Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award - Aboriginal
The Golden Sheaf Award for best Aboriginal production is presented by the Yorkton Film Festival.
Golden Sheaf Award | |
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Awarded for | Best Aboriginal production |
Location | Canada |
Presented by | Yorkton Film Festival |
Currently held by | Stolen, ( 2016) Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs |
Website | www |
History
In 1947 the Yorkton Film Council was founded.[1]:6 In 1950 the first Yorkton Film Festival was held in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.[2] During the first few festivals, the films were adjudicated by audience participation through ballot casting and winners were awarded Certificates of Merit by the film festival council.[3][4] In 1958 the film council established the Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award for the category 'Best of Festival', awarded to the best overall film of the festival.[5] Over the years various additional categories were added to the competition. As of 2020, the Golden Sheaf Award categories included: Main Entry Categories, Accompanying Categories, Craft Categories, and Special Awards.[6]
In 2004 the Golden Sheaf Award for best Aboriginal was added to the Accompanying Categories and continued to be awarded annually until the 2017 film festival competition. The winner of this award is determined by a panel of jurors,[7] selected by the film council. The submission rules specify that productions can either be fiction or non-fiction and need to "explore issues relating to aboriginal peoples, tell aboriginal stories or present an aboriginal perspective. At least one of the key creative positions (producer, writer or director) must be a person of aboriginal descent."[8]
Winners
2000s
Year | Film | Directors | Producers | Production Companies | References |
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2004 | From Cherry English, 2004 | Jeff Barnaby | Daniele Rohrbach, Nutaaq Media Inc. | [9] |
2005 | Two Worlds Colliding, 2005 | Tasha Hubbard | Bonnie Thompson, National Film Board of Canada | [10] |
2006 | First Stories - Patrick Ross, 2006 | Ervin Chartrand | Joe Macdonald, NFB | [11] |
First Stories - Apples & Indians, 2006 | Lorne Olson | Joe Macdonald, NFB | [12] | |
First Stories - Nganawendaanan Nde'ing / I Keep Them in My Heart 2006 | Shannon Letandre | Joe Macdonald, NFB | [13] | |
First Stories - My Indian Name, 2006 | Darryl Nepinak | Joe Macdonald, NFB | [14] | |
2007 | Qallunaat: Why White People Are Funny, 2006 | Mark Sandiford, Zebedee Nungak | Mark Sandiford, Kent Martin, Beachwalker Films Inc., NFB | [15] |
2008 | Reservation Soldiers, 2007 | Lisa Jackson | Trish Dolman, Trish Williams, Screen Siren Pictures | [16] |
2009 | Dogz Lyfe: Burdens of a Gangsta Rapper, 2008 | Cory Generoux | Lori Kuffner, Cooper Rock Pictures Inc | [17] |
2010s
Year | Film | Directors | Producers | Production Companies | References |
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2010 | Maamuitaau: The Hunters' Sons, (S33 E5) | Abhish S. Birla, Diane Icebound | Abhish S. Birla, Diane Icebound, CBC | [18] |
2011 | Lumaajuuq, 2010 | Alethea Arnaquq-Baril | Debbie Brisebois, Derek Mazur, NFB, The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation | [19] |
2012 | Spirit of the Bluebird, 2011 | Xstine Cook, Jesse Gouchey | Xstine Cook, Calgary Animated Objects | [20] |
2013 | Smoke Traders, 2012 | Jeff Dorn, Catherine Bainbridge | Christina Fon, Catherine Bainbridge, Linda Ludwick, Rezolution Pictures Inc | [21] |
2014 | Timuti, 2012 | Jobie Weetaluktuk | Kat Baulu, NFB | [22][23] |
2015 | Treading Water, 2014 | Janelle Wookey, Jérémie Wookey | Jannelle Wookey, Jérémie Wookey, Wookey Films, Nüman Films | [24] |
2016 | Mia', 2015 | Amanda Strong, Bracken Hanuse Corlett | Amanda Strong, Bracken Hanuse Corlett, Luke Sargent, Spotted Fawn Productions Inc | [25] |
2017 | Stolen, 2016 | Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs | Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, Michel St-Martin | [26] |
References
- 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 24 April 2020.
- "West To Have Film Festival". Vancouver News-Herald. 12 June 1950. p. 14. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- "Documentary film festival turns spotlight on Yorkton". Regina Leader-Post. 21 October 1954. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- "Entries from 16 nations received". Regina Leader-Post. 24 September 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- "Documentary film festival turns spotlight on Yorkton". Regina Leader-Post. 21 October 1954. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- "2020 Entry Categories". Yorkton Film Festival. 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- "14 countries enter fourth film festival". Regina Leader-Post. 16 October 1956. p. 2. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- "2017 Entry Categories: Accompanying Categories". Yorkton Film Festival. 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
Aboriginal Award Programs either fiction or non-fiction that explore issues relating to aboriginal peoples, tell aboriginal stories or present an aboriginal perspective. At least one of the key creative positions (producer, writer or director) must be a person of aboriginal descent.
- Daniels, Calvin (31 May 2004). "Globetrotter film scores". Newspapers.com. Regina, Saskatchewan: The Leader-Post. p. 13. Retrieved 26 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Our Collection: Two Worlds Colliding". National Film Board of Canada. 2004. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- "Our Collection: First Stories - Patrick Ross". National Film Board of Canada. 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- "Our Collection: First Stories - Apples & Indians". National Film Board of Canada. 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- "Our Collection: First Stories - Nganawendaanan Nde'ing (I Keep Them in My Heart)". National Film Board of Canada. 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- "Our Collection: First Stories - My Indian Name". National Film Board of Canada. 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- "Our Collection: Qallunaa! Why White People Are Funny". National Film Board of Canada. 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- "Canada's Golden Sheaf Award Winners 2008" (pdf). Yorkton Film Festival. Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- "Canada's Golden Sheaf Award Winners 2009" (pdf). Yorkton Film Festival. Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- "Canada's Golden Sheaf Award Winners 2010" (pdf). Yorkton Film Festivalg. Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- "Our Collection: Nunavut Animation Lab: Lumaajuuq". National Film Board of Canada. 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- "On November 11, 2013 Walking With Our Sisters opened in Regina at the First Nations University Library". Walking With Our Sisters. 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- Ng See Quan, Danielle (28 May 2013). "Let the Daylight Into the Swamp wins best of fest Golden Sheaf". Playback. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- "Our Collection: Timuti". National Film Board of Canada. 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- "Film Fest. wraps for another year - Jingle Bell Rocks take top honors". The News Review. 17 (15). The News Review. 29 May 2014. p. 3. Retrieved 26 April 2020 – via issuu.
- "WFG Films Win Golden Sheaf Awards". Winnipeg Film Group. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- "Yorkton Film Festival: The fun". Yorkton This Week. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- "2017 Winners & Nominees". Yorkton Film Festival. Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2020.