2019 Nominees
The Yorkton Film Festival is pleased to announce it’s second round of nominees for this year’s Golden Sheaf Award Competition. All of the category winners, along with the nominees and winner of the Best of Festival award will be announced on Saturday, May 25th, 2019 at the Golden Sheaf Awards Gala. The festival would like to thank everyone who entered this years festival for making this yet another competitive year and extends its congratulations to every nominee.
Special Awards
Kathleen Shannon Award
14 and Muslim
Director(s): Wendy Rowland
Producer(s): Cornelia Principe, Nisha Pahuja
Researcher(s): Aeyliya Husain
Production Company: Notice Pictures Inc.
Beauty
Director(s): Christina Willings
Producer(s): Shirley Vercruysse (NFB)
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
Fast Horse
Director(s): Alexandra Lazarowich
Producer(s): Niobe Thompson
Production Company: Handful of Films
Giant Bear
Director(s): Daniel Gies, Neil Christopher
Producer(s): Emily Paige, Neil Christopher
Production Company: Taqqut Productions and E*D Films
Seen & Heard
Director(s): Maureen Marovitch
Producer(s): David Finch, Maureen Marovitch
Production Company: Picture This Productions
Craft Awards
Director (Fiction)
A View of the Lake
Director(s): Kyle McDonnell
Producer(s): Van Wickiam
ABEO
Director(s): Brenda Lopez
Post-Secondary Institution: Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Freaks of Nurture
Director(s): Alexandra Lemay
Producer(s): Maral Mohammadian
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
The Sunset Channel
Director(s): Matthew Kinahan
Producer(s): Lucas Ford
Production Company: Ford Films
Tomorrow
Director(s): Andrew Tarbet
Producer(s): Txell Sabartés
Production Company: Voodoo Productions
Director (Non-Fiction)
Beauty
Director(s): Christina Willings
Producer(s): Shirley Vercruysse (NFB)
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
El Toro
Director(s): Danielle Sturk
Producer(s): Danielle Sturk
Production Company: Ray Films
Fast Horse
Director(s): Alexandra Lazarowich
Producer(s): Niobe Thompson
Production Company: Handful of Films
Finding Big Country
Director(s): Kathleen Jayme
Producer(s): Michael Grand
Production Company: Big Country Films
What Walaa Wants
Director(s): Christy Garland
Producer(s): Anne Köhncke, Matt Code, Christy Garland, Justine Pimlott
Production Company: Murmur Media, National Film Board of Canada, Final Cut For Real
Research
Canadiana
Director(s): Ashley Brook, Kyle Cucco, Josef Beeby
Producer(s): Ashley Brook
Researcher(s): Adam Bunch, Ashley Brook, Kyle Cucco, Josef Beeby
Production Company: Unlikely Pear Productions Inc.
Etthén Heldeli: Caribou Eaters
Director(s): Ian Toews
Producer(s): Mark Bradley, Hildy Bowen, Cary Ciesielski, Mike MacNaughton, Ian Toews
Production Company: Twisted Pair Productions and 291 Film Company
Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political
Director(s): Pascale Ferland
Producer(s): Johanne Bergeron
Researcher(s): Pascale Ferland
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
Nature of Things – Something in the Air
Director(s): Leif Kaldor
Producer(s): Leslea Mair
Researcher(s): Leslea Mair, Leif Kaldor
Production Company: Breathless Media/Zoot Pictures Inc.
The Fifth Estate – Unreported: The Essure Story
Director(s): Scott Anderson
Producer(s): Scott Anderson
Researcher(s): Lisa Ellenwood, Valerie Ouellet, Laura Clementson
Production Company: CBC News
Main Category Awards
Digital Media
Blue Collar
Director(s): Mara Joly
Producer(s): Lou Bélanger
Production Company: St. Laurent TV
The River Runs Red
Director(s): Isabelle Carbonell
Producer(s): Lucas Bonetti, Anne Denning
Post-Secondary Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
Biidaaban: First Light
By Lisa Jackson, Mathew Borrett, Jam3 and the National Film Board of Canada
Louis Says III Interactive Appisode
Director(s): Raquel Lopez
Producer(s): Lioz Bouganin
Researcher(s): Raquel Lopez
Production Company: Landslide Entertainment
Last Of The Blues Devils – VR
Director(s): Marco Luna, Daniel Cross
Producer(s): Marco Luna, Daniel Cross
Researcher(s): Daniel Cross
Production Company: EyeSteel Film and Concordia University Research Chair in Interactive Documentary