The shortest day of the year is the perfect time to watch a good film, and the Yorkton Film Festival hosted the shortest day in film for the second year. Airing the family selection of short films, the event was held in partnership with Telefilm and the National Film Board.
Randy Goulden, Executive Director of the Yorkton Film Festival says that they are always looking for opportunities to show short films, and the Shortest Day package included several films that have been nominated or won the Golden Sheaf in the past.
“We feel that before Christmas we need to take a breath, have some family films, and sit down to enjoy the Christmas season.”
The festival’s screenings are now a year-round event, and this will continue into the new year. December has seen films from the festival shown across Saskatchewan, Goulden says, and this will be something that continues into the new year as well.
One new series for YFF will be showings highlighting events in the news, beginning on January 8 with a screening of Ebola War: The Nurses of Gulu at the Film Festival office. Goulden says that while ebola is not a pleasant topic, it is a serious current event and something which people need to be better informed about.
“As there are current issues in the world, we are seeing what films we can show.”
The Film Festival’s open screenings will also continue in 2015 on the first Tuesday of the month at the Yorkton Public Library.
Submissions are now open for the 2015 film festival, which will be held May 21 to 24, and Goulden says that so far the lineup looks like a great one.
