
Bretten Hannam
- Known for
- Directing
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 Ghosts 2026
Writer, Director

Mawitai’kw 2023
Director

Wildhood 2022
Producer, Director, Writer

Elmiteskuatl 2019
Writer, Director

Wildfire 2019
Director, Co-Producer, Screenplay

North Mountain 2015
Writer, Director, Producer

I Am Syd Stone 2014
Associate Producer

Boys On Film 9: Youth in Trouble 2013
Director, Editor, Writer

Deep End 2011
Editor, Writer, Director
Credits from TMDB.