
ABOVE ALL
ABOUT THE NORTHERN
Everything we do starts with an idea. We started The Northern with the idea of combining a creative agency and production house. It would enable us to do anything we think of. It worked. Above all, we focus on delivering thoughtful, honest content and interaction for brands. Ideas that work.
We’re independent, collaborative, and international. We live in Nova Scotia, Canada. We work everywhere, from Iceland to China, the United States to Ghana. We’ll work with you wherever you are.
Whether you need TV or online commercials, 2D or 3D animation, social media marketing & content, branding & strategy, radio advertising, 3D projection mapping, an app, a website or service production… we’ll take you where you need to go.
ABOVE ALL

LATEST WORK
ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Television & Online Commercial
NORTHERN + ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Into a second year of closed movie theaters, and an online-only version of the Atlantic Film Festival the previous year, the Festival wanted to welcome film viewers back into live screenings, while still offering online options.
The Northern Creative Agency helped entice film buffs back to the movies with—what else?—classic cinematic moments. Each of three videos delivered a familiar movie moment from a different genre: a bank heist scene, a romantic scene, and a documentary. All featured this twist: one of the characters in the scene escapes…to the movies.
At first, each scene is comfortably predictable…until someone in it disappears, to be found enjoying a movie themselves. A reminder, on a couple of levels, of the magic and appeal the big screen holds.
The campaign got good reviews. Better yet, the Festival got excellent attendance.
OUR WORK
Television & Online Commercial
NORTHERN + NFL FERRIES
Television & Online Commercial
NORTHERN + RIGHT TO PLAY
Online & Arena
NORTHERN + WILDCATS
Online & Arena
NORTHERN + OILERS
Television Commercial
NORTHERN + HISTORY CHANNEL
Online Commercial
NORTHERN x GCI + EGG FARMERS
Online & Social
NORTHERN x COSSETTE + McDONALDS
Brand & Strategy
NORTHERN x DOSE + ROYALS
Online & Arena
NORTHERN + WILDCATS
Brand, Strategy & Community Plan
NORTHERN x DOSE + WINDSOR
Online Commercial
NORTHERN x HADDON + OIB
3D Projection Mapping
NORTHERN + OILERS
Television & Online Commercial
NORTHERN + CHL
Television & Online Commercial
NORTHERN x PRIME + TOYOTA
Explainer Animation
NORTHERN x GENE + TOYOTA
Brand, Strategy, Online & Arena
NORTHERN + THUNDERBIRDS
Online & Arena
NORTHERN + MOOSEHEADS
Online Commercial
NORTHERN x DOSE + ALEXANDER KEITH'S
AWARDS
