2022 Special Awards

Presented by Norman & Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation

Hogtown/Ainsi va Manu  

Director(s): Josiane Blanc  

Producer(s): Ania Jamila, Josiane Blanc 

Researcher(s): Josiane Blanc, Ania Jamila, Alix Forgeot  

Production Company: Sahkosh Productions

Other nominees

Bleach 

Director(s):  Mattias Graham 

Producer(s): Emmanuel Hessler (Productions Leitmotiv) 

Production Company: Productions Leitmotiv

Esther & Sai 

Director(s):  Rosie Choo Pidcock, Anaïsa Visser

Producer(s): Jon Warne, Jesse Copeland

Production Company: Double Iris  

Songs from a Box 

Director(s):  Taylor Brown 

Producer(s): Taylor Brown and Ellaina Brown

Production Company: Folks Films  

The Fall 

Director(s): Desirae Witte 

Producer(s): Phillapa Tanner  

Presented by Royal Auto Group 

Into Light 

Director(s): Sheona McDonald 

Producer(s): Teri Snelgrove 

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada  

Other nominees

Blind Ambition, The Wop May Story 

Director(s): Frederick Kroetsch, Tom Robinson

Producer(s): Frederick Kroetsch, David Baron, Tom Robinson 

Researcher(s): Tom Robinson  

Ghosts of Afghanistan 

Director(s): Julian Sher 

Producer(s): Natalie Dubois 

Production Company: Galafilm Productions (Afghan) Inc.  

La coiffeuse / The Hairdresser 

Director(s): Lorraine Price 

Producer(s): Lorraine Price / Little Window Productions 

Researcher(s): Lorraine Price 

Production Company: Little Window Productions  

Brown Enough 

Director(s): Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto, Kent Donguines 

Producer(s): Robin Macabulos, Kent Donguines, Maxime Beauchamp 

Production Company: Aimer Films Inc. 

Presented by Yorkton Business Improvement District

Incorrigible - A film about Velma Demerson

Director(s): Karin Louise Lee  

Producer(s): Cheuk Kwan  

Production Company: Tissa Films and Top Dollar Sisters

Other nominees

A Brief Record of My Father's Time at Sea

Director(s): Jeanette Kong 

Producer(s): Linda Dunlop, Jeanette Kong 

Researcher(s): Jeanette Kong 

Production Company: Jiang Media Inc.  

Inside The Great Vaccine Race 

Director(s): P.J. Naworynski 

Producer(s): Dugald Maudsley, Gillian Main

Researcher(s): Monika Delmos 

Production Company: Infield Fly Productions 

Anything Can Happen 

Director(s): Chase Gouthro 

Producer(s): Chase Gouthro 

Researcher(s): Chase Gouthro 

Production Company: Bare Hand Films  

The Photographer 

Director(s): Emily Pasternak 

Producer(s): Maryam Remtulla 

Researcher(s): Emily Pasternak 

Production Company: Space Case Productions

Presented by RBC Foundation 

Esther & Sai  

Director(s): Rosie Choo Pidcock, Anaïsa Visser

Producer(s): Jon Warne, Jesse Copelanx

Production Company: Double Iris 

Other nominees

Abuela 

Director(s): Rebeca Ortiz 

Producer(s): Alicia K. Harris 

Production Company: Sugar Glass Films  

Nalujuk Night 

Director(s): Jennie Williams 

Producer(s): Latonia Hartery, Kat Baulu, Rohan Fernando 

Researcher(s): Jennie Williams 

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada  

Brown Enough 

Director(s): Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto, Kent Donguines 

Producer(s): Robin Macabulos, Kent Donguines, Maxime Beauchamp 

Production Company: Aimer Films Inc.  

The Goats of Monesiglio 

Director(s): Emily Graves 

Producer(s): Emily Graves, Anna Cooley, Raj Dhillon 

Researcher: Emily Graves  

Presented by Painted Hand Casino 

Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics 

Director(s): Terril Calder  

Producer(s): Jelena Popović (NFB)  

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada 

Other nominees

Evan's Drum 

Director(s): Ossie Michelin 

Producer(s): Kat Baulu, Latonia Hartery, Rohan Fernando 

Researcher(s): Ossie Michelin 

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada  

Mary Two-Axle Earley: I Am Indian Again

Director(s): Courtney Montour 

Producer(s): Kat Baulu 

Researcher(s): Courtney Montour 

Visual Archivists: Nancy Marcotte, Kathy Fisher, Jillian Richardson 

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada  

Nalujuk Night 

Director(s): Jennie Williams 

Producer(s): Latonia Hartery, Kat Baulu, Rohan Fernando 

Researcher(s): Jennie Williams 

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada  

Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different)

Director(s): Lindsay McIntyre 

Producer(s): Lindsay McIntyre 

Researcher(s): Lindsay McIntyre 

Production Company: tiny moving pictures

Presented by Warner Media

Esther & Sai  

Director(s): Rosie Choo Pidcock, Anaïsa Visser

Producer(s): Jon Warne, Jesse Copeland

Production Company: Double Iris 

Other nominees

Break Any Spell 

Director(s): Anton Jøsef 

Producer(s): Lisi Purr, Pierre Campbell

Production Company: Comb the Desert Inc.  

What Flowers They Bloom 

Director(s): C Hudson Hwang

Producer(s): C Hudson Hwang, Amanda Goreski 

Researcher(s): C Hudson Hwang, Carmen Logie, Kenneth Fung 

Production Company: SUPRE  

Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics

Director(s): Terril Calder 

Producer(s): Jelena Popović (NFB)

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada  

Perfecting the Art of Longing 

Director(s): Kitra Cahana 

Producer(s): Ariel Nasr, Kat Baulu

Researcher(s): Kitra Cahana 

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada  

Presented by Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan

Brown Enough  

Director(s): Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto, Kent Donguines  

Producer(s): Robin Macabulos, Kent Donguines, Maxime Beauchamp 

Production Company: Aimer Films Inc. 

Other nominees

The Photographer 

Director(s): Emily Pasternak 

Producer(s): Maryam Remtulla

Researcher(s): Emily Pasternak

Production Company: Space Case Productions  

Hello (Again) Episode 1 "Chicken"

Director(s): Melanie Chung 

Producer(s): Teresa M. Ho, Nathalie Younglai, Simu Liu, Alex Mallari Jr.

Production Company: 100 Dragons Webisodes Inc.  

God Loves a Cheerful Giver 

Director(s): Nin Meyboom 

Producer(s): Ethan Fetterly, Nin Meyboom 

Production Company: Brink of the Cusp

Out Standing in His Field 

Director(s): Lynette Piper 

Producer(s): Lynette Piper, Jolene Kriska, Sierra Haynes 

Researcher(s): Dawn Bird, George Grassick 

Production Company: PiperVoices Productions  

Presented by National Screen Institute 

The Newcomers  

Director(s): Theresa Kliem  

Producer(s): Theresa Kliem 

Other nominee

Another View 

Director(s): Graham John Condo

Producer(s): Amarachi Ejike, Victor Ejike

Production Company: Access Communications

Presented by Yorkton Film Festival 

Toxic Neighbour 

Director(s): Colin Scheyen 

Producer(s): Ann Shin, Hannah Donegan

Researcher(s): Colin Scheyen 

Other nominees

Inside The Great Vaccine Race 

Director(s): P.J. Naworynski 

Producer(s): Dugald Maudsley, Gillian Main 

Researcher(s): Monika Delmos

Production Company: Infield Fly Productions  

Like Us 

Director(s): Scott Johnson 

Producer(s): Scott Johnson 

Production Company: Infinity Machine Films [CA]  

Wild Prairie Man 

Director(s): George Tsougrianis

Producer(s): Carol Andrews, George Tsougrianis 

Researcher(s): George Tsougrianis

Production Company: Overtime Studios

A Promise to My Son 

Director(s): Lori Kuffner 

Producer(s): Lori Kuffner, Judith Silverthorne, Accessible Media Inc.(AMI) 

Presented by Telefilm Canada 

Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics

Director(s): Terril Calder 

Producer(s): Jelena Popović (NFB)

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada  

Other nominees

The Fall 

Director(s): Desirae Witte 

Producer(s): Phillapa Tanner  

Johnny Crow 

Director(s): Xstine Cook, Jesse Gouchey

Producer(s): Xstine Cook 

Production Company: CAOS - Calgary Animated Objects Society  

Bad Seeds 

Director(s): Claude Cloutier 

Producer(s): Galilé Marion-Gauvin (Unité Centrale), Julie Roy (National Film Board of Canada) 

Production Company: L’Unité centrale, National Film Board of Canada  

Pivot 

Director(s): Ana Gusson 

Producer(s): Tini Wider 

Production Company: Wider Entertainment Inc.

Presented by SaskTel

Louis Says Season 4  

Director(s): Raquel Lopez  

Producer(s): Lioz Bouganin, Deborah Charles

Production Company: Landslide Entertainment, MBC  

Other nominees

Baby Baby 

Director(s): Tara Hungerford, Eric Hogan

Producer(s): Tara Hungerford, Tracey Mack, Eric Hogan, (Executive Producer) Marney Malabar (TVO) Kids

Production Company: Imagine Create Media Inc.  

Polkaroo Counts (Episode 17)

Director(s): Christopher Redmond

Producer(s): Hoda Elatawi 

Production Company: GAPC Entertainment (COUNTS) Inc.

Why Am I - Season 3 

Director(s): Adrian Dean 

Producer(s): Dawn Bird, Adrian Dean

Production Company: Why Am I Season 3 Productions Inc. 

Presented by AccessNow

By Hook or By Cook  

Director(s): Pamela J Tomlinson 

Producer(s): Pamela  Tomlinson 

Production Company: Render Digital Media Ltd. 

Other nominees

Prairie Pride 

Director(s): Spencer Burridge

Producer(s): Brett Littlemore, Spencer Burridge 

Production Company: Access Communications  

Another View 

Director(s): Graham John Condo

Producer(s): Amarachi Ejike, Victor Ejike

Production Company: Access Communications  

Gardening in the Heart 

Director(s): Elise Swerhone 

Producer(s): Elise Swerhone 

Production Company: Manitoba Master Gardener Association  

2.9 Billion Birds Gone 

Director(s): Tristen Cosens 

Producer(s): Todd Snider 

Production Company: Bamboo Shoots 

Presented by SaskCulture 

Nalujuk Night  

Director(s): Jennie Williams  

Producer(s): Latonia Hartery, Kat Baulu, Rohan Fernando  

Researcher(s): Jennie Williams 

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada 

Other nominees

Emily Carr 

Director(s): Sean Horlor, Steve J. Adams

Producer(s): Sean Horlor, Steve J. Adams 

Researcher(s): Melissa James, Shannon Horlor 

Production Company: Nootka St.  

Evan’s Drum 

Director(s): Ossie Michelin 

Producer(s): Kat Baulu, Latonia Hartery, Rohan Fernando 

Researcher(s): Ossie Michelin

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada  

Confiné 

Director(s): Jérôme Binette 

Producer(s): Jérôme Binette

Researcher(s): Jérôme Binette  

Dirty Laundry 

Director(s): Florence Hwang 

Producer(s): Florence Hwang

Researcher(s): Florence Hwang

Production Company: Florence Hwang Media  

Presented by Bailey's Funeral and Cremation Care

Building Bastille 

Director(s): Leif Kaldor 

Producer(s): Leslea Mair 

Researcher(s): Leslea Mair, Leif Kaldor, Elena Sturk-Lessier 

Production Company: Zoot PIctures

Other nominees

Blind Ambition The Wop May Story

Director(s): Frederick Kroetsch, Tom Robinson 

Producer(s): Frederick Kroetsch, David Baron, Tom Robinson 

Researcher(s): Tom Robinson  

British Columbia: An Untold History

Director(s): Kevin Eastwood 

Producer(s): Trish Dolman, Leena Minifie

Researcher(s): Jennifer Chiu, Leena Minifie 

Production Company: Screen Siren Pictures  

Cliff: A Portrait of an Artist 

Director(s): Adam Brooks 

Producer(s): Adam Brooks

Researcher(s): Adam Brooks  

Terry Fox: The Power of One 

Producer(s): John Brunton, Lindsay Cox

Production Company: Insight Productions 

Presented by Canada Media Fund

First We Eat 

Director(s): Suzanne Crocker

Producer(s): Suzanne Crocker

Researcher(s): Suzanne Crocker

Production Company: Drift Productions

Other nominees

KOK’ETÌ: Walking With Caribou

Director(s): Chad Galloway 

Producer(s): Tammy Steinwand-Deschambeault 

Researcher(s): Chad Galloway, Tammy Steinwand-Deschambeault, Petter Jacobsen, Tyanna Steinwand 

Production Company: Trail Films  

Ghosts of Afghanistan 

Director(s): Julian Sher 

Producer(s): Natalie Dubois 

Production Company: Galafilm Productions (Afghan) Inc.  

Wild Prairie Man 

Director(s): George Tsougrianis

Producer(s): Carol Andrews, George Tsougrianis 

Researcher(s): George Tsougrianis

Production Company: Overtime Studios

Quinn 

Director(s): Eva Colmers 

Producer(s): Eva Colmers, Bonnie Thompson 

Researcher(s): Eva Colmers 

Production Company: No Problem Productions 

Presented by Java Post Production 

Nature's Big Year 

Director(s): Christine Nielsen

Producer(s): Christine Nielsen, Diana Warmé 

Researcher(s): Christine Nielsen, Ben Schaub 

Production Company: Nature's Reboot Productions Inc.  

Other nominees

Tails on Ice 

Director(s): Miranda Currie 

Producer(s): Miranda Currie

Production Company: CuRious CoNNectionS

Fighting Extinction After Dark 

Director(s): David Ozier 

Producer(s): David Ozier 

Researcher(s): David Ozier 

Production Company: EDO Productions Ltd

The Machine That Feels 

Director(s): Robin Bicknell

Producer(s): Elizabeth Trojian, Julia Nunes

Researcher(s): Arden Wray, Ben Schaub

Production Company: yap films

Kingdom of the Polar Bears 

Director(s): Alexis Barbier-Bouvet

Producer(s): Merit Jensen Carr, Sally Blake, Patrice Lorton 

Researcher(s): Shereen Jerrett, Jonjo Harrington; Kelsey Eliasson (Treatment Research); Gina Cali (Visual Researcher)

Production Company: Merit Motion Pictures, Les Films a Cinq/CAPA PRESSE 

Presented by SK Arts

Into Light  

Director(s): Sheona McDonald 

Producer(s): Teri Snelgrove  

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada 

Other nominees

Fatima in Kabul 

Director(s): Brishkay Ahmed 

Producer(s): Brishkay Ahmed 

Production Company: ChitChat Productions

What Flowers They Bloom 

Director(s): C Hudson Hwang

Producer(s): C Hudson Hwang, Amanda Goreski 

Researcher(s): C Hudson Hwang, Carmen Logie, Kenneth Fung 

Production Company: SUPRE 

Freedom Swell 

Director(s): Marie Wright, Meaghan Wright 

Producer(s): Marie Wright 

Production Company: Mirror Image Media Inc.

Avenuers (ep.3) 

Director(s): Roberto Santaguida

Producer(s): Roberto Santaguida

Researcher(s): Vika Kirchenbauer

Presented by Sask Lotteries

The Future Innu 

Director(s): Stéphane Nepton

Producer(s): Wapikoni Mobile 

Production Company: Wapikoni Mobile

Other nominees

Hard Reset… 

Director(s): Scott Daniel Johnson

Producer(s): Scott Daniel Johnson

Production Company: Infinity Machine Films [CA]

In Plains View 

Director(s): Don List 

Producer(s): Don List 

Production Company: Birdsong Communications Ltd. 

Presented by City of Yorkton 

Dating Unlocked  

Director(s): Sam Coyle  

Producer(s): Charlie David  

Production Company: Border2Border Entertainment 

Other nominees

The Big Bake 

Director(s): Ryan Shaw 

Producer(s): Mike Sheerin, Tanya Linton, Jennifer Pratt, David Stephen, Natalie Schenk 

Production Company: Nikki Ray Media Agency

Great Chocolate Showdown

Director(s): Ryan Shaw 

Producer(s): Mike Sheerin, Tanya Linton, Jennifer Pratt, David Stephen, Natalie Schenk 

Production Company: Nikki Ray Media Agency

Fire Masters 

Director(s): Frank Samson 

Producer(s): Mike Sheerin, Tanya Linton, Jennifer Pratt, David Stephen 

Production Company: Nikki Ray Media Agency

Presented by Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sports 

Navigation  

Director(s): Marlene Millar  

Producer(s): Marlene Millar, Sandy Silva

Production Company: Migration Dance Film Productions 

Other nominees

Adrian Sutherland - Respect the Gift

Director(s): Justin Stephenson

Producer(s): RoseAnna Schick, Adrian Sutherland 

Production Company: Midnight Shine Music / RAS Creative / Even Steven Inc. 

Ever So Slightly 

Director(s): François Blouin 

Producer(s): Mélanie Viau for KOTV Production Company: KO TV

Spiritbox - Constance 

Director(s): Dylan Hryciuk 

Producer(s): Dylan Hryciuk, Brianne Janex 

Production Company: Versa Films

Spiritbox- Hurt You 

Director(s): Dylan Hryciuk 

Producer(s): Dylan Hryciuk, Brianne Janex, Jeremy Ratzlaff 

Production Company: Versa Films 

Presented by APTN

Ghosts of Yesterday 

Director(s): Jeff Evans-Todd 

Producer(s): Style Dayne, Jeff Evans-Todd, Jeremy Ratzlaff, Dylan Hryciuk 

Production Company: Phantom Fox Pictures

Other nominees

Songs from a Box 

Director(s): Taylor Brown 

Producer(s): Taylor Brown and Ellaina Brown 

Production Company: Folks Films

If We Spoke 

Director(s): p.a.duquette 

Producer(s): p.a.duquette

Toe the Line 

Director(s): Carolyn Wu 

Producer(s): Fonna Seidu, Kristina Wong 

Production Company: Snail Mail Media (Fonna Seidu)

Silent Signs 

Director(s): Anish Mohan 

Producer(s): Anish Mohan, Leo Kuriakose, Biyon Tom 

Researcher(s): Anish Mohan 

Presented by Rogers ‐ Citytv Saskatchewan

Going Native 

Director(s): Paul Kemp, Sam Karney, Andrew Wiens, Kurt Spenrath

Producer(s): Paul Kemp, Sam Karney, Andrew Wiens, Kurt Spenrath, Drew Hayden Taylor 

Production Company: Going Native Productions

Other nominees

21 Black Futures 

Director(s): Mike Payette, Dbi Young Anitafrika, Dorothy A Atabong, Leah-Simone Bowen, Katia Café-Fébrissy, Lisa Karen Cox, Lucius Dechausay, Alison Duke, Alicia K Harris, Jerome Kruin, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Weyni Mengesha, Jay Northcott, Charles Officer, Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu, Ngozi Paul, Kimberley Rampersad, Jamie Robinson, Tanisha Taitt, Sarah Waisvisz, Leighton Alexander Williams 

Producer(s): Obsidian Theatre, CBC Arts

Production Company: Obsidian Theatre and CBC Arts

Hogtown/Ainsi va Manu 

Director(s): Josiane Blanc 

Producer(s): Ania Jamila, Josiane Blanc

Researcher(s): Josiane Blanc, Ania Jamila, Alix Forgeot 

Production Company: Sahkosh Productions

The Lake Winnipeg Project 

Director(s): Kevin Settee 

Producer(s): Alicia Smith 

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

Race Against the Tide 

Director(s): Graeme Lynch 

Producer(s): Matthew Hornburg, Mark J.W. Bishop, Donna Luke, Greg Hemmings, Carly Spencer, Stephen Foster 

Production Company: marblemedia 

Presented by SMPIA 

Bleach 

Director(s): Mattias Graham 

Producer(s): Emmanuel Hessler (Productions Leitmotiv) 

Production Company: Productions Leitmotiv

Other nominees

Esther & Sai 

Director(s): Rosie Choo Pidcock, Anaïsa Visser 

Producer(s): Jon Warne, Jesse Copeland

Production Company: Double Iris

Break Any Spell 

Director(s): Anton Jøsef 

Producer(s): Lisi Purr, Pierre Campbell

Production Company: Comb the Desert Inc.

The Final Exam 

Director(s): Beth Wishart MacKenzie, Tobias Nicholas 

Producer(s): Beth Wishart MacKenzie, Tobias Nicholas 

Researcher(s): Beth Wishart MacKenzie

Corners 

Director(s): James Brylowski

Producer(s): James Brylowski

Researcher: James Brylowski 

Production Company: Solid Porcupine inc. 

Presented by Creative Saskatchewan 

Brown Enough  

Director(s): Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto, Kent Donguines  

Producer(s): Robin Macabulos, Kent Donguines, Maxime Beauchamp 

Production Company: Aimer Films Inc.

Other nominees

Action Figure Man 

Director(s): Tara Mewis 

Producer(s): Tara Mewis 

Production Company: Honey Cut Studios

Breathless 

Director(s): Evan George, Sophie George

Producer(s): Sophie George 

Production Company: The Kiln

La coiffeuse / The Hairdresser

Director(s): Lorraine Price 

Producer(s): Lorraine Price / Little Window Productions 

Researcher(s): Lorraine Price 

Production Company: Little Window Productions

Then Sings My Soul 

Director(s): Susan Rodgers 

Producer(s): Rohan Fernando 

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada 

Presented by Legacy Co‐operative Association

L’abattu des vents  

Director(s): Félix-Antoine Garneau-Chouinard

Producer(s): Maxime Giard 

Researcher(s): Félix-Antoine Garneau-Chouinard  

Post-Secondary Institution: Université Laval 

Other nominees

Inniun ueshkat mak anutshish

Director(s): Mary Menie Mark

Producer(s): Wapikoni Mobile 

Post Secondary Institution: Wapikoni Mobile

Northern Comfort: A Drive Around Town

Director(s): Melanie Lameboy

Producer(s): Wapikoni Mobile 

Post-Secondary Institution: Wapikoni Mobile

Barns 

Director(s): Adèle Foglia 

Producer(s): Adèle Foglia, Laurence Wells 

Researcher(s): Adèle Foglia 

Post-Secondary Institution: Concordia University

One Never Kills For Love 

Director(s): Manon Testud 

Producer(s): EMCV 

Researcher(s): Manon Testud 

Post Secondary Institution: École des métiers du cinéma et de la vidéo