Ella Morton

Ella Morton is a Canadian visual artist and filmmaker living in Toronto. Her expedition-based practice has brought her to residencies and projects across Canada, Scandinavia and Antarctica. She uses experimental analogue processes to capture the sublime and fragile qualities of remote landscapes. Her films have screened internationally, including the Vancouver International Film Festival (Vancouver, BC), Atlantic International Film Festival (Halifax, NS), International Film Festival Rotterdam (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Antimatter Media Art Festival (Victoria, BC), the Arctic Film Festival (Svalbard, Norway), the Alchemy Film & Media Arts Festival (Hawick, Scotland), VASTLAB Experimental (Los Angeles, CA), Engauge Experimental Film Festival (Seattle, WA), the Future of Film Showcase (Toronto, ON) and the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference (Glasgow, Scotland). Ella’s projects have been funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the National Film Board of Canada.