Phillip Vannini

Off-grid is not a state of mind. It is not about being out of touch, living in a remote place, or turning off your mobile phone. Off-grid simply means living without a connection to the electric and natural gas infrastructure. From 2011 to 2013 Jonathan Taggart (Director) and Phillip Vannini (Producer) spent two years travelling across Canada to find 200 off-gridders and visit them in their homes. -

Nine artisans on secluded Gabriola Island reveal the differences between mass manufactured and authentic locally handmade through intimate portraits of their work and lifestyle.

Coast Salish carver Beau Wagner honours his late teacher’s wish by carving a canoe on Gabriola Island with local elementary school students to revitalise Coast Salish canoe culture and foster understanding and respect for Coast Salish knowledge.

Filmed over three years across ten Canadian UNESCO World Natural Heritage sites, "Inhabited" transports us to iconic national parks and introduces us to the species that the world has forgotten: human inhabitants.

Off-grid is not a state of mind. It is not about being out of touch, living in a remote place, or turning off your mobile phone. Off-grid simply means living without a connection to the electric and natural gas infrastructure. From 2011 to 2013 Jonathan Taggart (Director) and Phillip Vannini (Producer) spent two years travelling across Canada to find 200 off-gridders and visit them in their homes. -

Off-grid is not a state of mind. It is not about being out of touch, living in a remote place, or turning off your mobile phone. Off-grid simply means living without a connection to the electric and natural gas infrastructure. From 2011 to 2013 Jonathan Taggart (Director) and Phillip Vannini (Producer) spent two years travelling across Canada to find 200 off-gridders and visit them in their homes. -

Nine artisans on secluded Gabriola Island reveal the differences between mass manufactured and authentic locally handmade through intimate portraits of their work and lifestyle.

Nine artisans on secluded Gabriola Island reveal the differences between mass manufactured and authentic locally handmade through intimate portraits of their work and lifestyle.

Nine artisans on secluded Gabriola Island reveal the differences between mass manufactured and authentic locally handmade through intimate portraits of their work and lifestyle.

Coast Salish carver Beau Wagner honours his late teacher’s wish by carving a canoe on Gabriola Island with local elementary school students to revitalise Coast Salish canoe culture and foster understanding and respect for Coast Salish knowledge.

Filmed over three years across ten Canadian UNESCO World Natural Heritage sites, "Inhabited" transports us to iconic national parks and introduces us to the species that the world has forgotten: human inhabitants.