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Kevin Nikkel

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August 10, 2026
Features

Making ‘The Mission’

Filmmaker Kevin Nikkel reflects observing the works of Winnipeg's Siloam Mission and seeing the larger picture amid Canada's housing crisis.

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Local Documentary Filmmaking in Manitoba

Kevin Nikkel discusses the thriving and close art community in Manitoba and Winnipeg's distinct filmmaking scene.

Remembering Dave Barber

Reflecting on the legacy of Dave Barber, longtime Winnipeg Cinematheque programmer, filmmaker,

Manitoba: Resilience on the Prairies

The Indigenous people who dwelled on the land that we call Manitoba

A view from behind of a tall man and shorter woman as they walk through a city street. They are both wearing black sweatshirts. The woman's shirt says STAFF in white letters.

Making ‘The Mission’

by Kevin Nikkel
August 10, 2026
Features

Filmmaker Kevin Nikkel reflects observing the works of Winnipeg's Siloam Mission and seeing the larger picture amid Canada's housing crisis.

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Local Documentary Filmmaking in Manitoba

by Kevin Nikkel
April 8, 2024
Essays/Features

Kevin Nikkel discusses the thriving and close art community in Manitoba and Winnipeg's distinct filmmaking scene.

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Remembering Dave Barber

by Kevin Nikkel
August 4, 2021
Features

Reflecting on the legacy of Dave Barber, longtime Winnipeg Cinematheque programmer, filmmaker, and Canadian film icon.

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Manitoba: Resilience on the Prairies

by Kevin Nikkel
July 27, 2017
Features

The Indigenous people who dwelled on the land that we call Manitoba knew it was full of life-sustaining riches, despite the reactions from explorers that saw a seemingly barren prairie. While situated

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A Walk in the Forests

by Kevin Nikkel
July 12, 2017
Features/Industry

“For over 1,000 years, the Japanese have been coming to their forests to do what they call ‘forest bathing’” Several months after watching the documentary Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of

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The Far Fur Country Diaries

by Kevin Nikkel
April 16, 2015
Features

Kevin Nikkel's On the Trail of the Far Fur Country revisits old images from the Hudson Bay Company's archives and the Inuit history within.

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