The YFF2025 nominees: first round

LOCA

Director(s): Véronique Paquette

Producer(s): Christine Noel, Marc Bertrand

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

The Canadian Dream

Director(s): Ilse Moreno

Producer(s): Gillian Smith, Mateo Zambrano

The Wounds Within: An Endometriosis Story

Director(s): Lora Brovold

Producer(s): Katrina Beatty, Lora Brovold

Production Company: Peregrinari Productions & Loud Whisper Productions

Henderson

Director(s): Lori Watt

Producer(s):  Lori Watt, Major, Lisa Gemino, Jennifer Koenig 

Production Company: Triqele Productions Inc.

Little Trooper

Director(s): Emma Bailey

Producer(s): Emma Bailey

Corpus and the Wandering

Director(s): Jo Roy

Producer(s): Jeremy Mendes 

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

An Impression of Everything

Director(s): Millefiore Clarkes

Production Company: One Thousand Flowers Productions

Entropic Memory

Director(s): Nicolas Brault

Producer(s): Nicolas Brault

Ocean Eyes

Director(s): Yann Reynolds

Producer(s): Yann Reynolds

Post-Secondary Institution: Concordia 

University

Rosa's Flowers

Director(s): Amanda Ann-Min Wong

Producer(s): Rebeca Ortiz, Fonna Seidu

Production Company: Synchresis Productions Inc.

The Fifth Estate - Who's Minding the Store?

Producer(s): Linda Guerriero, Cullen Crozier, Ivan Angelovski

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Going Native Season 3

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

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

Production Company: Ice River Films, Paul Kemp Productions

Secret History : Women Warriors

Director(s): Julian Black Antelope

Producer(s): Julian Black Antelope, Beth Paul, Sue Bristow

Production Company: HERD of 1 MEDIA

Singing Back the Buffalo

Director(s): Tasha Hubbard

Producer(s): Tasha Hubbard, Jason Ryle, George Hupka, Bonnie Thompson

Production Company: Buffalo Song Productions

Inkwo for When the Starving Return

Director(s): Amanda Strong

Producer(s): Amanda Strong, Nina Werewka Maral Mohammadian 

Production Company: Spotted Fawn Productions / National Film Board of Canada 

My Son Went Quiet

Director(s): Ian Bawa

Producer(s): Ian Bawa, Markus Henkel

Sorry For Your Cost

Director(s): Rosie Choo Pidcock

Producer(s): Angelica Stirpe, Geoff Manton, Athena Russel

Production Company: Boldly

The Canadian Dream

Director(s): Ilse Moreno

Producer(s): Gillian Smith, Mateo Zambrano

Tailor Made

Director(s): Quan Luong

Producer(s): Quan Luong, Stephen Ground, Sarah Koehn, Meegwun Fairbrother

Brotherly

Director(s): Gavin Seal

Producer(s): Gavin Seal, Jen Viens

Production Company: Intersectionnel Films

Another Day's Past

Director(s): Matthew Hood

Producer(s): Matthew Hood

Production Company: Bamboo Shoots

RecoverED: A Documentary Film About Eating Disorder Recovery

Director(s): Tyler Anderson

Producer(s): Carla Chabot

Highway Robbery: The Regina Bypass Scandal

Director(s): Danny Johnston

Producer(s): Danny Johnston

Production Company: Fishbowl Video 

Productions

Driver's Licence

Director(s): Lynette Piper, Karla Weber

Producer(s): Lynette Piper, Karla Weber

Production Company: PiperVoices Productions Inc. and PurpleHen Productions

Spiritbox - Perfect Soul

Director(s): Dylan Hryciuk

Producer(s): Jeremy Ratzlaff

Production Company: Versa Films

The Death Of James

Director(s): Sam Chou

Producer(s): Josh Bowen

Production Company: Blue Ant Media / Lakeside Animation Studio

Inkwo for When the Starving Return

Director(s): Amanda Strong

Producer(s): Amanda Strong, Nina Werewka, Maral Mohammadian 

Production Company: Spotted Fawn Productions / National Film Board of Canada 

LOCA

Director(s): Véronique Paquette

Producer(s): Christine Noel, Marc Bertrand

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

Maybe Elephants

Director(s): Torill Kove

Producer(s): Lise Fearnley ,Maral Mohammadian, Tonje Skar Reiersen

Production Company: Mikrofilm / National Film Board of Canada 

Hairy Legs

Director(s): Andrea Dorfman

Producer(s): Liz Cowie, Rohan Fernando 

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

FCL - What If

Director(s): Alex Stevens

Producer(s): Ian Buchko, Angie VanCuren

Production Company: Barbershop Films

Nursing Shortages

Director(s): Christopher Triffo

Producer(s): Christopher Triffo, Lars Murran

Production Company: Wavelength Entertainment Group

SaskTel Business - Eero WiFi

Director(s): Lowell Dean

Producer(s): Allan Roeher

Production Company: Play Creative

Embarrassing Dad

Director(s): Stephen Hall

Producer(s): Randy Shumay

Production Company: Java Post Production

FCL - Fresh Facilities

Director(s): Jeremy Drummond

Producer(s): Adam Kitter

Production Company: Barbershop Films

FCL - Fresh Facilities

Director(s): Jeremy Drummond

Producer(s): Adam Kitter

Production Company: Barbershop Films

SaskTel Business - Eero WiFi

Director(s): Lowell Dean

Producer(s): Allan Roeher

Production Company: Play Creative

Embarrassing Dad

Director(s): Stephen Hall

Producer(s): Randy Shumay

Production Company: Java Post Production

Winfield United - LockTech

Director(s): Chad Reynolds

Producer(s): Alex Stevens

Production Company: Barbershop Films

Nursing Shortages

Director(s): Christopher Triffo

Producer(s): Christopher Triffo, Lars Murran

Production Company: Wavelength Entertainment Group

Stories of the North - Season 3

Director(s): Bo Shingoose

Producer(s): Harmony Johnson-Harder, Kyle Burgess, Allia Janzen, Lee Crowchild

Production Company: Campfire Stories

Happy Place

Director(s): Tara Hungerford, Eric Hogan

Producer(s): Tracey Mack, Tara Hungerford, Eric Hogan

Production Company: Imagine Create Media Inc.

Why Am I - Season 6

Director(s): Adrian Dean

Producer(s): Adrian Dean, Dawn Bird

Production Company: Why Am I - Season 6 Productions Inc.

Poos

Director(s): Celestine Twigg

Producer(s): Xstine Cook

Production Company: CAOS

Lilly Visits the Hospital

Director(s): Medina Dennie, Ocean Demuth, Zaiyah Dennie, Sol Demuth, Xstine Cook, Heather Cook

Producer(s): Xstine Cook

Production Company: CAOS

Another Day's Past

Director(s): Matthew Hood

Producer(s): Matthew Hood

Production Company: Bamboo Shoots

Dance With Me

Director(s): Charlotte Engel

Producer(s): Stewart Young

Production Company: CBC Atlantic

Big Small Town

Director(s): Taylor Brown

Producer(s): Meg Robinson, Laina Brown, Taylor Brown

Production Company: Folks Films

Last Manitoba Meal

Director(s): Jeff Newman

Producer(s): Jeff Newman

Production Company: Numan Films

Behind the Menu: Railway Ave. Pub

Director(s): Stuart Merson-Davies

Producer(s): Stuart Merson-Davies

Production Company: Bamboo Shoots

A Final Sketch

Director(s): Don Millar

Producer(s): Cole Northey

Production Company: New Theory Pictures

Ahkameyimok "To Persevere"

Director(s): Vernon Boldick, Jenna Drover

Producer(s): Vernon Boldick

Production Company: Lightbulb Labs Ltd

Iniskim- Return of the Buffalo

Director(s): Leanne Allison, Pete Balkwill, Amethyst First Rider

Producer(s): Leanne Allison, Amethyst First Rider

Production Company: Necessary Journeys Inc

Miss Juwanna deWitt

Director(s): Lucius Dechausay

Producer(s): Mercedes Grundy, Peter Knegt

Production Company: CBC

Play it Loud!

Director(s): Graeme Mathieson

Producer(s): Andrew Munger,Clement Virgo 

Production Company: Ultramagnetic Productions Ltd.

Someone's Son: Repatriating Newfoundland's Unknown Soldier

Producer(s): Heather Gillis, Ted Dillon,Chelsea Jacobs,Peter Gullage

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Balls, Brains, & a Wallet

Director(s): Tara Mewis

Producer(s): North Saskatoon Business Association, Honey Cut Studios

Production Company: Honey Cut Studios

To Kill A Dictator

Director(s): Daniel Oron

Producer(s): Daniel Oron, Natasha Ryan

Production Company: Go Button Media

Revolutions That Changed History

Director(s): Daniel Oron

Producer(s): Daniel Oron, Natasha Ryan

Production Company: Go Button Media

7TH GEN - Curtis Howson

Director(s): Dinae Robinson

Producer(s): Dinae Robinson, Rebecca Gibson, Lisa Meeches, Kyle Irving

Production Company: Eagle Vision

Voices of Freedom

Director(s): Samuel William Karney

Producer(s): Andrew Wiens, Samuel William Karney

Production Company: Ice River Films

Relationship Remix

Director(s): Jacob Markham

Producer(s): Chris Sharpe, Lino Martinez Jr.

Production Company: Black Film Space Manitoba

The Wounds Within: An Endometriosis Story

Director(s): Lora Brovold

Producer(s): Katrina Beatty, Lora Brovold

Production Company: Peregrinari Productions & Loud Whisper Productions

Trailblazing: The Matt Hadley Story

Director(s): Kim Logan

Producer(s): Kim Logan

Judith Jacquie Grace

Director(s): C Hudson Hwang, Amy Belling

Producer(s): C Hudson Hwang

Production Company: SUPRE

Foodspiracy

Director(s): Elizabeth Trojian

Producer(s): Elizabeth Trojian

Production Company: Yap Films

Muskox conquers Nunavik

Director(s): Julien Robert

Production Company: Radio-Canada / CBC

The Fifth Estate - Whose Police?

Producer(s): Laurence Mathieu-Leger, Lynette Fortune

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Brainstorm: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Brain

Director(s): Jenna Elaine Bailey

Production Company: Bailey and Soda Films

The Secret Knowledge of Animals

Director(s): Magnus Froböse

Producer(s): Natalie Dubois, Michael Grotenhoff, Saskia Kress, Magnus Froböse, Arnie Gelbart

Production Company: Galafilm Productions Inc. and Filmtank

Secret History : Women Warriors (EP 208 "Ladies First")

Director(s): Julian Black Antelope

Producer(s): Julian Black Antelope, Beth Paul, Sue Bristow

Production Company: HERD of 1 MEDIA

Going Native Season 3

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

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

Production Company: Ice River Films, Paul Kemp Productions

Postcards From... Dawson City

Director(s): Danny Berish, Ryan Mah

Producer(s): Leah Mallen, Joanna Wong

Production Company: Postcards Production Inc.

Sounds & Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land

Director(s): Graeme Mathieson, Chris Flanagan

Producer(s): Sherien Barsoum, Lea Marin 

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

Secret World of Sound_Episode One: Hunters and Hunted

Director(s): Rebecca Hart

Producer(s): Dugald Maudsley, Gillian Main, Stephen Dunleavy, Sharmila Choudhury

Production Company: Infield Fly Productions, Humble Bee Films

Saving The Animals of Ukraine

Director(s): Anton Ptushkin

Production Company: Yap Films

Am I the skinniest person you’ve ever seen?

Director(s): Eisha Marjara

Producer(s): Ariel Nasr, Joe Balass 

Production Company: Compass Productions / National Film Board of Canada 

30 Years After

Director(s): Liane Simard, Sarah Lajoie-Asselin

Producer(s): Les productions Liane Simard

Production Company: Les productions Liane Simard

Words Left Unspoken

Director(s): Josiane Blanc

Producer(s): Rayne Zuckerman

Production Company: IGP Productions / Diversified Voices Productions

Bodies for Rent

Director(s): Habiba Nosheen

Producer(s): Amar Lohana, Stuart Henderson,  Rob Cribb and Kelly Bennett 

Production Company: Akelo Media / 90th Parallel Productions

AMI - Our Community - Scope Society

Director(s): Brent Kawchuk

Producer(s): Brent Kawchuk

Production Company: Barbershop Films

Little Trooper

Director(s): Emma Bailey

Producer(s): Emma Bailey

Pieces Within

Director(s): Sam Luk

Producer(s): Ivan Hayden, Starlise Waschuk, Andrew M Johnson

Production Company: Parafauna

RecoverED: A Documentary Film About Eating Disorder Recovery

Director(s): Tyler Anderson

Producer(s): Carla Chabot

What Are You Supposed To Do With Your Hands?

Director(s): Larissa Thompson

Producer(s): Amanda D'Silva

Production Company: Crazy8s Films Society, Transmute Pictures, D'Silva Productions

My Moon My Man - The Fretless

Director(s): Taylor Brown

Production Company: Folks Films

Mercy

Director(s): Philip Szporer

Producer(s): Marlene Millar, Philip Szporer

Production Company: Mouvement Perpétuel

Adrian Sutherland - Precious

Director(s): Jorge Requena Ramos

Producer(s): RoseAnna Schick

Dusty Vinyl

Director(s): Wolf Willow

Producer(s): Wolf Willow

Production Company: Wolf Willow

Spiritbox - Perfect Soul

Director(s): Dylan Hryciuk

Producer(s): Jeremy Ratzlaff

Production Company: Versa Films

The Crown and Indigenous People: Residential Schools

Director(s): Cary Carl Ciesielski

Producer(s): Hildy Bowen, Cary Ciesielski

Production Company: Twisted Pair Productions Ltd.

My Dead Mom

Director(s): Chandler Levack, Wendy Litner

Producer(s): Lauren Corber, Palmer Baranek

Production Company: LoCo Motion Pictures

The Amazing Race Canada

Director(s): Rob Brunner

Producer(s): John Brunton, Mark Lysakowski, Danielle Pearson, Bertram Van Munster, Elise Doganieri, Robyn Bigue, Ann Camilleri, Ken Katigbak, Catherine Petersen, Marc Poirier, Vanessa Rennard, Jesse Storey, Michael Tersigni, Sarah James

Production Company: Insight Productions Ltd.

You're My Hero

Director(s): Greg Jeffs, Kara Harun

Producer(s): Lucy Stewart, Kevin Wallis, Sean Towgood, Cassidy Civiero, PJ Wilson, Meghan Hood, Colette Jeffs

Production Company: Longhope Media Inc

Top Chef Canada

Director(s): Brett Morris

Producer(s): John Brunton, Mark Lysakowski, Eric Abboud, Jessica Brunton, Daniel Klimitz, Deanne Marsh, Mark Holland, Anthony Matkovic

Production Company: Insight Productions Ltd.

Brotherly

Director(s): Gavin Seal

Producer(s): Gavin Seal, Jen Viens

Production Company: Intersectionnel Films

Sorry For Your Cost

Director(s): Rosie Choo Pidcock

Producer(s): Angelica Stirpe, Geoff Manton, Athena Russel

Production Company: Boldly

My Son Went Quiet

Director(s): Ian Bawa

Producer(s): Ian Bawa, Markus Henkel

Nosocomephilia

Director(s): Michèle Kaye

Producer(s): Laura Tremblay, Jen Pogue, Emily Andrews, Tejasvi Bhalla, Laura Nordin

Production Company: Film Coop

Ephemera

Director(s): Cici Clancy

Producer(s): Cici Clancy

Boutique

Director(s): Brishkay Ahmed

Producer(s): Bonnie Do

Production Company: Digital Warriors Productions Inc.

Midnight Coachmen

Director(s): Enrico Ferri

Producer(s): Roman Gubin, Enrico Ferri

Production Company: Stanley Wood Films

Unfamily

Director(s): Siddharth Sharma, Paul Persic

Producer(s): Mitchell Jaramillo, Siddharth Sharma

Production Company: Hold the Sauce Films

OBSCURA / 옵스큐라

Director(s): Arnold Lim

Producer(s): Lynne Lee, Claire Mulligan, Arnold Lim

My Roommate Ahriman

Director(s): Nessa Aref

Producer(s): Nic Altobelli

Production Company: Naltobel Productions, Dunya Media

Persistence of Vision

Director(s): John Paul Marsonet

Producer(s): John Paul Marsonet

Healing Hearts

Director(s): Amy Belling

Producer(s): Matt Smiley, Cassidy Shuvera,  Amy Belling 

Production Company: Carrier Sekani Family Services

Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying

Director(s): Natalie Baird, Toby Gillies

Producer(s): Alicia Smith

Production Company: National Film Board of Canada

UnTapped

Director(s): Jennifer Jellicoe

Producer(s): Tara Mewis, AMI - Jennifer Johnson

Production Company: Honey Cut Studios

Tailor Made

Director(s): Quan Luong

Producer(s): Quan Luong, Stephen Ground, Sarah Koehn, Meegwun Fairbrother

John's First Tattoo

Director(s): Jett Kowalchuk

Post-Secondary Institution: University of Regina

Lavenza

Director(s): Lauren Eden

Producer(s): Alex Ef

Post-Secondary Institution: Toronto Metropolitan University

Everything Wrong With Mr. Ward

Director(s): Emmy Pitschner

Producer(s): Jack Kukolic

Post-Secondary Institution: Sheridan College

Ashes and Grace

Director(s): Mac Pettit

Producer(s): Manan Choudhry

Post-Secondary Institution: The University of British Columbia

Nebuchadnezzar

Director(s): Samuel Ogunremi

Producer(s): Vanessa Lavoie, Fiona Brennan

Post-Secondary Institution: New York Film Academy