Northern Town Films

River - 2011

Short Film, 7:40, February 2012 release.
‘River’ is an experimental documentary about the Yukon River as flowing from the future into the past.
Writer/director Daniel Janke; featuring the Bozzini String Quartet.


Finding Milton - 2011


Short Film, 3:40, for Bravo!FACT

Writer/director – Daniel Janke; Winner – MITY Award, DCISFF 2011.


How People Got Fire - 2009

Animated short film, 14:00 min.,
A production of the National Film Board of Canada

Watch/purchase

Writer/composer/director Daniel Janke; Producers Martin Rose and Svend-Erik Eriksen; Head animators Chris Auchter and Jay White; Winner – ‘MITY’ (Dawson City); Winner – ‘Best Animation’ (Dreamspeakers Festival, Edmonton); Winner – ‘Teueikan’ award (Land InSights Festival, Montreal); Winner – ‘Best short Doc. (Imaginative Festival); Finalist WGC screenwriting awards; Official selection Annecy, France; Zlin, Czech Republic


Northern Town - 2006

CBC television mini-series, six episodes.
A production of Foundry Films and Northern Town Films; Directed by Gary Burns; Produced by Daniel Iron and Daniel Janke; Written by Kate Miles, Bob Martin, and Daniel Janke; Story editor Don McKellar; Music composed by Daniel Janke.

Purchase online, six episodes, 1 DVD


The Lottery Ticket - 2003

Short Film, 6:00, for Bravo!FACT

Writer/director Daniel Janke; Writer/actor Brian Fidler; Winner – Best Comedy award, Indie Film Festival 2003.

Listen to music:
The Lottery Ticket


All We Like Sheep - 2002

Short film, 8:00 min.
Nominee – ‘Best Comedy,” Indie Film Festival, 2003.


Life in the Rupununi: a musical anthology - 1994

Documentary film for UNICEF and C.B.R. Guyana, South America


Music Up here - 1992

Documentary series for NEDAA – Northern Native Broadcasting Yukon