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| Location | Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada |
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| Founded | -1947 as Yorkton International Film Festival −1981 renamed as Yorkton International Short Film and Video Festival −1983 renamed as Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival |
| Film titles | Short films |
| Hosted by | Yorkton International Film Festival Society |
| Festival date | Held annually in May |
| Website | www |
Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) is an annual film festival held in late May in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.
In 1947, the Yorkton Film Council (YFC) was founded[1]: 6 and in 1950 the first international documentary film festival officially opened in western Canada[1]: 6 on 11 October.[2][3] The festival originally was named Yorkton International Documentary Film Festival[4] and latter become known as Yorkton International Film Festival.[1]: 6
In 1969, the Yorkton Film Council disbanded and the Yorkton International Film Festival Society was formed. The film festival went through several name changes and currently operates as Yorkton Film Festival.[4] It is known as the longest running film festival held in North America.[4][5][6]
The festival is open to Canadian productions, or international productions directed by Canadians, and focuses on films that are under 60 minutes in length.[7] It is a qualifying festival for the Canadian Screen Awards.
The Yorkton Film Festival includes awards in 29 categories: 18 main categories, 6 accompanying categories, 3 craft categories and 2 special categories as of 2019. In 2020 the festival will include a new category for Mental Health, sponsored by the Mental Health Drop-in Centre for three years. The festival will be the first in Canada to Include an award for this category.[8]
- ^ a b c Morrel, Kathy (Fall 2011). "The little engine that could: Nettie Kryski and the Yorton Film Festival" (PDF). Saskatchewan History Magazine. 63 (2): 6–12. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ "Film festival for Yorkton". Regina Leader-Post. 1 June 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Documentary film festival turns spotlight on Yorkton". Regina Leader-Post. 21 October 1954. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ a b c Andre Paquet; Wyndham Wise (17 October 2014). "Film Festivals". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Marr, Tonaya (24 May 2012). "Film fest is just part of what makes Yorkton unique". Regina Leader-Post. p. 62. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Film festival". Regina Leader-Post. 29 August 1971. p. 34. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ "Festival's name changed again". Regina Leader-Post. 28 January 1983. p. 8. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ Wilger, Devin (23 October 2019). "Yorkton Film Festival to feature new award". Yorkton, Canada: Yorkton This Week. Retrieved 12 November 2019.