A new year is underway and the Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) is busy at work in preparation for another successful event.
The YFF made two recent announcements.
Firstly, for those who took the time to submit early bird submissions the YFF wishes you the best of luck in the adjudication process. For those yet to submit, three new partnerships have been announced to ensure you get the best value out of your submission.
In partnership with VideoBlocks.com, Blair Yacishyn, Program Manager of the festival says one entrant will be selected at random to receive a full year subscription to the VideoBlocks.com website which contains over 50,000 clips of stock video, backgrounds, sound effects, music and more. The subscription is valued at over $1,000 dollars and is eligible to be won by any submitter, nominated or otherwise. Previous submissions in this year's festival have already been entered to win.
"Don't miss out your chance," says Yacishyn.
"In addition we are also announcing today that the winner of our Drama category will be the recipient of a $2,500 rental credit from William F. White International, while the winner of our Emerging Filmmaker award will receive a $1000 bursary from the RBC. So help fund your next film, by submitting today to the Yorkton Film Festival."
To submit your film visit: www.goldensheafawards.com and select "Enter Online" or take a look at our rules and regulations to learn more. The standard entry cost is $95, while student entrance is $40. Entry deadline is January 31.
Entries are being accepted in the following categories:
Animation; Children's/youth productions; Comedy; Community television productions; Drama; Experimental; Lifestyle; Multicultural; Digital media (NEW); Performing arts & entertainment; Short subject (Now open to all genres and a reduced 15 minute time-limit); Student productions ($40 entry rate); Documentary arts/culture; Documentary biography; Documentary history; Documentary nature/environment; Documentary POV (point of view); Documentary science/medicine/technology; Documentary social/political; Documentary series.
High School Video Competition
Another partnership will see the YFF team up with Access Communications which has announced the 2012 High School Video Competition. The competition is open to high school students of all ages across the province and entry is free of charge. The winners of each category will have their films screened across the province on Access Communication network. As in past years there is a central theme to this year's competition that all films must include. In keeping with the celebrations of this year's YFF, the 2012 high school competition theme is 65 years.
This year's categories and regulations are listed below.
All student films must adhere to the following regulations:
Submissions must relate to the theme of this years competition and fall into a category listed below to be to be accepted.
Films must be no longer than six minutes.
Release forms for all persons appearing in films must be submitted with entry form. Submissions that do not include release forms will be disqualified from competition. All music and stock-footage used must be properly licensed.
Films must be submitted to the Yorkton Film Festival on DVD with completed entry form and release form by April 30, 2012
Students may enter their film in any of the following categories: Animation; Performing Arts & Entertainment; Comedy; Drama; Experimental; Documentary. To enter or learn more, please visit: www.goldensheafawards.com.
