Yorkton celebrates their annual Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) with film screenings, panels and the Golden Sheaf Awards Gala, all featuring National Screen Institute alumni and faculty starting May 25.
Virtual workshops start on May 25, leading up to the awards gala. All workshops are free with registration. The Golden Sheaf Awards Gala streams online and other platforms on May 27 at 7 p.m. Saskatchewan time.
Film screenings (times and links available on May 27)
Shadow of Dumont – written/directed by Trevor Cameron (NSI Storytellers), produced by Anand Ramayya (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television, NSI Global Marketing) Leo’s FishHeads – Leech Gathering – directed by Gloria Kim (NSI Diverse TV Director), produced by Raj Panikkar (NSI Features First) and Chris Szarka (NSI Global Marketing) All-in Madonna (developed through NSI Features First) – directed by Arnold Lim and written by Susie Winters (both NSI Features First)
Workshops
The Art of the Pitch with panelist Robert Hardy (NSI Totally Television) – May 25 at 1 p.m. Business Affairs, presented by the National Screen Institute, moderated by Ursula Lawson (NSI program manager) – May 26 at 12:30 p.m. Inclusivity and Diversity with panelist Kaya Wheeler (NSI program manager) – May 27 at 1 p.m.
Golden Sheaf Award nominees
Kathleen Shannon Award
Kalinga (Care) – directed by Kent Donguines (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Director – Fiction
4 North A – directed by Jordan Canning (NSI Drama Prize)
Director – Non-Fiction
Kalinga (Care) – directed by Kent Donguines
Animation
4 North A – directed by Jordan Canning
Children’s/Youth Production
All-Round Champion – directed by Graeme Lynch (NSI Drama Prize)
Leo’s FishHeads – Leech Gathering – directed by Gloria Kim, produced by Raj Panikkar and Chris Szarka
Documentary Arts/Culture
Nuxalk Radio – directed by Banchi Hanuse (NSI Art of Business Management – Indigenous Edition)
Vivi’s Vision – produced by Kyle Bornais (NSI Features First) and Cliff Hokanson (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Documentary History & Biography
Shadow of Dumont – written/directed by Trevor Cameron, produced by Anand Ramayya
Documentary POV
Garden Shark: there are some things dementia can’t touch – directed by Anna Cooley (TELUS STORYHIVE) and produced by Dawn Nagazina (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Documentary Science/Nature/Technology
Reef Rescue – produced by Merit Jensen Carr (NSI Global Marketing)
Performing Arts & Entertainment
Moniques’s on the 4th, the music video – directed and produced by Nick Bohle (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Mountains – directed by Nathanael Vass (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Scripted
All-in Madonna – directed by Arnold Lim and written by Susie Winters
Indigenous Award
Lichen – written and directed by Lisa Jackson (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Multicultural (under 30 minutes)
Kalinga (Care) – directed by Kent Donguines
Multicultural (30 minutes and over)
Vivi’s Vision – produced by Kyle Bornais and Cliff Hokanson
Ruth Shaw Award (Best of Saskatchewan)
Shadow of Dumont – written/directed by Trevor Cameron, produced by Anand Ramayya
Series
Behind the Façade: Untold Stories of BC Buildings – directed by Banchi Hanuse
