Katharina Stieffenhofer
Director – Producer – Writer
I am a Winnipeg-based award-winning documentary filmmaker with a commitment to environmental and social justice. I hold a BFA from the University of Manitoba. Over the course of a 16-year visual art practice, large-scale cast glass and steel sculptures gave way to land-based public artwork: the burial of a 43’ York Boat on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. My first documentary film, “The York Boat Project”, 22 min. (2003), documents the boat burial process and conveys the underlying themes of converging histories and universal interconnection.
My first feature documentary, “And This Is My Garden”, 58 min. (2010), celebrates the success of a school gardening project in a small, mainly Indigenous, community in Northern Manitoba. The subsequent documentary “FROM SEED TO SEED”, 87 min. (2018), reveals the joys and challenges of ecological agriculture and the impacts of the Climate Crises on farmers. “Everything We Need Is Here”, 87 min. (2026) is a love poem to the Earth, interwoven with themes of Nature, connection, resilience and resistance.
I am the mother of two adult sons, an avid gardener, seed saver, passionate forager and advocate. My deep connection to nature developed during my early years growing up on a small mixed farm on a Rhine Island in Germany. My parents modeled a strong work ethic, devotion to social justice, good stewardship of the land, and empathy toward all living beings.
Merit Jensen Carr
Executive Producer
Over the past 30 years, Merit Jensen-Carr has built her boutique company, Merit Motion Pictures (MMP), into a respected producer of award-winning documentaries exploring humanity’s relationship with the natural world and the complexities of modern life.
Recent productions include the natural history series Great Lakes Untamed (TVO, Smithsonian, ARTE), the theatrical documentary Everest Dark (CBC), and the series Cub Camp (Love Nature/Blue Ant). MMP also produced the international Canada-France co-productions Kingdom of the Polar Bears (National Geographic, CBC, France 3) and the Jackson Wild Award-winning Reef Rescue (PBS NOVA, ARTE).
Merit is the recipient of the Hot Docs Don Haig Award for Producing and the Manitoba Women’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and has served on numerous industry boards including CMPA, DOC and On Screen Manitoba.
Wendy Buelow
Associate Producer
Wendy Buelow is a Winnipeg & MB Interlake filmmaker and for many years had been involved in TV daily news as a videographer and editor. She was pleased to work on Katharina’s previous film, “From Seed to Seed” as one of the camera operators, and in the postproduction stages.
It has been wonderful to contribute to “Everything We Need is Here” as the stories within are close to my heart.
Tyler Funk
Director of Photography – Editor – Colourist
Tyler Funk is an award-winning cinematographer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is also a director, editor, and colourist. He works on a wide range of projects including documentaries, short films, and music videos. Tyler was nominated for best cinematography for a docudrama by the Canadian Society of Cinematography for his work on Taken season 2, a series about murdered and missing indigenous women.
John Gurdebeke
Supervising Editor- Sound Designer
John Gurdebeke is trained as a visual artist, now working in film. He is primarily noted for his work as picture editor and sound designer.
CREDITS
Director / Writer
KATHARINA STIEFFENHOFER
Producer
KATHARINA STIEFFENHOFER
Executive Producer
MERIT JENSEN CARR
Associate Producer
WENDY BUELOW
Director of Photography
TYLER FUNK
Supervising Editor
JOHN GURDEBEKE
Editor
TYLER FUNK
Sound Recording
TYLER FUNK
WITH MANY THANKS TO THE PARTICIPANTS:
TIFFANY GRENKOW, SHELDON GRAY, EVA GRAY, MARY-ANNE McLEAN
Cat M. Gauthier, J-P Gauthier
Terrance Bruce
Marcel Hardisty
Lisa Raven-Preteau
Mary Jane (MJ) McCarron
Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson
Keri Latimer
Joanna Miller
Shelley Sweeney, PhD
Lindsey Brown, Darren McIvor
Eric Reder
Thomas Stieffenhofer-Brandson, Christin Burgess
Thunderbird Women Singers: Meagan Greene, Marie Owere, Mandy Fenner, Brooklyn Hansen
Fire Keepers
Additional Camera
SEAN GUEZEN
PHILIPPE BELLEFEUILLE
JESSE DE ROCQUIGNY
WENDY BUELOW
BRYAN SANDERS
Time-lapse Photography
JOEL PENNER
Sound Design
JOHN GURDEBEKE
Sound Edit & Mix
ALAN GELDART
Colourist
TYLER FUNK
Packaging Editor
JACK LAUDER
TONY WYTINCK
Motion Graphics
MICHELLE HO
Additional Footage courtesy of
Kevin Settee
Wendy Buelow
Karsten Wall
Werner Ens
Cat Gauthier
Jaxon Kowaluk
Distribution
Aube Giroux
Entertainment Lawyer
Paul Popeski Law Office
Insurance
Sandy Taronno, Hub Insurance
Accounting
Justin Chaput, Talbot & Associates
Jolyn Hoogstraten (Production Accountant)
Business Affairs
Alexa Rosentreter (Business Affairs Mentor)
Iriny Shenoda
Colleen Alksnis
Technical Support
Lada Iskanderova
Ophelie Petit
Additional Audio Recording
Carmen Ponto
Music:
CONCERTO for VIOLIN No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, WINTER – I. Allegro non molto
-Written by Vivaldi
– arranged & performed by Alexander Hrustevich
– published by New Musical Generation
DEEP
-Written by Carlos Hof
-performed by Carlos Hof
-published by PLATOON LTD
Special Thanks for the generosity of Carlos Hof and PLATOON LTD
LEMAY FOREST WALTZ
-Written by Gilles Crevier
-performed & recorded by Gilles Crevier
-self-published
LIZA
– Written by Quintin Bart
– performed by Quintin Bart Quarte
– self-published
OTTO’S GOOSE
-Written by David Bart
– performed by Bart House Band
– self-published
FLOWER DUET
– Written by Léo Delibes
– arranged by Quintin Bart
– performed by Quintin Bart, Natanielle Felicitas
CONT4CT
– written and performed by ÓFukami
– from the album, When the Future Tried to Take Me
K155
– written and performed by ÓFukami
– from the album, When the Future Tried to Take Me
SANDILANDS THEREMIN
– written and performed by ÓFukami
STARLING TO STARLING
– written by Keri Latimer
– performed by Leaf Rapids, from their album, Velvet Paintings
PARAMJIT’S SONNET
– written by Paramjit Singh and Keri Latimer
– performed by Keri Latimer, Natanielle Felicitas and John Paul Peters
– from the Leaf Rapids album, Velvet Paintings
BEAR SONG
-Traditional
-performed by Marcel Hardisty
Traditional Songs
-performed by Buffalo Women Singers / Binesi Ikwéwag Singers:
Meagan Greene, Marie Owere, Mandy Fenner, Brooklyn Hansen
Art List
AWAKEN – Josh Fuhrmeister / CASCADE – Kyle Preston
Archival Research:
Lemay Forest Report on behalf of OURS-Winnipeg
Shelley Sweeney, PhD, Anne Lindsay, PhD
Dr. Philippe Mailhot: St. Norbert historical walk
Brett Lougheed, Western Canada Pictorial Index
Marcel Hardisty: Hollow Water & Camp Morningstar histories & worldview
Archival Materials:
Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba
Selkirk Treaty, HBCA / AM E.8/1 fo.9d
Selkirk Treaty Map, HBCA / E.8/1 fo.11
University of Manitoba, Archives and Special Collections, Red River Cartes de Visite, Louis Riel and His Cabinet, 1869
Archives of Manitoba, Legislative Assembly Photos Collection, Photo of Joseph Lemay, Courtesy of Dr. Gordon Goldsborough
Société historique de Saint-Boniface Archives (SHSBA), Collection générale de la Société historique de Saint-Boniface
Orphans in the Asile Ritchot nursery in St. Norbert, SHSB10706
Father Noel Ritchot, SHSB519
“Registre du Cimetière”, n.d. Fonds Asile Ritchot, SHSBA, 0554/421
Registre des enfants 1904-1917 (Registre “D”, PA 1350C)
Registre des sepultures (des enfants) 1910-1918 (PA 1343)
Courtesy of Ginette Dowinski
Asile Ritchot Orphanage photos [5]
The University of Winnipeg Archives, Western Canada Pictorial Index
Oblate Fathers Collection photos: uw_wcpi_06452_a0202 / uw_wcpi_06463_a0203 / uw_wcpi_06465_a0203 / uw_wcpi_06466_a0203
Library and Archives Canada
“Plan of river lots in the parishes of St-Norbert and St-Vital, Province of Manitoba”, 1874, e011213898
“Plan of river lots in the parishes of St-Norbert and St-Vital, Province of Manitoba”, 1875, e011205909
Manitoba Government, iMaQs
Map of Mining Claims, Manitoba’s integrated Mining and Quarrying system, courtesy of Sahejpal Sidhu
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO
My Family for their support and participation
Lloyd Brandson
Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson
Thomas Stieffenhofer-Brandson
MANY THANKS TO ALL CONTRIBUTORS
EDITORIAL ADVISORS
Tyler Funk, John Gurdebeke, Tiffany Grenkow, Sheldon Gray, Eva Gray, Mary-Anne Mclean, Wendy Buelow, Elise Swerhone, Kim Bell, Shelley Sweeney/OURS-Winnipeg, Cat Gauthier, Terrance Bruce, MJ McCarron, Marcel Hardisty, Lisa Raven-Preteau, Lloyd Brandson, Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson
CONTRIBUTION & SUPPORT
Carlos Hof, Marcel Hardisty, Gilles Crevier, Keri Latimer, Quintin Bart, Michel Durand-Wood, Sean Guezen, Karsten Wall, Kevin Settee, Werner Ens, Angela Chotka Clark, Jody Balthesen, Nicola Spasoff, Eric Reder, Manitoba Wilderness Committee, Eva Janssen, Émilie Pigeon, Société Historique de Saint-Boniface, Dr. Gordon Goldsborough, Steven Suderman, Shawn Kettner, Ophelie Petit, Liz Jarvis, Alexia Ruiz, Jaxon Kowaluk
GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FUNDERS:
Bell/MTS Fibe TV1
British Columbia Knowledge Network
FAP/NFB – Filmmakers Assistance Program, National Film Board of Canada
With the Assistance of the Manitoba Government – partial funding of the Lemay Forest area historical segment
With the participation of the Government of Manitoba
Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit
Growing Local Productions, Producer Funding
SHOT ON LOCATION IN THE PROVINCE OF MANITOBA, CANADA