Yorkton Film Festival
Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) is an annual film festival held in late May in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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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 |
In 1947, the Yorkton Film Council (YFC) was founded: 6 and in 1950 the first international documentary film festival officially opened in western Canada: 6 on 11 October. The festival originally was named Yorkton International Documentary Film Festival and latter become known as Yorkton International Film Festival.: 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. It is known as the longest running film festival held in North America.
The festival is open to Canadian productions, or international productions directed by Canadians, and focuses on films that are under 60 minutes in length. 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.