Based in Northern Ontario. Exploring Canada.

Every Story
Deserves
To Be
Told.

I'm based in Northern Ontario but the stories take me across Canada. People, places, and the moments most cameras miss. I go where the story is.

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The Why

"Canada has stories that have never been on camera. Northern Ontario is where I'm rooted, but the curiosity that drives me doesn't stop at the provincial border."

I'm Ade, a documentary filmmaker based in Elliot Lake, Northern Ontario. My home base is the North, but my lens travels. I explore Canada province by province, telling the stories that most cameras overlook. Communities, people, culture, and the places in between.

Ade, Adetheexplorer

Who's Behind The Camera

Ade
Adekoya

Before I picked up a camera, I studied psychology and worked in social work, listening to people and understanding what makes communities tick. That background didn't leave when I started filming. It shapes how I approach every story, every interview, every edit.

I grew up exploring. Now I explore with purpose, documenting Northern Ontario's people, events, culture and landscape for the world to see.

3+
Years Documenting
ON
Home Base: Elliot Lake
9+
Collaborations
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Personal Work

Stories I Tell Because I Care

Documentary shorts, explorations, and day-in-the-life content, all made because the story was worth telling.

Documentary

Stories Beyond Borders

People-centered storytelling about what it means to belong somewhere new.

Adventure / Northern Ontario

Camping 101 in the North

First time camping in Northern Ontario, and what the land feels like when you slow down enough to notice it.

Exploration

Exploring the North

On the road through Northern Ontario, down the roads less taken, meeting the people along them.

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In production

Stories
Beyond Borders

An ongoing documentary series about people who moved to a new country and built a life there. Chapter One is being filmed right here in Northern Ontario. If that's you, I'd love to hear your story.

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Collaborations

Stories Made Together

Organizations and events that brought me in to capture what they're building, with the same care I give my own work.

City of Elliot Lake

Heritage Days Promo

Promotional content for one of Elliot Lake's signature community events. People, energy, and celebration on camera.

City of Elliot Lake

Brand Reel

A short brand story that captures what Elliot Lake is all about in under 90 seconds.

AfriCaribbean Elliot Lake

Taste of Flavours

Video coverage for a multicultural food event. The atmosphere, the food, and the faces behind it all.

City of Elliot Lake

ATV'ing in Algoma

Out in the Algoma wilderness on an ATV. A tourism-focused piece that captures the adrenaline and the landscape.

City of Elliot Lake

Street Dance Recap

A recap reel capturing the movement, energy and community behind a local street dance event.

City of Elliot Lake

Summer Concert Reel

Live music, live energy. A concert reel that puts the viewer in the crowd.

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Work Together

Your Story
Deserves
To Be Told.

If you're a community, organization or event in Northern Ontario or anywhere across Canada with a story worth telling, I'd like to hear it. I bring the same care to commissioned films that I give my own documentaries.

And once the story's made, I can give it a proper home online too. Through ATE Media I build websites for towns, organizations and local businesses, so the people you want to reach can actually find it.

I don't just show up and point a camera. I listen first.

Get In Touch

01

Commissioned Documentaries

Short documentaries about the people and places behind your work. Planned, filmed and edited with the same care as my own films.

02

Community & Tourism Stories

Films that show what a place and its people are really like. For municipalities, tourism boards, events and community organizations across Canada.

03

Storytelling Partnerships

For organizations that want a storyteller on an ongoing basis. Regular films and short pieces for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook, all part of one bigger story.

04

Websites & Online Bookings

Websites built around your films and photos, with event sign ups, tour bookings and ticket sales when you need them. Already have a site that's not working for you? I'll fix it up and keep it running.