015 North Mountain Writer
2013 Boys On Film 9: Youth in Trouble Writer
2011 Deep End Writer

Production

2022 Wildhood Producer
2019 Wildfire Co-Producer
2015 North Mountain Producer
2014 I Am Syd Stone Associate Producer

Editing

2013 Boys On Film 9: Youth in Trouble Editor
2011 Deep End Editor