About
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.
Filmography
At the Place of Ghosts2026 · Director, Writer
Mawitai’kw2023 · Director
Wildhood2022 · Producer, Director, Writer
Elmiteskuatl2019 · Director, Writer
Wildfire2019 · Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer
North Mountain2015 · Director, Writer, Producer
I Am Syd Stone2014 · Associate Producer
Boys On Film 9: Youth in Trouble2013 · Director, Writer, Editor
Deep End2011 · Director, Writer, Editor









