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YORKTON FILM FESTIVAL 49 Smith Street East, Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 0H4 Tel: 306.782.7077 Email: info@yorktonfilm.com Web: yorktonfilm.com @yorktonfilm Design by pinkkloud.com. Printed by Western Litho Printers.

May 23 – 25, 2024

WELCOME Welcome to the Yorkton Film Festival, North America’s longest running film festival. For 77 years, the Yorkton Film Festival has endeavored to highlight and reward the very best in Canadian content.

From Animation to Scripted, Fiction to NonFiction, Lifestyle to Mental Health, the Yorkton Film Festival has been a showcase for Canadian content and has established itself as the Big City Festival with a country attitude.

Whether you’re a filmmaker, an industry insider, or a fan of great Canadian cinema we invite you to take in the in-person events and immerse yourself in everything the Festival has to offer.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF

10 CATEGORIES 18 FILM SUBMISSIONS 68 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

MESSAGES HIS HONOUR THE HONOURABLE RUSS MIRASTY Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan As His Majesty’s representative in Saskatchewan, I am pleased to extend greetings on behalf of King Charles III, King of Canada, to everyone participating in the 2024 Yorkton Film Festival. I offer an especially warm welcome to those of you visiting from outside our province. You are attending North America’s longest continuously running film festival!

We are proud that Saskatchewan is home to the Yorkton Film Festival. Established in 1947 by a group of enthusiastic volunteers, YFF has a long history of providing motion picture artists with valuable opportunities to showcase their work, network with colleagues and receive industry recognition. I applaud all YFF2024 entrants on your skill and determination on completing your projects and entering the festival. Thank you for sharing your creativity. I also congratulate this year’s winners of the Golden Sheaf Awards. Well done! I am grateful to the dedicated board, staff, volunteers and partners who make it possible for YFF to promote the best of Canadian screen-based media content each year. In addition, your efforts allow the City of Yorkton and its citizens to enjoy substantial economic and cultural benefits from this signature event. To all in attendance, best wishes for a very productive and memorable Yorkton Film Festival!

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JUSTIN TRUDEAU Prime Minister of Canada I am pleased to extend my warmest greetings to everyone attending the 2024 Yorkton Film Festival (YFF). This annual event offers a wonderful opportunity for emerging and established Canadian filmmakers to showcase their talent and share their stories. I am certain that everyone in attendance will be entertained and inspired by the diverse selection of films being screened this year. I would like to thank the organizers for bringing this event to the community year after year. You can take pride in your commitment to promoting and supporting Canadian filmmakers. Please accept my best wishes for a memorable experience.

THE HONOURABLE SCOTT MOE Premier of Saskatchewan On behalf of the Government of Saskatchewan, it is m pleasure to welcome you to the 2024 Yorkton Film Festival (YFF). Established in 1947, the Yorkton Film Festival is North America's longest-running film festival and one of Saskatchewan's premier events. From May 23 to 25, 2024, filmmakers and film watchers will come together under one roof and enjoy this high calibre festival featuring an array of captivating Canadian short films and inspiring documentaries. In addition, the YFF provides a unique opportunity for contestants and enthusiasts alike to connect, share creative inspirations and, most importantly, build lasting relationships. Congratulations to all the nominees and award recipients of the Golden Sheaf Award. Your work and vision forms an important contribution to cinematography in Canada. I would also like to thank the YFF, organizers, sponsors and numerous volunteers for making this much-anticipated event possible. Welcome to the City of Yorkton; best wishes for a memorable festival.

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MESSAGES THE HONOURABLE LAURA ROSS Minister of Parks, Culture and Sport Welcome to the 2024 Yorkton Film Festival! Now in its 77th year, this beloved communitygrown festival is the longest continuing event of its type in North America. The Yorkton Film Festival is both a forum for collaboration and networking between Canadian filmmakers, as well as a showcase for honoring our country’s best filmography through the annual Golden Sheaf Awards. Through Creative Saskatchewan, our government proudly invested $12 million in 2023-24 to facilitate the province’s creative industry in film and television, funding that has supported several documentaries, children’s, dramatic and comedy series. Thank you to the board of directors, festival staff, volunteers and film industry professionals for your commitment to this event. All the best for a very successful festival in 2024.

THE HONOURABLE GREG OTTENBREIT MLA, City of Yorkton As the Member of the Legislature for Yorkton, I extend a warm welcome to all attending the 2024 Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival! For the past 77 years, this event celebrates the creativity and talent within our community and beyond. As you gather to enjoy the diverse array of cinematic expressions, may you be inspired by the stories told, the artistry displayed, and the connections forged. Your presence contributes to the vibrant cultural tapestry of our region, fostering innovation and dialogue. Let us embrace the power of storytelling to enlighten, entertain, and unite us all. Wishing filmmakers, attendees, and organizers alike an enriching and memorable experience. Together, let's celebrate the magic of cinema and the spirit of Yorkton's artistic community!

MRS. CATHAY WAGANTALL Member of Parliament, Yorkton-Melville In a world where change is continual, there is incredible comfort in routine and consistency, and I am very proud that my constituency is home to the annual event with the Yorkton Film Festival. Seeing those Golden Sheaf posters pop up around Yorkton over the recent months has been a welcome reminder that creativity through “film“ is alive and well! This year is the 77th anniversary, and the YFF is now charting its own course as longest running film festival in North America. The change and adaptation of the industry over the span of 77 years is almost incomprehensible, but the constant remains the willingness of these talented filmmakers to share their vision and stories.

So, welcome to the federal riding of Yorkton-Melville, and congratulations to every filmmaker and Golden Sheaf recipient, and to the YFF staff and Board of Directors.

THE GOLDEN SHEAF AWARD The original award given out by the Yorkton Film Council was a people’s choice certificate of merit voted on by the audience. In 1956, one of the first adjudicators, Frank Moriss of the Winnipeg Free Press, suggested that Yorkton should have a grand prize. The wheat fields surrounding Yorkton inspired the idea for “The Golden Sheaf“ award. Unanimously approved, the Winnipeg Brass Company designed and produced the first award. Made of metal, the first statues looked like a bouquet of wheat. An engraved metal plaque was used in the 1960s, with a new statue introduced in the 1970s. Jim Trinder of Yorkton designed the bronze sheaf we know today – a symbol of the Yorkton Film Festival and excellence in Canadian Short Film.

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MESSAGES HIS WORSHIP MITCH HIPPSLEY Mayor of Yorkton It is an incredible privilege to Welcome YOU, the creative visionaries, contributors, students, mentors and participants to the 2024 Yorkton Film Festival. Yorkton takes great pride in supporting and hosting the longest running film festival in North America. We Proudly BOAST 77 Years! Our community truly gets very excited in the “buzz“ in seeing the new productions and meeting you all! Our Golden Sheaf Awards is world-renowned in having the greatest of talented and creative minds that truly lead the way in the film industry. This year marks the extraordinary 77th Anniversary of the awards. Our numerous proud volunteers and leaders in our community are honored to be part of the Golden Sheaf Awards. The conversations and memories that stem from this event are pinnacle experiences to all who are involved. One must never underestimate the simplest of conversations that becomes the “birthplace“ of a great production! Our city’s motto is “Where Good things Happen“ and the Golden Sheaf Awards truly exemplifies this motto. I sincerely hope you will leave with great memories of our landmark festival. On behalf of City Council and myself, we wish you numerous successes in life, but particularly in creating new visual pieces of art for the world to enjoy! THANK YOU for making your way to our GREAT city and THANK YOU for all your contributions to our world!

MS. SUZANNE GUÈVREMONT Government Film Commissioner & Chairperson, National Film Board of Canada Thanks to the dedication of organizers and the enthusiastic support from generations of festival-goers, the Yorkton Film Festival is a unique showcase for the cinematic arts, here in the heart of the Prairies. I’m proud that the National Film Board of Canada has been a part of your great story from the very beginning. Today, we’re working hard to ensure that the NFB remains engaged with people throughout Saskatchewan and across the country. Congratulations to all of you who have made the Festival such a special event, each and every year.

JULIE ROY Executive Director & CEO, Telefilm Canada Showcasing and celebrating the works of Canadian creators is at the heart of what we do at Telefilm. That is why we are proud to partner with the Yorkton Film Festival, to further boost our support for Canadian creatives at home and around the world. At Telefilm, we are uniquely positioned to finance and support every stage of a film’s career, from development and production, all the way to film festivals. In this ever-evolving audiovisual landscape, we are thankful to partner with engaging festivals such as with the Yorkton Film Festival to bring audiences compelling stories made and told by Canadians. The diversity of our storytelling is one that puts Canada in the forefront of a global stage and is what sets us apart.Festivals continue to play an important role in the film industry, growing the talent pool as well as promoting a communal experience for audiences to celebrate and connect with distinctive Canadian films and the talent behind them. We encourage you to keep supporting Canadian talent in theatres and on digital platforms!

MR. CORY FURMAN Chair, SK Arts Congratulations to the Yorkton Film Festival for another successful celebration of media arts and the work of film artists in Saskatchewan. As a provincial arts funder, SK Arts is grateful for another opportunity to support this year's activities through our long-standing partnership with SaskCulture, funded by Sask Lotteries. As always, we thank the Festival team of staff and volunteers for their contributions to Saskatchewan's media arts landscape.

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MESSAGES JAN SEIBEL Chair, SaskCulture SaskCulture Inc. congratulates the Yorkton Film Festival on 77 years of celebrating excellence in Canadian short films. The YFF and the Golden Sheaf Awards have been an integral part of the community by bringing people together in a forum for creative discussion and the celebration of short film during the festival weekend and at year-round events and screenings. The YFF showcases the best in storytelling through film, and offers industry expertise, networking, and opportunities for creative and cultural inspiration and growth. I’d also like to acknowledge the contribution of the Sask Lotteries. Sask Lotteries is the main fundraiser for sport, culture and recreation in the province and is instrumental to ensuring that cultural activity – ranging from galleries and museums to cultural forums, languages, multicultural festivals and more – fosters the growth of inclusive and engaged communities, individual well-being, and overall quality of life throughout the province. SaskCulture is in a very privileged position as the manager for the Culture Section of the Sask Lotteries Trust Fund. By purchasing lottery tickets, your money goes back to support many different cultural activities taking place in Saskatchewan communities each year. SaskCulture congratulates all nominees and welcomes all festival participants to Yorkton Thanks to the staff, the many volunteers, and the people of Yorkton, for their dedication to North America’s longest-running film festival.

MS. VAL CREIGHTON President & CEO , Canada Media Fund The Canada Media Fund (CMF) is honoured to once again partner with the Yorkton Film Festival for our twelfth consecutive year. It's a privilege to be a part of the 77-year story of the longest-standing film festival in North America. I want to extend my heartfelt appreciation to all those who have dedicated their time and efforts over the years, providing invaluable opportunities for Canadian creators to showcase their work and for audiences to connect with their stories, right here in Saskatchewan. I look forward to joining in on the festivities at the 2024 edition and celebrating exceptional Canadian talent. Enjoy the festival!

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MESSAGES MS. ERIN DEAN CEO, Creative Saskatchewan Celebrating 10 years as the official film commission for the province, Creative Saskatchewan is delighted to be a presenting partner of the Yorkton Film Festival. The film industry is a strong contributor to Saskatchewan’s economic growth through job creation, skills development, local expenditures, and external investment. The future of Saskatchewan's film sector is bright, especially with advancements in virtual production technology on the horizon, it’s an exciting time for our province. Thank you to the Yorkton Film Festival for providing a valuable platform to showcase local producers’ work and garnering well-deserved recognition of their success. We eagerly anticipate another successful event!

RON IRVINE & JOANNE MCDONALD Co-Chairs, Yorkton Film Festival of Canada We are thrilled to have you join us for a celebration of cinematic excellence, creativity, and storytelling! Whether you're a seasoned filmmaker, an aspiring talent, or simply someone who loves watching films, YFF promises to ignite your imagination and take you on a journey of discovery, inspiration, and so much more. YFF is much more than the festival weekend- year round programming includes local community screenings, outreach, and other events. The festival staff, board, and committees are dedicated to bringing their best and continue to keep YFF a vital part of Yorkton and our filmmaking communities throughout Canada. Months of planning, film adjudication and preparation culminate in our festival weekend- from screenings and workshops to panel discussions and networking events. Closing the festival, Golden Sheafs will be awarded at our Gala on Saturday night. Congratulations to all who entered, were nominated, or will win! We hope the festival will be a memorable and enriching experience for all. Through the lens of cinema, we gain new insights, forge connections, and cultivate knowledge of experiences beyond our own. In a world that often feels divided, film has the unique power to bridge gaps, spark dialogue, and foster understanding. Let us embrace this transformative potential and use it to create a brighter, more inclusive future for all. We appreciate all the sponsors and volunteers- both here in Yorkton and in Canada- your investment in the festival not only enriches the cultural fabric of our community but also provides filmmakers with the platform they need to share their stories with the world. Thank you for your unwavering commitment and partnership—we couldn't do it without you!

RANDY GOULDEN Executive Director, Yorkton Film Festival It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Yorkton Film Festival. Established in 1947, and North America’s longest running film festival, YFF is proud to continue the tradition established by our founders. A festival like ours does not continue for 77 years without the passion and dedication of everyone involved. A monumental thank you to our board members, programming committee, jury committee, jury members and volunteers for all the work you do to make our festival a success. We cannot thank you enough for all that you do to keep us going as North America’s longest running film festival. We salute everyone for the perseverance in continuing the tradition. I’d also like to extend my sincerest thanks to all our festival partners; from the local, provincial to the national, we are fortunate to have many businesses and organizations who contribute to the success of our festival. Whether they exist within the film industry, or whether they’re supportive of the industry, many have stepped forward and helped us celebrate the best in Canadian short film. And lastly, and importantly, thank you to all the filmmakers who have submitted films to this year’s festival. Our congratulations to all the nominees and recipients of the 2024 Golden Sheaf Awards. Thank you for joining us and here’s to 77 more years of great Canadian short film!

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FESTIVAL STAFF

Top row, from left to right: Steve Allen, Kelly Herron, Ron Irvine (Co-Chair) and Ursula Lawson

Executive Director Festival Coordinator Summer Student Summer Student

Second row, from left to right: Dana Lesiuk, Shelley MacDougall, Joanne McDonald (Co-Chair) and Bob Maloney Third row, from left to right: Randy Shumay, Leslea Mair and Jim Krysko

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Randy Goulden Taynika Walker Hudson Smith Amarah Goulden

HONOURARY PATRONS Festival Ambassador, the late Alan Bailey Her Honour, Madam Justice Nancy Morrison Founding Member, the late Ruth Shaw

IN MEMORIAM NORMAN JEWISON Norman Jewison's Oscar-winning films explored the social issues of a turbulent age. The Canadian-born director brought his success back home to nurture new generations of talent with his support of film festivals, including The Yorkton Film Festival.

Photo by Peter Bregg.

CATEGORIES ANIMATION

Aphasia Monstr No More Kîyâm Old Dragon Man Pilgrim Return to Hairy Hill Speak! The Barking Mad World of Germany's Talking Dogs (1910-1945) The Girl With the Red Beret The man who collects elastics The Skytrain Two Apples Two One Two Yuki vs. Panda

BEST COMMERCIAL (NEW)

Heritage Minute - “Mary Bonnie“ Baker Prince George Hospice - Live with Dying Prince Rupert Recruitment Stick with Safety - Love You Forever Stick with Safety - Options The Perfect Match There’s Nothing Like Game Day! Trail Recruitment

BEST SASK. COMMERCIAL (NEW)

All About You Alpaca Bag Bathfitter Calian Agriculture - Bin-Sense Product Launch Enough Already - Workplace Sexual Harassment Extremely Driven Full Service Fuel Grant Hall Hotel - Clue (30-second spot) Here for farms, Here for families Lincoln Gardens Haunted House 2023 Pair Up and Save Regina Public Library - Book Hero - Child Regina Public Library - Book Hero -Executive Riders Home Opener RRSP Season SaskTel - Sharing SaskTel $0 Phones SaskTel Student Savings Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan - #AskForIt Campaign Sobeys - It Pays To Be Inclusive Stick with Safety - Intersections Stick with Safety - Take Care Out There

CHILDREN'S/YOUTH PRODUCTIONS Chums Harvey Ohskennón:ten Owí:ra (Little Deer) Steered Weird Episode 2 Stories of the North - Season 2 The Tweetations Revue Three Trees Warrior Up! - Episode 1 Why Am I - Season 5

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COMMUNITY TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS

AccessNow On Location: 2023 Treaty 4 Gathering Powwow Behind the Menu: Mabel Hill Flatlanders - The Obsession Ghost Kitchens Pinoy Talk Regina Pats Hockey on AccessNow Sports The 2023 CPKC Holiday Train Journey - Part 1 The Dino Hunters The Moose Whisperer - Prince Albert National Park Underestimated Wild Rice Guys

DOCUMENTARY ARTS/CULTURE

Arlene Carousel of Time CBC Nova Scotia News: New Plate Special Drag Heals Gift of the Artist Maamuitaau: Cree fashion show New York Mi’kma’ki: Gwitna’q (Land of the Mi'kmaw: Travel by Canoe) Moral Injuries Our Community: AIM Robin Poitras: A Thousand Memories of Dance The Society Page Waking Spirits Up: Indigenous Contemporary Art What Do You Think?

DOCUMENTARY HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY

All Play No Work: A Story of Dan Sexton Canada Remembers Our Heroes; Everyday After Flatlanders - The 1992 Mount Manitoba Expedition Four Mile Creek Gino: A Child of War Hebron Relocation Maamuitaau: Cree Media Anniversary Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher Passage to Freedom Searching for Satoshi: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Bitcoin Creator The Snipers Unlocking Family Secrets: The Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act (CBC Saskatchewan)

DOCUMENTARY POV (POINT OF VIEW) A Dark Blue Sky Before Me Echoed Words Hyphen Revealing the Invisible Running For Your Life Silent Cries (Kiayunik Tuhanak)

DOCUMENTARY SCIENCE/NATURE/TECHNOLOGY Apocalypse: Plan B Butt Seriously Cod Story In the Quiet and the Dark Inner Waves Losing Blue

CATEGORIES Modern Goose The Secrets of Friendship Walking with Ancients

DOCUMENTARY SERIES

By Hook or By Cook (III) Dark Side of the 2000s Farm Crime Flat Out Food: Wild Rice Ghost Hunters of The Grand River Guardians of the North - Episode 3 Guardians of the North - Episode 4 Intervention Canada 6 - Episode 4 Intervention Canada 6 - Episode 10 Labeled Nation Untamed North Star (Étoile du Nord) Paramedics: Emergency Response, Season 7 Plant to Pint (CBC Saskatchewan) Staying Wild - Season 2 The Golden League, Episode 1 The Other Side: Season 9, Episode 2 - Alley Of The Dead The Program Treaty Road

DOCUMENTARY SOCIAL/POLITICAL

Afterwards Cancelled Charlotte's Castle Deadly Wrap: Prison Body Restraints Deep Rooted Labeled: The Missing, Murdered, and Forgotten Lifelines on the Edge - The Covid Connection in Canada's Core Men at Work: Selling Sex Online Mi Nombre es Alex Trafficked Voices Unheard Of: Crisis in Deaf Education Who Do You Trust? Vaccines in the Age of Hesitancy Who Speaks for Charlie?

Why? Sexual Violence and Teens

EMERGING FILMMAKER

A Fish Story All Play No Work: A Story of Dan Sexton Aphasia Archive Traces: Margaret Watkins, Photographer Art of the Call Athegus Blood Money Convalescence For Roy Forsaken Hair or No Hair Hebron Relocation Icebreaker Inner Waves ISA Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher Nights Apart Pilgrim Pique

Plaansh a Roo Six Feet Over Thank You The Last Chance Casino The Root of it All The Therapist The Tweetations Revue To My Dad Unhappy Unheard Of: Crisis in Deaf Education What Do You Think?

EXPERIMENTAL bell-like Thank You Westmount Story Womb Envy You, Forever

INDIGENOUS

A Rainbow to Turtle Island Abaznoda (basket) AccessNow On Location: 2023 Treaty 4 Gathering Powwow Adrian Sutherland - Walk With Me Athegus Behind the Menu: Mabel Hill Cancelled Chums Fursona Guardians of the North - Episode 3 Guardians of the North - Episode 4 Hebron Relocation I Pity the Country I See If you hear me in your sleep Jeans War Lifelines on the Edge - The Covid Connection in Canada's Core Maamuitaau: Cree fashion show New York Mi’kma’ki: Gwitna’q (Land of the Mi'kmaw: Travel by Canoe) Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher Monstr Nation Untamed No More Kîyâm Ohskennón:ten Owí:ra (Little Deer) Oshki-aya'aa Plaansh a Roo Silent Cries (Kiayunik Tuhanak) Sometimes Stories of the North - Season 2 Swan Song Terror/Forming The Fighter The Other Side: Season 9, Episode 2 - Alley Of The Dead The River and Us The Scissors Treaty Road Waking Spirits Up: Indigenous Contemporary Art Warrior Up! - Episode 1

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CATEGORIES MENTAL HEALTH

Afterwards Aphasia Athegus Big Brother Canada 11 Blueberry Boogie Bossbabe

By Hook or By Cook (III) Canada Remembers Our Heroes; Everyday After Canada's Ultimate Challenge Cold Convalescence Dark Side of the 2000s Deep Rooted Drag Heals Erase & Rewind Fire-Jo-Ball Float Away For Roy Goodridge: The Price of Glory Harvey I Hate People, People Hate Me I Just Can't If you hear me in your sleep Inner Waves Intervention Canada - Season 6, Episode 4 Intervention Canada - Season 6, Episode 10 Labeled Labeled: The Missing, Murdered, and Forgotten Letha Lifelines on the Edge - The Covid Connection in Canada's Core Mi Nombre es Alex Monstr Moral Injuries Our Community: AIM Outside The Box Paramedics: Emergency Response - Season 7 Patient Expiration Pilgrim Running For Your Life Silent Cries (Kiayunik Tuhanak) Steered Weird - Episode 2 Steered Weird - Episode 4 Swan Song Terry Testament The Amazing Race Canada The Flower Darkens The Light of The Sun The Man who Collects Elastics The Secrets of Friendship The Skytrain The Steak The Teacup The Therapist Thereby Hangs a Tale Underestimated Westmount Story What Do You Think?

White Noise Who Do You Trust? Vaccines in the Age of Hesitancy

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MULTICULTURAL

A Birthday Tale A Failure Big Heart | Small Town Boat People Canada's Ultimate Challenge CBC Nova Scotia News: New Plate Special Desync Following Folk: Beatrice Deer For Roy Hair or No Hair Hogtown / Ainsi va Manu - Season 2, Episode 203 Hyphen I Just Can't Inner Waves ISA Lost in Regina (full pilot) Minsoo is Missing Our Big Punjabi Family Outside The Box Pilgrim Pinoy Talk Potluck Ladies - “101“ Revealing the Invisible Tantrum The Amazing Race Canada The Illegal The Little Shopping Trolley The Quiz The Steak The Teacup The Therapist The Tweetations Revue Trevor's first race Two Apples Unibrow Walking with Ancients Who Do You Trust? Vaccines in the Age of Hesitancy

OUTSTANDING COLOUR GRADING (NEW)

Fear & Trembling (Colour Reel) SGI - Stick With Safety: Impaired (Colour Reel) Grant Hall Hotel - Clue (Colour Reel) Stories of the North - Season 2 (Colour Reel) Searching for Satoshi: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Bitcoin Creator (Colour Reel) Walking with Ancients (Colour Reel) Who Do You Trust? Vaccines in the Age of Hesitancy (Colour Reel)

PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Adrian Sutherland - Walk With Me Float Away Following Folk: Beatrice Deer Hubris I Pity the Country If you hear me in your sleep Mountain Road Sometimes The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer - Live at the King Eddy Unhappy

CATEGORIES RUTH SHAW AWARD

AccessNow On Location: 2023 Treaty 4 Gathering Powwow All In - The SIGA Story Art of the Call Best of Saskatchewan Big Heart | Small Town Blind Adventures with Ron Walsh and Friends Canada Remembers Our Heroes: Everyday After Changed Fates Chums Echoed Words Fear & Trembling Flat Out Food: Wild Rice Flickering Away Guardians of the North - Episode 3 Guardians of the North - Episode 4 Lost in Regina (full pilot) Our Community: AIM Paramedics: Emergency Response, Season 7 Pen Pals Pilgrim Plant to Pint (CBC Saskatchewan) Regina Pats Hockey on AccessNow Sports Robin Poitras: A Thousand Memories of Dance Sometimes Staying Wild - Season 2 Steered Weird Episode 2 Steered Weird Episode 4 Stories of the North - Season 2 Swan Song The 2023 CPKC Holiday Train Journey - Part 1 The Last Judgment of Dogbone, Saskatchewan The Moose Whisperer - Prince Albert National Park The Other Side Season 9 - Episode 2 - Alley Of The Dead This is Maki Treaty Road Trevor's First Race Unheard Of: Crisis in Deaf Education Unlocking family secrets: The impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act (CBC Saskatchewan) Westmount Story Zarqa Season 2

SERIES

Big Brother Canada 11 Big Heart | Small Town Blind Adventures with Ron Walsh and Friends Canada's Ultimate Challenge Dating Unlocked - Season 2 El Toro - Episode 5 Hogtown / Ainsi va Manu: Season 2, Episode 203 I Hate People, People Hate Me Lost in Regina (Full Pilot) Our Big Punjabi Family Potluck Ladies - “101“ Steered Weird - Episode 4 The Amazing Race Canada Zarqa - Season 2

SHORT SUBJECT FICTION (15 MINS & UNDER) [Insert Short Film Title] A Birthday Tale A Failure A Fish Story Adagio Archive Traces: Margaret Watkins, Photographer Art of the Call Bibi's Dog is Dead Bloom Blueberry Boogie Bossbabe Coffee Erase & Rewind Escape!

For Roy Heap Icebreaker If Walls Could Talk ISA Minsoo is Missing Nights Apart Over The Edge Pen Pals People Watching Pique Plaansh a Roo Roed Six Feet Over Terry Testament The Door The Good Word The Illegal The Light of The Sun The Quiz The Therapist The Whipping Boy Thereby Hangs a Tale To My Dad Unibrow Yellow Envelopes

SHORT SUBJECT FICTION (OVER 15 MINS) A Wondrous Blue Blood Money BrokeHer Cold Convalescence Evensong Fear & Trembling Forever Friend Forsaken Hair or No Hair Hayati I Just Can't Jeans War Mess You Made Oshki-aya'aa Terror/Forming The Infinite Andy Savoy The Last Chance Casino The Little Shopping Trolley The Teacup White Noise

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CATEGORIES SHORT SUBJECT NON-FICTION

All In - The SIGA Story Athegus Boat People CBC News Network: A Walk in Hugh's Shoes: The Toll of Longterm Opioid Use Evelyn Fire-Jo-Ball Goodridge: The Price of Glory Hope's Home Patient Expiration Sport Is More Than a Game - Keely Shaw The Last Judgment of Dogbone, Saskatchewan The Root of it All This is Maki Trevor's First Race

STUDENT PRODUCTIONS A Rainbow to Turtle Island Abaznoda (basket) Absence Makes The Heart Among Ashes Blood Ties Changed Fates Copping Justice Desync Disconnect Doppelgänger Flickering Away Fursona Harlee and I I Love You, I Really Do

I Remember I Remember (Je Me Souviens) I See La chasse aux grenouilles de la rue Wemotaci La Maison Letha Mrs. Rosa's European Vacation Nights That Won't Happen Outside The Box Pixie Rachael & Tom Remission Revolution: Marcello as Judas Roll on By Songs Versus City Spectator Strong Boy Swan Song Tantrum Tenth Generation Terry's Little Village The Eulogy The Fighter The Flower Darkens The Minute I Was Born The River and Us The scissors The Steak The Tangerine Society Through the Night Uncivilized

FILMS [INSERT SHORT FILM TITLE]

Short Subject – Fiction 00:12:21 D: Kory Orban P: Vincent Stander, Alecia Maslechko, Kory Orban, Jon Brinn In the mind of every filmmaker, there are two wolves locked in an epic, eternal, and fierce battle for control and influence. The combatants? The analytical left brain and the whimsical right. [Insert Short Film Title] personifies these cerebral hemispheres in the monumentally (or at least marginally) comedic performances of Chrissy Mozylisky and Matthew MacCaull, evoking the cinematic manifestation of that cerebrum arm wrestle in the form of a meta-troll of the short film genre.

A BIRTHDAY TALE

Short Subject – Fiction 00:12:38 D: Virgo Velasquez P: Karen Tusa Based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and 1 Corinthians 13: 11-13. One man's materialistic pursuit of happiness is derailed on the eve of his fortieth birthday by a ghost and three spirits who teach him the value of family over adrenaline rushes and the party life.

A DARK BLUE SKY

Documentary POV (Point of View) 12:20:00 AM D: Roy Cross P: Roy Cross A twenty-minute diary film that explores concepts of fatherhood and home after divorce fractures the family unit.

A FAILURE

Short Subject – Fiction 00:09:21 D: Oscar Karam P: Oscar Karam Amidst a heated argument, a couple remains oblivious to their surroundings and fails to notice the event unfolding around them while waiting for a train.

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A FISH STORY

Short Subject – Fiction 00:06:10 D: Yasmine Majchrzak, Michael Peers P: Yasmine Majchrzak, Michael Peers An eccentric old man in a local pub tells tales too tall to be true.

A RAINBOW TO TURTLE ISLAND Student Productions 00:05:57 D: Robbie Tait Jr P: Wapikoni mobile

This portrait introduces artist Robbie Tait, Jr. and demonstrates the transformative power of art. He walks us through his Turtle Island Handbook project which arose from a desire to transmit his culture and family heritage through his drawings. He also addresses the political side of his art through his Rainbow Tears project, inspired by a story about the political prisoner Leonard Peltier.

A WONDROUS BLUE Short Subject – Fiction 00:25:05 D: Roy Cross P: Roy Cross

The landscape – the emptiness, the abandonment, the relics of old cars and buildings – seem to contain the unendingness of sorrow. A man becomes a relic himself, a ghost dressed in the clothes of old times, and attempts to drive away from his grief in a vintage car.

Stories of boyhood and the poems of a dead lover pull him toward a new beginning.

ABAZNODA (BASKET)

Student Productions 00:10:26 D: Charlotte Gauthier-Nolett P: Wapikoni mobile Charlotte is a young Abenaki artist who makes black ash baskets. She carries on her shoulders the legacy of all the generations that came before, which pushes her to learn as much as possible about her passion: basketry.

FILMS ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART Student Productions 00:15:28 D: Amy Hameluck P: University of Regina

After finding out he has to move out of the country, a young couple decides to go on one last date to commemorate their relationship.

Along the way, they rediscover what it means to be with one another, and find peace in what lies ahead.

ACCESSNOW ON LOCATION: 2023 TREATY 4 GATHERING POWWOW Community Television Productions 00:47:00 D: Christopher Tyrone Ross P: Christopher Tyrone Ross

An AccessNow On Location featuring stories from the annual FHQTC Treaty 4 Gathering and Powwow. This shoot was very special because we had some technical difficulties covering the powwow, but through some quick planning from our team we were able to gather enough footage with interviews and drone shots to still cover the powwow in order to finish off our week at the Treaty 4 Gathering.

ADAGIO

Short Subject – Fiction 00:14:42 D: Emma Zuck P: Hanna Gulzar, Ollie Coombs As sixteen-year-old ballet dancer, Faye, prepares for her final solo, her desire to be seen by her middle-aged ballet teacher turns into stronger feelings. At home, Faye’s attempts to connect with her Chinese mother fall short, leaving her longing for affirmation.

ADRIAN SUTHERLAND - WALK WITH ME

Performing Arts & Entertainment 00:04:57 D: Brian Gregory, RoseAnna Schick, Kash Tahen P: RoseAnna Schick Walk With Me is about going on a journey together, and sharing the same path, even if you both come from different places.

With reconciliation in the forefront, it’s more important now than ever before that we take time to walk with each other, and be willing to see the world through the eyes of another.

AFTERWARDS

Documentary Social/Political 00:24:51 D: Romane Garant Chartrand P: Nathalie Cloutier Inside a shelter, women take back control of their lives by coming together and speaking out against the violence they have endured.

ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS ALL ABOUT YOU

Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Lee Jones D: Adrian Dean P: Ryan Howard Access balances industry-leading technology and entertainment with a real connection with customers and our community. We know that our work isn't complete until our customers are happy, satisfied and all problems are solved. At Access, we're all about you!

ALL IN - THE SIGA STORY Short Subject – Non-fiction 00:22:00 D: Tara Mewis P: NSBA

How a group of Indigenous leaders from Saskatchewan transformed the gaming industry nation-wide despite an enormous uphill battle.

ALL PLAY NO WORK: A STORY OF DAN SEXTON Documentary History & Biography 00:06:21 D: Emily Morrison P: Jeff Ross, Jeremy Atherton, Joseph J. Gillanders

All Play No Work: A Story of Dan Sexton is a heartwarming documentary film that follows the story of Dan Sexton, a 33-year-old man who spends his Fridays working at Boston Pizza, while looking forward to his summers spent attending Camp Misquah: a non-profit residential camping experience for children

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AMONG ASHES

Student Productions 00:19:42 D: Laurent Déry-Lauzier P: Marie-Pier Bourdeau, Zachary Côté After the hospitalization of a colleague, Louise, a fellow miner, causes havoc by vandalizing an office at work.

APHASIA

Animation 00:03:45 D: Marielle Dalpé P: Marc Bertrand (National Film Board of Canada) Propelled by a jarring, lyrical aesthetic, Aphasia pulls viewers into a disconcerting sensory experience. This striking and unsettling debut professional animated short

by Marielle Dalpé is a deeply moving foray into the heart of aphasia—a devastating neurocognitive condition that progressively destroys the ability to speak and understand words, afflicting many people with Alzheimer’s disease.

APOCALYPSE: PLAN B

Documentary Science/Nature/Technology 00:44:02 D: Caitlin Starowicz P: Caitlin Starowicz The world is starting to panic about global warning: can we turn down the heat through “hacking“ the environment?

ARCHIVE TRACES: MARGARET WATKINS, PHOTOGRAPHER

Short Subject – Fiction 00:14:36 D: Mary O'Connor, Katherine Tweedie P: Mary O'Connor, Katherine Tweedie Archive Traces is a feminist film about a Canadian photographer who struggled in the early twentieth century to resist gender norms and survive as an independent woman and artist. “Domesticated to death,“ Margaret

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Watkins (1884-1969) left Hamilton, Ontario to work in various arts and crafts communities in the United States, and she studied at the Clarence White Summer School of Photography in Maine.

ARLENE

Documentary Arts/Culture 00:07:15 D: Jody Racicot P: Jody Racicot Arlene is an uplifting short documentary about a woman following her life's passion. She refuses to get a ‘real job’. Why should she? She's been sewing whimsical felted creations, stuffed animals and ‘bunnyhug’ blankets for years.

Surrounded by her work with closets brimming full of recycled fabrics, she declares, “anything's possible... you choose your own adventure”.

ART OF THE CALL

Short Subject – Fiction 00:11:00 D: Tate Wrubleski P: Tate Wrubleski A young phone scammer finds success, or does she?

ATHEGUS

Short Subject – Non-fiction 00:10:33 D: Glen Reid, Maziar Ghaderi P: Patricia Marcoccia A Cree man navigates his intergenerational trauma through memories of his late Elder and a reawakening of his Peoples’ land-based practices.

BATHFITTER

Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:55 CD: Stuart Merson-Davies D: Stuart Merson Davies P: Tracy Satre An advertisement of Bathfitter's services offered to the greater Saskatoon area.

FILMS BEFORE ME

outside world. Each week, the Houseguests take part in several compulsory challenges that determine who will win food, luxuries, and opportunities to become the Head of Household (HoH) or win the Power of Veto (PoV).

An incomplete family story leads the filmmaker on a quest to find her mother in the British archives. The discovery of a photograph unearths a story of upheaval, desolation, and ultimately, transformation.

A lament for a mother whose life was lost, then found, in the dust of the archive.

BIG HEART | SMALL TOWN

Documentary POV (Point of View) 00:17:57 D: Penny McCann P: Penny McCann

BEHIND THE MENU: MABEL HILL Community Television Productions 00:24:27 D: Tristen Cosens P: Tristen Cosens

Growing up on his grandparents’ farm, Chef Michael Brownlee learned the value of a farm to table lifestyle. Mabel Hill brings fine dining and stunning atmosphere to Saskatchewan thanks to a family effort.

BELL-LIKE

Series 00:21:00 D: Felipe Gomez P: Felipe Gomez

Big Heart | Small Town web series explores Saskatchewan’s Indigenous food traditions and businesses by taste-tripping through the landscape with local experts and knowledge keepers, as they share how they are making Saskatchewan an international culinary experience.

BIKTRIX ELECTRIC BIKES EXTREMELY DRIVEN

Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:01:00 CD: Nathan Grayston D: Nathan Grayston P: Nathan Grayston

Experimental 00:04:00 D: Michael Yaroshevsky P: Michael Yaroshevsky

A 60-second ad spot for the launch of a new electric bike featuring a game-changing drivetrain system developed in-house by Biktrix.

A year, made of horizon-fired days, bell-like, vaulted hollow. Empty by design...

BLIND ADVENTURES WITH RON WALSH AND FRIENDS

BIBI'S DOG IS DEAD

Short Subject – Fiction 00:12:20 D: Shervin Kermani P: Shervin Kermani, Bryn McAuley, Angela Silcock Bibi's dog is dead. But Bibi's ex is alive. She really shouldn't call him, right?

BIG BROTHER CANADA SEASON 11 Series 00:45:35 D: Dave Russell P: John Brunton, Erin Brock

Series 00:22:00 D: Glen Kerby P: Anthony Towstego

Throughout life, we all encounter people who seem to rise to a different level. How such people attain greatness doesn't seem explainable. Everyone has gifts, even special gifts, but not everyone can take their extraordinary gifts and mold themselves into something unforgettable. Ron Walsh has found his ability and made an indelible mark on the lives of many who yearn for leadership, encouragement and empowerment. Blindness was no roadblock to his active life.

Houseguests are sequestered in the Big Brother House without contact with the

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Short Subject – Fiction 00:21:00 D: Jesse Nadeau Telfer, Matthew Paul Henry Donkers P: Jesse Nadeau Telfer, Matthew Paul Henry Donkers, Mitchell Ryan Mohr Denison A financially struggling father is confronted with a moral dilemma when he enters the criminal underworld as a contract killer to support his family.

BLOOD TIES

Student Productions 00:10:06 D: Emma Campbell P: Benoit Lamarche When his detective brother brings him to the active crime scene of his wife's murder, a distraught man must confront a harsh reality.

BLOOM

Short Subject – Fiction 00:10:57 D: Kasey Lum P: Angelica Stirpe, Kristoff Duxbury Bloom explores the concept of biophilia: our innate desire to affiliate with nature. Fragile after a breakup, Laurel searches for stability, only to form a strange connection with a houseplant. The plant takes root in Laurel's psyche; making her question where the plant ends and she begins—a metaphor for the interconnectedness between humans and nature, and the consequences that resistance between the two creates.

BLUEBERRY BOOGIE Short Subject – Fiction 00:08:49 D: Marty O'Brien P: Hailey Birnie

Teenage Owen must learn to see beyond the chaos bought on by his grandpa's battle with Alzheimer's disease.

BOAT PEOPLE

Short Subject – Non-fiction 00:09:59 D: Thao Lam, Kjell Boersma P: Justine Pimlott, Jelena Popović As a child in Vietnam, Thao’s mother often rescued ants from bowls of sugar water. Years later they would return the favour.

BOSSBABE

Short Subject – Fiction 00:11:00 D: Teresa Alfeld P: Teresa Alfeld Nikki Newstead gets sucked into the slippery world of Multi-Level Marketing, and is about to lose more than she bargained for.

BROKEHER

Short Subject – Fiction 00:21:54 D: Anna Cooley P: Sally Cacic, Lori Bachynski, Susan Carpenter A starving artist turned receptionist at a brokerage firm, campaigns for a raise from her cost-cutting boss by showing that even though money rules their world, people and art make it a better place.

BUTT SERIOUSLY

Documentary Science/Nature/Technology 00:44:08 D: Liam O'Rinn P: Stuart Henderson, Javiera Quintana Butt Seriously is a playful science documentary that follows intrepid host Anthony Morgan as he explores the wild world of the anus. Yeah, we know. From a beetle that can use its rear end as a weapon to an invertebrate whose butt is located in its gills, from a Norwegian vessel studying marine invertebrate bums to our collective cultural obsession with the human tush, and from an exam room during a routine colonoscopy to a Japanese lab working at the cutting edge of medical research…

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BY HOOK OR BY COOK (III) Documentary Series 00:44:00 D: Pamela Tomlinson P: Pamela Tomlinson, Bruce Cook, Micah Henry, Hannah Borego

Bruce Cook and Christian Bagg have spent many years facilitating adrenaline adventures for other people with disabilities. Whether racing on top of mountains or bungee jumping off the highest bridge in British Columbia, they know no fear and no boundaries.

CALIAN AGRICULTURE - BIN-SENSE PRODUCT LAUNCH Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Drew Sebesteny/Tara Mewis D: Tara Mewis P: Brendan Fehr

A farmer is constantly, and at inopportune times, startled by the need to check on his grain bins. If he'd just get Bin-Sense, he could monitor and automate his bin conditions from anywhere.

CANADA REMEMBERS OUR HEROES: EVERYDAY AFTER Documentary History & Biography 00:47:00 D: Anthony J Towstego P: Anthony J Towstego

Canada Remembers Our Heroes: Every Day After shares the stories of combat veterans who have survived traumatic events and discovered that they had received a posttraumatic injury. Their experiences reveal how they identified their injuries, found hope and sought healing through some of the most difficult times in their lives.

CANADA'S ULTIMATE CHALLENGE Series 00:44:10 D: Harbinder Singh P: John Brunton, Mark Lysakowski

Canada turns into a giant obstacle course in this competition reality series. Showcasing iconic locations, six teams are coached through grueling physical challenges by Canadian sports heroes.

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CANADIAN WESTERN AGRIBITION ALPACA BAG Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:25 CD: Joel Makar D: Joel Makar P: Joel Makar

An alpaca arrives at the Regina International Airport, ready to take on one of the best Agriculture Shows in Canada.

CANCELLED

Documentary Social/Political 00:40:00 D: Steven P Martin P: Steven Martin Cancelled is a cinema verite documentary that tells the story of the cancellation of 2021 Canada Day celebrations and a march between thousands of Indigenous peoples and Canadians that turns into shouting confrontations caused by religious preachers and protesters against vaccinations and threats to their freedoms.

CAROUSEL OF TIME

Documentary Arts/Culture 00:36:39 D: Adrien Harpelle P: Kelly Saxberg, Ron Harpelle The Carousel of Time is a historical documentary about the restoration and preservation of a 104- year-old carousel located in Thunder Bay on the shore of Lake Superior. For several generations, children have ridden the wooden carousel horses at Thunder Bay’s Chippewa Park and, although the horses are forever frozen in their stride, their carnival colours dulled, the wood chipped and on some cracked down to the hindquarters, they remain a fixture of summer recreation at the Lakehead.

CBC NEWS NETWORK: A WALK IN HUGH'S SHOES: THE TOLL OF LONGTERM OPIOID USE

Short Subject – Non-fiction 00:02:12 D: Yvette Brend P: Andrew Lee, Dillon Hodgin, Ben Nelms, Natalie Crowell Hugh Lampkin's spine is bent almost in half after a life of drug abuse and he wants others

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FILMS to understand the health tolls of opioids for those who survive. The opioid crisis has claimed 13,000 lives, but this multi-platform story talks a walk with a survivor and explores the lack of supports for people who survive overdose.

CBC NOVA SCOTIA NEWS: NEW PLATE SPECIAL

Documentary Arts/Culture 00:22:51 P: Emma Davie

New Plate Special is a celebration of Nova Scotia's growing and diversifying food landscape. Join CBC Nova Scotia News host Amy Smith as she tastes her way through how the province's food landscape is changing — one plate at a time.

CHANGED FATES

Student Productions 00:20:00 D: Anhelina Ihnativ, Hannah Polk, Yegi Zargar P: Hannah Polk, Yegi Zargar, Anhelina Ihnativ Changed Fates tells the heart-wrenching story of two families and their fight for survival as they escaped the horrors of war and moved to a foreign country, changing the trajectory of their lives forever. In this student documentary, Sasha and Olha share the most intimate details of how their lives were torn apart by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and how Saskatchewan, Canada became their new future.

CHARLOTTE'S CASTLE

Documentary Social/Political 00:59:26 D: Jamie Kastner P: Laura Baron Kastner Squeezed by skyrocketing real estate out of the city they helped enrich, a quirky cast of unlikely activists wages war to hang on to their homes, in one remarkable, upscale rental building, against a foreign-owned developer seeking to destroy the cultural landmark of which they consider themselves the caretakers.

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CHUMS

Children’s/Youth Productions 00:11:00 D: Dennis Jackson P: Eric Jackson A rag-tag group of furry friends on Turtle Island are discovering their relationship with the animals and their environment on Mother Earth.

COD STORY

Documentary Science/Nature/Technology 00:17:00 D: Noa Roginski P: Lorenza De Benedictis This is a case study of the Canadian cod fisheries collapse of 1992, investigating what the future of natural resource management holds, and what we can learn from our past mistakes.

COFFEE

Short Subject – Fiction 00:07:18 D: Kris Langford P: Kris Langford A man experiences the monotony of online dating in this short narrative drama. This is shown via repetitive dialogue, tight 4:3 aspect ratio and B/W. For accessibility this film has open/burnt in subtitles. Casting was both gender and colour blind.

COLD

Short Subject – Fiction 00:20:00 D: Liz Whitmere P: Karen Suzuki, Anna Gustafson, Tatjana Green, Liz Whitmere Jane likes things to be clean. Jane has just turned 40. Jane died sometime last week.

She’s cold all the time, her skin is grey, and her appetite is nonexistent. Something is wrong.

Her doctor, her friends, her partner, all tell her it’s normal —this happens to women of a certain age. Her friends are showing signs of decay themselves... It’s just the reality of The Change.

FILMS CONVALESCENCE

Short Subject – Fiction 00:21:00 D: Rachel Renaud P: Parker Renaud Struggling with addiction, Mara is forced into a run-down rehab centre only to find their treatment method is terrifyingly unconventional.

COPPING JUSTICE Student Productions 00:11:01 D: Alexandra Dunlop P: Annalee Dimpfel

After being told by her assignment partner, Ben, to “think more like a man”, a flustered investigative journalism student, Maggie Thompson, imagines herself as the male protagonist of a 1970s cop show working on their project in real-time. While in her daydream, she encounters the off-hand sexism of the 1970s and struggles to define how she wants to handle herself and the case under the pressure of these gender biases.

DARK SIDE OF THE 2000S

Documentary Series 00:44:07 P: John Brunton, Mark Lysakowski This docuseries dives into the unseen histories of the 2000s decade, revealing dark secrets and personal insights from the people who observed it all firsthand.

DATING UNLOCKED - SEASON 2 Series 00:20:00 D: Sam Coyle P: Charlie David

In Dating Unlocked, hopeful romantics from the LGBTQ2S+ community move beyond curated social media and dating profiles to find love in real life, and potentially share the key to their hearts. From the traditional to more radical, there are daters from all walks of life who share the same goal - to find a hook-up, a date or their one and only.

DEADLY WRAP: PRISON BODY RESTRAINTS Documentary Social/Political 00:10:46 D: Joseph Loiero P: Joseph Loiero

The wrap was created by a California-based company nearly 30 years ago, sold to law enforcement as a safe way to restrain individuals acting violently or dangerously, compared to other methods, such as pinning a subject facedown or using pepper spray or a taser. It forcibly places a person into a seated restraint position, ensures the now-immobilized subject can continue to breathe unobstructed. The company says the device is not intended for punitive or disciplinary purposes.

DEEP ROOTED

Documentary Social/Political 00:32:45 D: Kyle McDonnell P: Van Wickiam Did you know that an estimated 35% of Canadian farmers meet the classification for depression, and that 58% meet the classification for an anxiety illness? Deep Rooted is a short documentary that dives into the mental health crisis facing farmers across Canada. Featuring four farmers from Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan in blunt, honest and authentic discussions of mental health and suicide in agriculture.

DESYNC

Student Productions 00:12:00 D: Minerva Marie Navasca P: Asa Kazerani A young Filipina filmmaker attempts to overwrite a painful memory of her mother with a perfect narrative.

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FILMS DISCONNECT

Student Productions 00:08:50 D: Riley Wadden P: Jordyn Steckly The romantic relationship between two influencers is put into question after one of them deletes their social media.

DOPPELGÄNGER

Student Productions 00:10:00 D: Don Bapst P: Braden Brickner

At an underground club in the 1980s, a young man flirts with a mysterious older guy, as a serial killer and a new “gay cancer” lurk on the sidelines. Four decades later, in the midst of a new pandemic, the same man returns to the revamped nightclub where he meets someone as young as he was on that magical night long ago, stirring long dormant desires and fears.

DRAG HEALS

Documentary Arts/Culture 00:20:00 D: Charlie David P: Charlie David, Philip Webb, Tracey Erin Smith, Nico Stagias Drag Heals is a hybrid stage workshop and documentary TV series that follows six drag artists over an intensive month long workshop to build their own show. In each workshop, a guest coach joins stage director Tracey Erin Smith in exploring soul-deep story sharing techniques as well as the unique talents and skills required from a drag performer.

ECHOED WORDS

Documentary POV (Point of View) 00:22:00 D: Aaron Silverthorne, Judith Silverthorne P: Aaron Silverthorne, Judith Silverthorne Echoed Words is a first-person perspective on the impact of being a person who stutters, and how to find ways to manage the disorder to ease their lives. Jayan Juneja, a young man who is about to graduate from high school talks about his first-hand experiences from a

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young child and how it has affected his life and his current decisions about his career choices.

EL TORO - EPISODE 5

Series 00:42:20 D: Danielle Sturk P: Charles Clément, Patrick Clément, Jeremy Guenette El Toro paints a rich portrait of society through the journey of the Charbonneaus, a workingclass Franco-Manitoban family confined to English-speaking Winnipeg in the 1960s.

ENOUGH ALREADY - WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Drew Sebesteny/Tara Mewis D: Tara Mewis P: Brendan Fehr

This commercial demonstrates the emotional trauma associated with workplace sexual harassment. As seen through the mind of a woman working late, we realize how scary and uncomfortable her office now feels.

ERASE & REWIND

Short Subject – Fiction 00:12:14 D: Lauren Grant P: Ashleigh Rains, Lauren Grant Louisa can rewind time, but will rewinding erase her memories?

ESCAPE!

Short Subject – Fiction 00:12:17 D: Michelle Boulet P: Michelle Boulet, Sarah Constible, Carolyn Gray, Lisa Nelson-Fries Dean Gunnarson, world-renowned escapologist, has made a career of avoiding death. His first escape was his greatest -- surviving juvenile leukemia. In the wake of his illness, a magicobsessed young Dean meets a boy on the cancer ward named Phil, who also loves magic.

Together, Phil and Dean train in the magical arts but find the true magic is their friendship.

FILMS EVELYN

Short Subject – Non-fiction 00:15:32 D: Millefiore Clarkes P: Davy Weale, David Weale Evelyn enters the world of the wise and wry human that is Evelyn Christopher, and offers a little window into what we have lost with all our rushing around. Evelyn Christopher is 94 years old and still grows enough food to give surplus away to neighbours.

EVENSONG

Short Subject – Fiction 00:15:15 D: Malibu Taetz, Joshua Vanderlinden, David Mora Perea P: Malibu Taetz, Marlio Herrera Lira, Marlio Herrera Lira A lamplighter, given the lonely task of lighting hundreds of candles inside a huge cathedral, encounters a flame with a will of its own.

FARM CRIME

Documentary Series 00:20:00 D: Maya Annik Bedward, Maya Bastian, Kat Jayme, Stephanie Joline, Alexandra Lazarowich, Conor McNally P: Geoff Morrison, Lucy Cameron Farm Crime is a true crime documentary series exploring the largely unseen dark side of Canada’s agriculture industry. Rare sheep gone missing. Potatoes sabotaged with sewing needles. A multi-million-dollar pigeon breeding Ponzi scheme. These are farm crimes, and they exact a real toll on rural victims who don’t always get their due.

FEAR & TREMBLING

Short Subject – Fiction 00:19:30 D: Jeremy Ratzlaff P: Jeremy Ratzlaff, Shelly-Anne Mckay Under the shadow of abuse within her church community, Kit puts on a stage play adaption of The Binding of Isaac.

FEAR & TREMBLING (COLOUR REEL) Outstanding Colour Grading (New) 00:09:21 D: Jeremy Ratzlaff P: Jeremy Ratzlaff, Shelly-Anne Mckay C: Jason Rister

FEDERATED COOPERATIVES LIMITED - HERE FOR FARMS, HERE FOR FAMILIES

Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:01:00 CD: Tanis McLay D: Alex Stevens P: Angie VanCuren This spot features a day in the life of an actual farm family. The action follows their day and how Co-Op is involved in several different facets of their life and the community.

FEDERATED COOPERATIVES LIMITED - FULL SERVICE FUEL

Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Jason Korte D: Jeremy Drummond P: Adam Kitter, Alex Stevens Following the story of 4 diverse families and a number of reviews from real customers, we see how Co-Op can serve a variety of needs and is an ideal pitstop for any roadtrip.

FIRE-JO-BALL

Short Subject – Non-fiction 00:15:00 D: Audrey Nantel-Gagnon P: Nathalie Cloutier (National Film Board of Canada) Jo-Ann, a 57-year-old bartender, wants to be a singer and actress. Oscillating between spectacular and intimate, between extra and ordinary, Jo-Ann uses her daily life to stage her dream role.At the crossroads of genres, Fire-JoBall paints the portrait of a woman who loves all things rosy even if her life isn’t always so.

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FILMS FLAT OUT FOOD: WILD RICE Documentary Series 00:22:30 D: Adrian Halter P: Adrian Halter, Jenn Sharp

Jenn joins the wild rice harvest in Northwest Saskatchewan before sharing a meal that uses the ingredient in creative ways.

FLATLANDERS - THE 1992 MOUNT MANITOBA EXPEDITION Documentary History & Biography 00:30:09 D: Ivan Hughes P: Ivan Hughes

When a group of climbers from Manitoba, one of the country's flattest provinces, discover that a mountain in the St. Elias range was been named after their home province as part of Canada's centennial celebration but 25 years later, it remains unclimbed. They set out to claim the first ascent.

FLATLANDERS - THE OBSESSION Community Television Productions 00:18:58 D: Ivan Hughes P: Ivan Hughes

Climbers living in a flat province must find innovative ways to feed an obsession for climbing when there's nothing around to climb, or is there?

FLICKERING AWAY Student Productions 00:09:10 D: Kodiak Reinson P: Kyath Battie

As the Regina IMAX Theatre goes through numerous changes, one employee shares his stories about the path of film reels, and its future.

FLOAT AWAY

Performing Arts & Entertainment 00:03:24 D: Doug Cook P: Doug Cook Float Away pairs moving, personal lyrics with dark, atmospheric cinematography and

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stop-motion animation to express the feelings of isolation and hopelessness that come with mental health issues like anxiety, depression and addiction.

FOLLOWING FOLK: BEATRICE DEER Performing Arts & Entertainment 00:13:06 D: Eva Brownstein P: Lucius Dechausay, Mercedes Grundy, Eva Brownstein, Trent Freeman

Inuktitut legends and throat singing meet guitars and synths as Beatrice Deer creates her own sound known as “Inuindie.” Through traditions and live performance, Deer manifests her profound strength.

FOR ROY

Short Subject – Fiction 00:12:00 D: Vivian Cheung P: Ian Tan, Donna Cheung Inspired by true events, an imaginative AsianCanadian girl attempts to fold a thousand cranes as she learns to lose her father during his final days in the hospice.

FOREVER FRIEND

Short Subject – Fiction 00:20:00 D: Jeff Evans-Todd P: Jeff Evans-Todd, Braydon Langford A young woman wakes up in her childhood home, where she encounters an old friend who's there to deliver some challenging news.

FORSAKEN

Short Subject – Fiction 00:17:04 D: Zachary Forgues A short film that follows the journey of a lone survivor reflecting on his past while making his way through an abandoned and deserted world.

FOUR MILE CREEK

Documentary History & Biography 00:20:57 D: Ryan McKenna P: Becca Blackwood, Ryan McKenna Aurore Cormier died in a smallpox quarantine;

FILMS one hundred years later, her ancestors went looking for her. This is a documentary film that combines reenactments, family archives, and audio interviews.

FURSONA

Student Productions 00:05:00 D: Alyssia Labbé-Hervieux P: Wapikoni mobile The furry community is made up of people who use drawing and costumes to bring animal characters with human characteristics to life.

Fursona depicts the universe of Aly, a member of this community.

GHOST HUNTERS OF THE GRAND RIVER

Documentary Series 00:22:20 D: Peter Esteves, Jon Elliott P: Vanessa Loewen, Desiree Single, Sharone Ostrovsky Ghost Hunters of the Grand River follows a group of Six Nations ghost hunters (better known as S.N.I.P.E.) who have dedicated their very existence to gathering evidence from the world of ghost stories, paranormal encounters and the unexplainable. Follow along as they investigate haunted homes, hotels, museums and more!

GHOST KITCHENS

Community Television Productions 00:54:24 D: Taylor Brown, Laina Brown P: Kim Bell A cooking competition show – judged entirely by ghosts. In a goofy comedic mash-up of a traditional cooking competition show and a paranormal investigation show, Ghost Kitchens, explores the famously haunted historical Seven Oaks House to search for their ghastly “competition judges”.

GIFT OF THE ARTIST

Documentary Arts/Culture 00:20:57 D: Ron Chapman P: Ron Chapman

Artist moves artfully through the work, thoughts and impressions of a diverse group of sculptors who explore their craft at the extraordinary Al Green Sculpture Studio in Toronto, founded by entrepreneur, philanthropist and sculptor Al Green in 2000, and maintained as a gift.

GINO: A CHILD OF WAR

Documentary History & Biography 00:55:00 D: Robert Curtin P: Karen Storwick, Tony Battista Gino: A Child of War is a touching docudrama inspired by an incredible story of hope and kindness amid the chaos of war. The film narrates the story of Gino Farnetti-Bragaglia, a five-year-old boy discovered frightened, hungry, and wandering amidst the war-torn ruins of Torrice, Italy, in 1944, by compassionate Canadian soldiers. For the next ten months, Gino found shelter, nourishment, and care among his Canadian ‘guardian angels.’

GOODRIDGE: THE PRICE OF GLORY Short Subject – Non-fiction 00:16:00 D: Kevin A Courtney P: Kevin A. Courtney

Exploring the life of former MMA and Kickboxing legend Gary Goodridge and the price of his career resulting in the first diagnosis of CTE in living fighter.

GRANT HALL HOTEL - CLUE

Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Jeremy Ratzlaff and Timothy Lenko D: Jeremy Ratzlaff P: Jeremy Ratzlaff A creative 30-second ad for the Grant Hall Hotel in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

GRANT HALL HOTEL CLUE (COLOUR REEL)

Outstanding Colour Grading (New) 00:00:46 D: Jeremy Ratzlaff P: Jeremy Ratzlaff C: Jeremy Ratzlaff

Through a dreamy visual narrative, Gift of the

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FILMS GUARDIANS OF THE NORTH EPISODE 3

HARVEY

Guardians of the North is a documentary series that follows a team of dedicated First Nation responders who provide search and rescue, fire-fighting, and emergency response services in one of the wildest, most remote regions of the world: the boreal forest of Northern Saskatchewan.

Told through the eyes of a child with an overflowing imagination, Harvey is a poetic, luminous look at bereavement and coping with the loss of a parent.

Documentary Series 00:22:00 D: Colin McNeil, Christopher Triffo P: Dawn Bird, Christopher Triffo

GUARDIANS OF THE NORTH EPISODE 4 Documentary Series 00:22:00 D: Colin McNeil, Christopher Triffo P: Dawn Bird, Christopher Triffo

Guardians of the North is a documentary series that follows a team of dedicated First Nation responders who provide search and rescue, fire-fighting, and emergency response services in one of the wildest, most remote regions of the world: the boreal forest of Northern Saskatchewan.

HAIR OR NO HAIR

Short Subject – Fiction 00:15:10 D: Janessa St. Pierre P: Janessa St. Pierre, Geoff Manton, Graysen Sangster A young black woman has been hiding behind wigs for years until her alopecia is exposed publicly. She uses this experience as a catalyst to break free of the shame she feels towards her baldness.

HARLEE AND I

Student Productions 00:17:30 D: Oyinkansola Adedeji P: University of Regina Film Department

Children’s/Youth Productions 00:09:03 D: Janice Nadeau P: Marc Bertrand, Christine Noël, Pierre Méloni, Reginald de Guillebon

HAYATI

Short Subject – Fiction 00:20:00 D: Ozan Boz P: Eren Danisman, Ozan Boz, Ozgu Ozman Threatened with a takeover of his land, a retired farmer plans to give his son the title to his land. But when his easy-money loving son gets entangled in a bitcoin scam, he must learn to think beyond the confines of tradition.

HEAP

Short Subject – Fiction 00:12:13 D: Kyle Marchen P: Van Wickiam Caught in a lie, Isha is forced to live a double life after discovering a “utopian” society in the building next door to her dilapidated apartment.

HEBRON RELOCATION

Documentary History & Biography 00:15:00 D: Holly Andersen P: Rohan Fernando (NFB), Latonia Hartery (NFB), Kat Baulu (NFB) Filmmaker Holly Andersen of Makkovik, Nunatsiavut, always knew that the house she lives in carries within its frame the echoes of the forced displacement of northern Labrador Inuit.

In Hebron Relocation, Andersen explores what makes a place a home as she speaks with friends and family about how the relocation impacted generations of Labrador Inuit.

Meredith attempts to overcome an incident surrounding her friend Harlee.

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FILMS HISTORICA - HERITAGE MINUTE “MARY BONNIE“ BAKER Best Commercial (New) 00:01:00 CD: Chantel Ghenon D: Anita Ayres P: Brent Kawchuk, Jeremy Drummond

This Heritage Minute celebrates Saskatchewan’s Mary “Bonnie” Baker, an all-star catcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and a pioneer for women in sports. Mary “Bonnie” Baker is a guest on the popular TV game show “What’s My Line?” A group of celebrity panelists were tasked with guessing her extraordinary profession. Through the series of questions we see moments throughout Mary's impressive career.

HOGTOWN / AINSI VA MANU SEASON 2 - EPISODE 203 Series 00:19:36 D: Josiane Blanc P: Ania Jamila

Forced to leave her hometown temporarily, Manuela finds it difficult to adapt to her new surroundings. She has only one thing on her mind: moving back to Toronto. However, an unexpected encounter turns Manuela's life upside down, calling into question everything she's known up to now.

HOPE'S HOME

Short Subject – Non-fiction 00:22:00 D: Tara Mewis P: AMI-tv Canada's first medical daycare is a remarkable concept founded in Saskatchewan through a mother's frustration, heartbreak and unwavering love. 17 years later, this safe and inclusive environment is re-shaping the lives of families who have children with complex medical needs.

HUBRIS

Performing Arts & Entertainment 00:29:30 D: Jules de Niverville P: Jules de Niverville, Kathy Sperberg Hubris is an experimental docu-narrative that chronicles three individual journeys intrepreted by dance and circus artists, exploring a powerful storyline about climate change. Blinded by ego, their journeys sybmolize the collateral damage induced by a culture deeply rooted in individualism—serving as a metaphor for our environmental crisis and a need for a U-turn towards transformative change.

HYPHEN

Documentary POV (Point of View) 1:00:00 D: Gabriela Warrior Renaud P: Gabriela Warrior Renaud If you’ve ever been asked the question “where are you from?”, then this film is for you. Hyphen is a documentary film that pairs the beloved road movie with poignant and timely conversations about race, culture, and identity with 22 people who live at the intersection of several realities.

I HATE PEOPLE, PEOPLE HATE ME Series 00:15:00 D: Blake Mawson P: Bobbi Summer, Palmer Baranek, Jeff So

How are Jovi and Tabitha doing? Kinda shit.

As a chubby gay man and misanthropic trans girl, they don’t exactly adhere to the “ideal gay image” historically glorified throughout their community. They are outsiders amongst outsiders, on the fringes of queer culture and rolling their bloodshot eyes at the world around them.

I JUST CAN'T

Short Subject – Fiction 00:13:58 D: Lisa Rideout P: Lisa Rideout, Julian De Zotti While dreaming of becoming a famous actor, Aaron slogs away at a meaningless 9 to 5 job.

That’s until he’s called to his nearby hospital to play a standardized patient. But when his “big break” arrives, Aaron's special moment is threatened.

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I SEE

A young, depressed, sexually frustrated Canadian woman named Wanda is the ideal target for a Russian propaganda mission operated by two secret agents, Vadim and Volodya, who live in a van spying on Wanda.

They manipulate Wanda’s online algorithms to craft a hologram of a perfect Russian porn actor Oleg, with whom Wanda falls in love, leading her to convert to Eastern Orthodox and, later, a reclusive pro-Russian internet troll.

Ni Wapiten is a plea to better respect Mother Earth. In this poetic film, we follow a child's journey through the woods to his community's local dump. Playfully, he reuses the waste to build a bear, symbolizing nature.

I PITY THE COUNTRY

Four strangers struggle to figure out why they matched on Icebreaker, a friend-finding app.

Student Productions 00:13:04 D: Nika Botsu P: Nika Botsu

Performing Arts & Entertainment 00:06:00 D: Lisa Jackson, Conor McNally P: Lisa Jackson, Jon Montes A startling blend of archival and contemporary imagery pays homage to Indigenous sovereignty and resistance in this film set to Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s inspired version of Willie Dunn’s classic song “I Pity the Country.”

I REMEMBER

Student Productions 00:06:43 D: Sarah Hartmann P: University Of Regina Michael is planning to go to a doctor’s appointment for his pregnant wife to check on the baby, but at the appointment something unexpected happens.

Student Productions 00:02:37 D: Noémie Echaquan, Julie Ottawa P: Wapikoni mobile

ICEBREAKER

Short Subject – Fiction 00:13:55 D: David Eusebio P: Kathryn Bons

IF WALLS COULD TALK

Short Subject – Fiction 00:10:43 D: Aleisha Anderson P: Aleisha Anderson, Nathan Horch, Griffin Cork, Morgan LeBlanc Based on the adage “if these walls could talk”, an ordinary guy discovers that he can hear and talk to walls. His special power takes him on big adventures and teaches him the true meaning of happiness and fulfillment.

IF YOU HEAR ME IN YOUR SLEEP Performing Arts & Entertainment 00:04:32 D: Heather Hatch P: Heather Hatch

When you want to go home but what is home?

I REMEMBER (JE ME SOUVIENS)

IN THE QUIET AND THE DARK

A grieving son desperately attempts to reverse his mothers rapidly progressing Alzheimer's.

In the Quiet and Dark is a cinematic, visceral and lyrical exploration of our last remaining North American Hemlock Forest and one woman’s journey to try and save them.

Student Productions 00:16:40 D: Raphaël Benoit Pettigrew P: Nathalie Benoit, Alyssa DiMartino, Daniel Pettigrew, Henry Rosenbloom

Documentary Science/Nature/Technology 00:52:00 D: Nance Ackerman P: Teresa MacInnes

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JEANS WAR

Challenging your body, spirit, and mind to overcome internal pain can only be done by those who have self-belief. A community of people (The Minnows) come together to overcome and heal from life's tribulations.

This is based on my brother Jean, who took his own life in 1988. I wrote this film a few years after he passed. It's a tough story and film, but this happens a lot in the Indigenous community everyday. It's a story that I wrote that helped me heal.

Documentary Science/Nature/Technology 00:29:01 D: Kiola Werner P: Jenna Rae, Kiola Werner

INTERVENTION CANADA 6 EPISODE 4

Documentary Series 00:44:00 D: John Brunton P: Tom Powers, Thomas Chenoweth

Intervention Canada is a docu-series that explores the reality of Canadians whose addictions to drugs and alcohol, among other things, are threatening their lives and destroying their families.

INTERVENTION CANADA 6 EPISODE 10

Documentary Series 00:44:00 D: Kim Harris P: John Brunton, John Murray, Tom Powers, Thomas Chenoweth, Deborah MacDonald

Intervention Canada is a docu-series that explores the reality of Canadians whose addictions to drugs and alcohol, among other things, are threatening their lives and destroying their families.

ISA

Short Subject – Fiction 00:11:20 D: Marc Gaudet P: Joerg Erlebach, Marc Gaudet Our civilization is at a turning point, as AI begins to re-shape our lives. Follow the struggle of a young, professional couple caught up in a modern technology upgrade.

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Short Subject – Fiction 00:20:18 D: Marcel Petit P: Marcel Petit

LA CHASSE AUX GRENOUILLES DE LA RUE WEMOTACI Student Productions 00:03:54 D: Samélia Newashish Dubé P: Wapikoni mobile

Thirteen-year-old Sami loves animals of all types and sizes. In this intimate short, she shares her frog hunting technique and favourite place to get away to find these small amphibians.

LA MAISON

Student Productions 00:10:00 D: Katherine Burger P: Katherine Burger, Alicia Ramdeo, Damola Layonu, Steph Rene When cousins get together over a campfire to decide the fate of their late grandparents estate, secrets and lies are revealed that may tear the family apart, once and for all.

LABELED

Documentary Series 00:53:00 D: Justin Kueber P: Justin Kueber, Andrea Heinz, Sam Reid Labeled is a provocative eight-episode docuseries following Andrea Heinz, a former dominatrix and escort who spent 7 years in Edmonton’s licensed commercial sex industry.

In 2010, Heinz was invited to travel to Las Vegas by a wealthy surgeon. After being stopped and interrogated at the border, she was documented as a prostitute and issued a ban from the United States of America.

FILMS LABELED: THE MISSING, MURDERED, AND FORGOTTEN

Documentary Social/Political 00:53:20 D: Justin Kueber P: Justin Kueber, Sam Reid, Andrea Heinz Labeled: The Missing, Murdered, and Forgotten is a harrowing, intimate journey into the lives of three Indigenous women who were abused, exploited, and harmed during their time in Edmonton’s sex industry. This documentary provides an in-depth and unfiltered exposé of the intergenerational trauma and racism that many Indigenous people face – trauma which is deeply rooted within Canadian identity – and brings awareness to the 4000+ Women and Girls who are Missing, Murdered and Forgotten across Canada.

LETHA

Student Productions 00:09:17 D: Kaiya Senecal P: Sarah F Silva Our short film meticulously chronicles Letha's confusing journey, offering a heartwrenching portrayal of the harrowing experience of Alzheimer's disease. The film illustrates the swift degradation of Letha's cognitive abilities, where the boundaries between reality and dreams blur, thereby providing an intimate glimpse into the disorienting labyrinth of her mind.

LIFELINES ON THE EDGE - THE COVID CONNECTION IN CANADA'S CORE Documentary Social/Political 00:31:00 D: Leona Krahn P: Leona Krahn, Sean Paranteau

Fran, Sarah, Beverley and Andrea live in Manitoba Housing and have for many years.

Life for those on social assistance in the Inkster area of northwest Winnipeg presents its challenges at the best of times. And when COVID-19 strikes in March 2020, these hardships are only amplified. The fact that food banks are closed and they don’t have cell phones with data makes it hard for these women to connect with others during shutdowns.

LINCOLN GARDENS HAUNTED HOUSE 2023 Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Cary Ciesielski D: Cary Ciesielski P: Hildy Bowen, Cary Ciesielski

Lincoln Gardens celebrates the end of harvest every October with Halloween events. This spot features the sights and sounds of the haunted house, and gives you a glimpse of the corn maze, and scarecrow burning. It dares Halloween enthusiasts to come in and enjoy the spooky season with their friends at the gardens.

LOSING BLUE

Documentary Science/Nature/Technology 00:16:40 D: Leanne Allison P: David Christensen What does it mean to lose a colour? Losing Blue is a cinematic poem about losing the otherworldly blues of ancient mountain lakes, now fading due to climate change. With stunning cinematography, this short doc immerses the viewer in the magnificence of these rare lakes, pulling us in to stand on their rocky shores, witness their power and understand what their loss would mean — both for ourselves and for the Earth.

LOST IN REGINA (FULL PILOT)

Series 00:45:00 D: Camille Lois Solari, Jorque Requena P: Orlando Braun An 8-months pregnant stand-up comedian is forced to leave Los Angeles and go on a comedy tour in her homeland of Canada in an effort to pay for her imminent delivery costs after discovering that her ex-boyfriend had stopped paying her insurance. While flying to Canada, she goes into labour and has to make an emergency landing in Regina. City slicker Cami is medically forced to stay there.

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FILMS MAAMUITAAU: CREE FASHION SHOW NEW YORK

MI NOMBRE ES ALEX

Cree fashion designer Scott Wabano launched his inclusive clothing line WABANO at New York Fashion Week.

Abandoned, sold, and beaten as a child in Guatemala, Alexander Chisholm Guibault is a survivor. This documentary takes viewers from rural Nova Scotia to the village of Tecpan, where his story began as a young boy named Jésus.

Around age six, his birth family sold the boy to organ harvesters. He was essentially given a death sentence, but miraculously, he escaped and has lived to tell his tale. Alexander Chisholm Guibault is still fighting for justice.

Documentary Arts/Culture 00:17:51 P: Lachlan Madill

MAAMUITAAU: CREE MEDIA ANNIVERSARY Documentary History & Biography 00:18:25 P: Lachlan Madill

CBC North celebrates 50 years of Cree radio and 40 years of Maamuitaau on television.

MEN AT WORK: SELLING SEX ONLINE Documentary Social/Political 00:50:00 D: Charlie David P: Charlie David

Adult entertainers have become their own studios, produce, shoot, and cast their own work – often from their home. And just like a Netflix account – people pay to watch. Sites like OnlyFans, Flirt4Free, and JustforFans have destabilized the traditional production, distribution and monetization of X-rated entertainment. The potential and risk to make the big bucks, along with all the headaches of running a business, is now in the hands of porn stars and starry-eyed newcomers working from home.

MESS YOU MADE

Short Subject – Fiction 00:17:00 D: Zack Hamm P: Zack Hamm, Lucy McNulty, Kyle Sevier Grieving the loss of her ex (and late for his funeral), Kate wrestles with failed expectations and moving on.

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Documentary Social/Political 1:00:00 D: Matthew Richard Millen P: Robert Everett Riskin, Donna Darlene Leon

MI’KMA’KI: GWITNA’Q (LAND OF THE MI'KMAW: TRAVEL BY CANOE)

Documentary Arts/Culture 00:22:00 D: Wendell G. Collier P: Wendell G. Collier

For the Mi’kmaq community of Miawpukek First Nation, reviving the tradition of Birch Bark Canoe building becomes a way to connect to the past and ensure cultural survival.

MINSOO IS MISSING

Short Subject – Fiction 00:08:00 D: Richard Dang P: Dila Dokuzoglu, Yany Keo, Sotheng Heng After receiving a vague text, Richard scours the streets of Toronto's Koreatowns, immersing himself in the language and culture, in a desperate search for his filmmaker friend Minsoo. But sometimes, miscommunications lead to unexpected adventures.

MISS CAMPBELL: INUK TEACHER

Documentary History & Biography 00:15:00 D: Heather Campbell P: Latonia Hartery, Kat Baulu, Rohan Fernando Evelyn Campbell was one of the first accredited Inuk teachers in Labrador and a pioneer for an Inuk-led educational system. As a residential school survivor, she overcame extraordinary odds to train as a teacher and pursue her passion for education.

FILMS MODERN GOOSE

Documentary Science/Nature/Technology 00:22:41 D: Karsten Wall P: Alicia Smith Able to navigate by reading the Earth’s magnetic field, at home on land, air and water, geese straddle the territory between ancient instincts and the contemporary world.

Combining beauty, humour and profound empathy, director Karsten Wall’s exquisitely observed film essay embeds in the daily life of these iconic animals to reveal a deeper message of continuity and connection.

MONSTR

Animation 00:06:09 D: Tank Standing Buffalo P: Xstine Cook, Amanda Miller How do you go on living when everything is taken from you in the blink of an eye?

A young artist confronts his inner demons while apprenticing with a northwest totem carver after the death of his beloved.

MORAL INJURIES

Documentary Arts/Culture 00:44:10 D: Nicholas Treeshin P: Meghan Duffy World-renowned ceramist Jordan Van Sewell, whose work is a mad-melange of fantastical and socially provocative character studies, is at a crossroads. His gallery in Winnipeg's Forks Market has closed yet his creative fire still burns hot. How will he stay relevant, inspired, and marketable, particularly as a senior artist?

MOUNTAIN ROAD

Performing Arts & Entertainment 00:03:49 D: Taylor Carson Brown P: Laina Brown “Mountain Road” is a music video for Boy Golden's latest single, inspired by 1960s French TV music videos.

MRS. ROSA'S EUROPEAN VACATION Student Productions 00:12:40 D: Varshil Ajmera P: Varshil Ajemra, DS Belliveau, Kirsten Rusko, Het Desai

Greta Thompson, the biggest silent film star of her day, has to come to terms with the end of the silent pictures and the advent of the Talkies.

With the help of her partner, Bette, and an offer from a rival studio, can Greta find happiness in this new life ahead of her? The film is set in 1927, following the release of Al Jolson’s The Jazz Singer and at a turning point in Hollywood history, when motion pictures went from silent to having sound.

NATION UNTAMED

Documentary Series 00:22:00 D: Sam Karney, Jeff Newman, Andrew Wiens P: Jeff Newman, Andrew Wiens, Sam Karney, Erica Daniels A father and son outdoor adventure series brings a young Métis (Indigenous) man closer to his roots, exploring the wilderness through traditions and modern stewardship of the land.

NIGHTS APART

Short Subject – Fiction 00:09:58 D: Marc O'Reilly, David Trotter P: Marc O'Reilly, David Trotter Two longtime friends ride bikes through their old neighbourhood. The night seems self-propelled and uncontrolled, as it often is when inebriation meets boredom and summer romance is lurking.

NIGHTS THAT WON'T HAPPEN Student Productions 00:11:16 D: Alden Doyle P: Alden Doyle

An infatuated couple living in isolation on a remote island begin to feel entranced by their wood stove. Their entrancement causes their respective psyches to play tricks on them, bringing past traumas to the forefront of the relationship.

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elderly artist as he paints a majestic dragon. As he brings the creature to life on his canvas, he is overcome with nostalgia, reflecting on the hardships and sacrifices he endured in pursuit of his artistic passion.

Mosom (Grandfather) doesn’t want to start a conflict after being treated unjustly by a medical professional. After a string of funny flashbacks, Granddaughter’s fiery encouragement reminds Mosom of his strength to expect better. Throughout Mosom’s journey, a good doctor shares important facts and reassurance that Indigenous people should expect decent health care.

OSHKI-AYA'AA

Animation 00:04:30 D: Lese Skidmore P: Lese Skidmore

NORTH STAR (ÉTOILE DU NORD) Documentary Series 00:15:00 D: Patrick Bossé P: Pierre-Mathieu Fortin

Short Subject – Fiction 00:20:47 D: Jordan Wanakamik P: Victoria Anderson-Gardner Daniel, a 17 year-old Anishinaabe teen bearing the weight of his unstable childhood, seeks reconnection to himself and to his culture.

Struggling with lack of food security due to his mother's addictions, he gets caught stealing food from a local convenience store. Thankfully the store manager knows his family and calls his uncle Bernie to come pick him up. Bernie brings Daniel over for a home-cooked meal, where Daniel learns that his uncle dances traditionally.

North Star chronicles the exceptional journey of Laurie Rousseau-Nepton, a young, Quebec-born Innu astrophysicist who’s leading a massive research project at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.

OUR BIG PUNJABI FAMILY

OHSKENNÓN:TEN OWÍ:RA (LITTLE DEER)

Patriarchal South Asian uncles clash with freedom fighting aunties in this heart warming comedy about a large boisterous family forced to live together.

Children’s/Youth Productions 00:32:41 D: Jonathan Elliott P: Jessie Anthony, Jonathan Elliott

On Christmas Eve, 1967, two young Indigenous girls are forced to battle the elements, confront their darkest secrets and work together in order to return home to their families after a daring escape from the Mohawk Institute Residential School.

This harrowing coming-of-age story was developed with survivors of the Mohawk Institute and is based on their real experiences.

OLD DRAGON MAN Animation 00:02:28 D: Doug Cook P: Doug Cook

Old Dragon Man is a heartfelt short film that follows the introspective journey of an

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OUR COMMUNITY: AIM

Documentary Arts/Culture 00:22:04 D: Lucas Frison P: Lucas Frison, Elise Beaudry-Ferland Standalone episode of the Accessibility Network's documentary series Our Community about AIM, an organization in Saskatoon that supports youth and young adults with Down syndrome.

OUTSIDE THE BOX

Student Productions 00:25:10 D: Ricky Gupta, Jordan Low P: Ricky Gupta, Jordan Low Xing, a young artist struggles to balance his passion for art with the expectations imposed

FILMS on him by his single mother. Personal aspirations and family are put into question when despite her disapproval, Xing participates in an art contest in an attempt to change his mother’s mind.

PEN PALS

OVER THE EDGE

A young man with Down syndrome pursues a romantic relationship with his penpal.

Short Subject – Fiction 00:07:04 D: Jenna Harder P: Jenna Harder Em just wants to get home after a really hard day but is pushed too far on her commute and snaps.

PARAMEDICS: EMERGENCY RESPONSE, SEASON 7 Documentary Series 00:22:00 D: Antonio Hrynchuk P: Antonio Hrynchuk, Ryan Malone

Paramedics: Emergency Response is a Canadian documentary television series that chronicles select teams of paramedics at Medavie Health Services West as they respond to 911 Emergency Calls.

PASSAGE TO FREEDOM

Documentary History & Biography 00:49:50 D: Sheila L Petzold P: Sheila L Petzold Through moving personal stories, Passage to Freedom captures the heart wrenching and courageous journeys of Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian refugees who escaped terror after the Vietnam War and made it to Canada. They fled in small boats on the treacherous South China Sea or crawled through the jungle to land in desperate refugee camps. Between 1975 and 1985, 100,000 of these refugees were given the chance to start their lives over in Canada.

PATIENT EXPIRATION

Short Subject – Non-fiction 00:05:15 D: Bill Reilly P: Steve Passmore, Bill Reilly

Short Subject – Fiction 00:12:30 D: Lucas Frison P: Lucas Frison, Élise Beaudry-Ferland

PEOPLE WATCHING Short Subject – Fiction 00:12:06 D: Kate Campbell P: Virginia Cowan

Two women on the edge of loneliness find each other on a bench at the zoo where the lush imagination of people-watching and their intimate connection awaken the wild of their individual longing.

PILGRIM

Animation 00:06:09 D: Narges Rezaian P: Narges Rezaian It is a surrealist autobiographic experimental short animation about my lived experience as an Iranian woman immigrant in Canada. It tries to address not only physical challenges such as accessing proper health care in Canada but also challenges associated with reforming my identity and belonging while experiencing “otherness” symbolized by the idea of insects, which also could be recognized as a true potential for rebuilding self-image freed from any boundaries.

PINOY TALK

Community Television Productions 00:30:00 D: Lealynd Messer P: Ryan Riopay, Jacob Jala, Doris Patel, Rey Caparino, Lealynd Messer Are you ready for an amazing ride of your life?

Pinoy Talk will take you on a roller coaster of fun and adventure as we bring you to the next level of Filipino culture and heritage. Join us as we our story where and when it happens now.

Another day in the Veteran's Hospital... mental health hangs in the balance, and post-traumatic stress can be experienced not just by the patient, but also by those delivering care.

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Short Subject – Fiction 00:04:55 D: Spencer Zimmerman P: Spencer Zimmerman A man seeks revenge on his highachieving wife.

PIXIE

Student Productions 00:09:55 D: Olha Byrledianu P: Olha Byrledianu, Damla Bozoglu, Jamie Ramsay

Pakistani) live in The Wives’ Colony in Mississauga with their children while their husbands work in other countries. They initially meet at potluck lunches, a weekly guilt-free escape from loneliness, where all the ladies meet and exchange gossip, flaunt their designer South-Asian wear, and unofficially compete in cooking skills to fuel their self-esteem.

PRINCE GEORGE HOSPICE - LIVE WITH DYING Best Commercial (New) 00:01:00 D: Daniel Stark P: Jason Hamborg

An intimate and contemporary look at a relationship dynamic which reveals itself within a day, and leads us back in time where the unkept promises were made without words.

Hospice care can be sad, but also wonderful.

This commercial sheds light on the work of the Prince George Hospice Society and the special moments they create that help make life's last moments special.

PLAANSH A ROO

PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY - PRINCE RUPERT RECRUITMENT

Short Subject – Fiction 00:10:45 D: Andrew Konoff P: Cole Vandale, Ryan Cooper, Andrew Nicholas Derek Konoff Jonny’s a Métis kid with big hopes for the summer — right until he breaks his skateboard. When he meets some buskers who know his grandpa's fiddle tunes, he realizes he could play fiddle to buy a new board. But is that really what Jonny wants?

PLANT TO PINT (CBC SASKATCHEWAN)

Best Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Derek Baxter D: Adam Kitter P: Derek Baxter

Following the real stories of local paramedics, this spot highlights the benefits of working in the remote regions of northern BC.

PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY - TRAIL RECRUITMENT

Documentary Series 00:24:29 D: Peter Mills, Kirk Fraser P: Natascia Lypny

Best Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Derek Baxter D: Derek Baxter P: Derek Baxter

A three-part series about Saskatchewan’s craft beer industry, the creative people behind it, and its impact on communities.

Following the real stories of local paramedics, this spot highlights the benefits of working in the remote regions of northern BC.

POTLUCK LADIES - “101“

RACHAEL & TOM

Series 00:24:01 D: Shazia Javed P: Shazia Javed

Ruby (25, Christian, Pakistani), Samina (35, Muslim, Indian), and Azra (45, Muslim,

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Student Productions 00:24:40 D: Maya Vukov P: Cierra Weija A teenage girl with a crush on her church youth pastor, leaves her small town to experience hook-up culture at university in the big city.

FILMS REGINA PATS HOCKEY ON ACCESSNOW SPORTS

Community Television Productions 00:29:00 D: Spencer Burridge P: Spencer Burridge This broadcast broke history as Daniella Ponticelli became the first women to do play-by-play on TV for a Western Hockey League game. Each week, our volunteer crew broadcast a Regina Pats Hockey game featuring multiple cameras, replays, commentary, real time stats, and more!

Broadcasts are available across all of Saskatchewan and this is made possible by our volunteer crew. They help in vital roles on the broadcast including, camera, graphics, audio, and switching.

REGINA PUBLIC LIBRARY - BOOK HERO - CHILD Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:15 CD: Ben Tingley D: Cary Ciesielski P: Hildy Bowen, Cary Ciesielski

A commercial for the Regina Public Library.

REGINA PUBLIC LIBRARY - BOOK HERO - EXECUTIVE Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:15 CD: Ben Tingley D: Cary Ciesielski P: Hildy Bowen, Cary Ciesielski

A commercial for the Regina Public Library.

REMISSION

Student Productions 00:12:30 D: Beryl Costantini Ethanmax Costantini P: Beryl Costantini A chance meeting between two people at a park teaches them the value of forgiveness, neither one knowing the full gravity of the role they play in each other's lives.

RETURN TO HAIRY HILL Animation 00:17:14 D: Daniel Gies P: Emily Paige

In an isolated prairie home, a young girl shoulders the burden of caring for her three siblings and navigating a dysfunctional relationship with their mother. When the mother mysteriously transforms into a bird and abandons her children, this resilient eldest sister struggles to maintain their isolated existence.

REVEALING THE INVISIBLE

Documentary POV (Point of View) 00:28:19 D: Marlene Millar, Tony Ming Chong P: Marlene MIllar Revealing the Invisible, weaves and dances through the telling of a Chinese family’s story – an imaginative jigsaw puzzle crossing between reality, fiction and fantasy with largerthan-life heroic characters. Creating a fractal kaleidoscope with dance as a portal that leads us to other dimensions of time, jumping in and out of a non-linear journey into the past and back to the present.

REVOLUTION: MARCELLO AS JUDAS Student Productions 00:09:45 D: John Pamisaran P: University of Regina Film Department

Is it human nature to betray one another?

Marcello a former member of resistance starts to betray his comrades for petty cash.

Everything changes when his friend Lando who he treats as “brother” was captured.

ROBIN POITRAS: A THOUSAND MEMORIES OF DANCE Documentary Arts/Culture 00:34:40 D: Larry J. Bauman P: Larry J. Bauman

An intimate exploration of the life and work of Lieutenant Governor’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and Order of Canada appointee Dancer/Performance Artist Robin Poitras revealed through conversations and performances recorded by filmmaker Larry J. Bauman over more than three decades.

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Short Subject – Fiction 00:09:53 D: Dawn Lambing P: Tara Bissett, Dawn Lambing An unusual road trip takes a turn for the worse as two fearless women risk it all for what’s right.

ROLL ON BY

Student Productions 00:14:28 D: Lyra Kathleen Murphy P: Lyra Kathleen Murphy Roll on By follows Sammy as she navigates the subtle brutalities of highschool girls and finally finds true friends under the disco ball at her local roller rink.

RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE

Documentary POV (Point of View) 00:44:01 D: Libby Lea P: Libby Lea Junel Malapad is a passionate runner who has built a dedicated following. Now, after more than a decade and countless kilometres pounding the pavement, is he is paying an unexpected price?

SASKATCHEWAN PENSION PLAN RRSP SEASON Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Drew Sebesteny & Chris Kleiter D: Nathan Grayston P: Nathan Grayston A fun 30-second commercial spot for Saskatchewan Pension Plan.

SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS RIDERS HOME OPENER Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Laila Haus D: Alex Stevens P: Alex Stevens, Makenna Heidecker

This spot follows a variety of Roughrider fans preparing for the 2023 home opener.

The diverse storylines represent a sense of community and shared experiences.

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SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS THERE’S NOTHING LIKE GAME DAY! Best Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Laila Haus D: Alex Stevens P: Makenna Heidecker

To entice excitement and ticket sales, a fun campaign was created to appeal to our football fans – who are known for creating helmets out of actual watermelons to wear to the games.

There's nothing like game day in Saskatchewan!

SASKTEL - $0 PHONES

Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Carl Sheldon D: Alex Stevens P: Alex Stevens, Angie VanCuren The story revolves around a group of friends who come together for a day of fun and connection. The commercial concludes by emphasizing that the most remarkable experiences in life are often free and revolve around human connection. The message is tied together with a reminder of SaskTel's $0 upfront phone pricing cost, underlining their commitment to keeping people connected to what truly matters in life.

SASKTEL - PAIR UP AND SAVE

Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Laila Haus D: Amy Mantyka P: Chris Miller Some things work better together! Local dancers showcase their amazing talents as pairs.

Pair up TV and Internet for great savings!

SASKTEL - SHARING

Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:30 D: Amy Mantyka P: Chris Miller, Allan Roeher Sharing just got easier with Totalshare Wireless Plans from SaskTel.

FILMS SASKTEL - STUDENT SAVINGS

Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:28 CD: Traci Deck D: Chad Reynolds P: Brent Kawchuk, Adam Kitter, Angie VanCuren This series focuses on students attempting DIY projects in an effort to save money though unconventional methods.

SASKTEL - THE PERFECT MATCH Best Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Laila Haus D: Alex Stevens P: Angie VanCuren

What goes together like a comfy pair of slippers? Internet and TV, of course!

SEARCHING FOR SATOSHI: THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BITCOIN CREATOR

Documentary History & Biography 00:45:00 D: Paul Kemp P: Paul Kemp, C. Hudson Hwang, AJ Leitch On January 3, 2009 the perhaps the world’s most extraordinary money invention was launched by a secretive character with the pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto. His masterpiece was Bitcoin. Mysteriously, and only 26 months after Bitcoin’s inception, Satoshi vanished with over 1,000,000 Bitcoin. His worth has reached as high as $70 billion, yet none of his coins have ever traded hands.

SEARCHING FOR SATOSHI: THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BITCOIN CREATOR (COLOUR REEL) Outstanding Colour Grading (New) 00:01:38 D: Paul Kemp P: Paul Kemp, C. Hudson Hwang, AJ Leitch

SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES OF SASKATCHEWAN - #ASKFORIT CAMPAIGN

Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:01:08 CD: Brendan Fehr D: Tara Mewis P: Brendan Fehr Blending animation with live-action, this cheeky ad pairs up flirtatious geese at a local bar. The “punny” yet pointed script balances humour with real-life scenarios and reminds the audience that when it comes to sexual consent, there is no grey area, only YES or NO.

SGI - STICK WITH SAFETY: IMPAIRED (COLOUR REEL) Outstanding Colour Grading (New) 00:06:07 D: Amy Mantyka P: Chris Miller C: Jason Rister

SGI - STICK WITH SAFETY INTERSECTIONS

Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Laila Haus D: Amy Mantyka P: Chris Miller This intersections campaign video is a lighthearted depiction of the many ways to be prepared when approaching an intersection.

A toy intersection that a child is playing with mirrors their parent, who is out driving and is encountering each of the same situations for real. Does our girl have esp? No, but it's a sweet and fun contrast of the two worlds, all brought together in the end when the parent makes it home safely for a hug.

SGI - STICK WITH SAFETY - LOVE YOU FOREVER Best Commercial (New) 00:01:00 CD: Laila Haus D: Amy Mantyka P: Chris Miller

To reduce deaths caused by impaired driving, SGI’s Love You Forever spot tells a touching story about positive choices that make a difference on

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No matter how many times, throughout how many years, how far the distance is or how late into the night it is, a single person can make a big difference in the safety of their loved ones and their community.

SGI - STICK WITH SAFETY - OPTIONS

Best Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Laila Haus D: Amy Mantyka P: Chris Miller

This impaired campaign video for SGI is a fun take on human internal dialogue as we explore (and depict) the questioning of finding a safe ride. The message is lighthearted and positive: the only option is to find a safe ride. Take care out there!

SGI - STICK WITH SAFETY - TAKE CARE OUT THERE Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:01:00 CD: Laila Haus D: Amy Mantyka P: Chris Miller

The launch of a new, post-pandemic brand platform showed positivity and hope for safe driving, as opposed to scare tactics and consequences. Take care out there, everyone!

SILENT CRIES (KIAYUNIK TUHANAK) Documentary POV (Point of View) 00:16:46 D: Navalik Tologanak P: Kelly Saxberg, Navalik Tologanak

Silent Cries (Kiayunik Tuhanak) documents the private meeting between Pope Francis and Inuit survivors on their land in July 2022.

As a respected Elder, Navalik weaves her personal story into the narrative to bring an intimate perspective to a historic event and what followed.

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SIX FEET OVER

Short Subject – Fiction 00:01:59 D: Nancy Kenny P: Nancy Kenny Uproarious chaos ensues when two unsuspecting women discover an awkward truth while sitting together in a funeral home waiting room.

SOBEYS - IT PAYS TO BE INCLUSIVE Best Saskatchewan Commercial (New) 00:00:30 CD: Stuart Merson-Davies D: Stuart Merson Davies P: Tracy Satre

Sobeys, partnered with SARC and EmployLink, work together to place person's with disabilities in employment that benefits everyone.

SOMETIMES

Performing Arts & Entertainment 00:02:37 D: Jeromy Desjarlais P: Brian Gregory Fehr A music video about addiction.

SONGS VERSUS CITY Student Productions 00:08:50 D: Matthew Hood P: Matthew Hood

As our world becomes louder, songbirds are forced to adapt, but they are reaching their limit and are at risk in the city.

SPEAK! THE BARKING MAD WORLD OF GERMANY'S TALKING DOGS (1910-1945) Animation 00:10:00 D: Dennis Mohr, Calvin Campbell P: Dennis Mohr, Calvin Campbell

Speak! is the madcap tale of Germany’s golden age of talking dogs (1910-1945). In this animated short, three dogs — Don, Rolf, and Kurwenal — steal the spotlight during the heyday of music hall and vaudeville, attract serious academic interest from the New Animal

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SPECTATOR

Student Productions 00:06:51 D: Bella Petrovitch P: Bella Petrovitch When Ivy stumbles upon a spell book in her local natural healing shop, she uses her newfound powers to spy on her love interest Elliot.

SPORT IS MORE THAN A GAME KEELY SHAW Short Subject – Non-fiction 00:02:14 D: Stuart Merson Davies P: Tracy Satre

Presented through the Sport Is More Than a Game campaign, Keely Shaw recounts her athletic journey in cycling after a lifechanging accident.

STAYING WILD - SEASON 2

Documentary Series 00:22:30 D: Lisa Unrau P: Jackie Kripki, George Tsougrianis, Ell McEachern, Hannah Hermanson A documentary series set at the busiest wildlife rescue centre in Saskatchewan.

A woman who knows no limits leads a dedicated and diverse team in a fight to save thousands of creatures each year. At its core, Staying Wild is about the animals. In this world, every creature has value. Cute or ugly, meek or dangerous, small or big, prey or predator, they each play an essential role in a greater ecosystem.

STEERED WEIRD - EPISODE 2

Children’s/Youth Productions 00:22:54 D: Landon Jorgenson, Carlee Smith P: Landon Jorgenson Twinkyboy buys a mystery package online, Birdman goes on a first date, and who keeps

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STEERED WEIRD - EPISODE 4

Series 00:20:00 D: Landon Jorgenson, Carlee Smith P: Landon Jorgenson Birdman finds a mysterious egg in his nest! Do Twinkyboy and Sheila have what it takes to look after a baby? Betty and Freddy discuss honesty and what it means to be a good friend. Learn a bit about medieval times and see knights joust and duel!

STORIES OF THE NORTH - SEASON 2

Children’s/Youth Productions 00:07:00 D: Jennifer Dawn Bishop P: Harmony Johnson-Harder, Allia Janzen, Kyle Burgess, Lee Crowchild A series of short Indigenous language-based stories featuring common events and themes of the North being passed in the traditional oral story-telling manner from an elder to a child.

STORIES OF THE NORTH - SEASON 2 (COLOUR REEL) Outstanding Colour Grading (New) 00:00:44 D: Jennifer Dawn Bishop P: Harmony Johnson-Harder, Allia Janzen, Kyle Burgess, Lee Crowchild C: Kyle Burgess

STRONG BOY

Student Productions 00:06:28 D: Brody Fitzpatrick P: Brody Fitzpatrick An intimate documentary perspective on masculinity, sexuality, and fitness through the lens of Daniel, a 25-year-old amateur powerlifter and bodybuilder.

SWAN SONG

Student Productions 00:07:26 D: Amika Lerat-Yeo P: Emma Campbell, Sydney Gray

FILMS Shiloh, a young poet in her early 20s, grapples with inner turmoil. After a suicide attempt, she seeks solace in her apartment and discovers comfort through sharing her poetry online, aiming to share her unique perspective with the world. While revisiting a video that would've marked her farewell, Shiloh confronts the façade she's been upholding.

TANTRUM

Student Productions 00:14:50 D: Soomin Choi P: Renee Foy When her Mother forgets about her upcoming choir competition, 7-year-old Moa resorts to desperate measures to gain her attention and secure her attendance.

TENTH GENERATION

Student Productions 00:14:42 D: Matthew Downs P: Lina Li, Matthew Downs While living in a church-run Maternity Home under the strict control of Catholic nuns, a seventeen-year-old unwed mother decides that she does not want to give her baby up for adoption.

TERROR/FORMING

Short Subject – Fiction 00:23:12 D: Rylan Friday P: Rylan Friday, Jordan Waunch, Cole Vandale, Melissa Jean Woodside Set over the course of one evening, Parker and his boyfriend, Darren, find themselves detoured on their trip and going towards Parker's late kokum's cabin. The men make a disturbing discovery which creates tension within the pairs already unhealthy relationship. Shot in one continuous take, Terror/Forming will show paranoia, anxiety and tension bubbling to the surface in real time as the situation escalates and devolves into chaos.

TERRY

Short Subject – Fiction 00:08:00 D: Dylan Duff P: Dylan Duff, Brianna Russell When an unexpected phone call from his father Terry interrupts Ben’s quiet night in with his mother, we watch him struggle to make both of his parents happy, a feat that he can never truly achieve.

TERRY'S LITTLE VILLAGE Student Productions 00:06:00 D: Jack Kukolic P: Jack Kukolic

Terry Wilson is an 80-year-old lifelong resident of Meadowvale Village, Ontario’s first heritage district. As development looms and begins to destroy Terry’s favourite place in the world, he recreates pieces of history in his backyard, crafting an oasis where it feels like nothing has changed. A beautiful tribute to his childhood, his mother, and his town, Terry passionately fights to preserve history in a world that’s too anxious for change.

TESTAMENT

Short Subject – Fiction 00:15:00 D: Jessica Landry P: Rebecca Gibson, Hannah Johnson After the family matriarch passes away, her estranged granddaughter, Ashley, begins the impossible task of cleaning up the affairs of a woman she never knew. Amidst the clutter, Ashley discovers a letter written by her grandmother, Rose, addressed to her mother, Molly, and in reading it, she begins to piece together the reason behind Rose and Molly's falling out, while bridging the past to the future.

THANK YOU

Experimental 00:10:42 D: Carlo Quicho, Summer Lynn Gillespie P: Eloise Cameron-Smith In a unique fusion of narrative and experimental dance, innovators Josie and Kristen grapple with the realities of their employers, a maledominated sex toy company. Suddenly flung into an alien realm, they glean profound insights.

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FILMS THE 2023 CPKC HOLIDAY TRAIN JOURNEY - PART 1

Community Television Productions 00:59:00 D: Graham John Condo P: Graham John Condo

THE FIGHTER

Student Productions 00:05:41 D: André-Charles Ishpatao P: Wapikoni mobile

Host Graham Condo follows the CPKC Holiday Train as it spreads the festive cheer along its journey through Saskatchewan.

André-Charles is a boxer. Sports changed his life.

He hopes his journey will inspire others to regain their pride and hold their heads high when facing life's adversities.

THE AMAZING RACE CANADA

THE FLOWER DARKENS

Series 00:47:00 D: Rob Brunner P: John Brunton, Mark Lysakowski

Student Productions 00:13:30 D: Philippe Berthelet P: Philippe Berthelet, Danielle Horne

Ten teams embark on the race of a lifetime, all vying for the grand prize at the finish line. Hosted by Olympic champion Jon Montgomery.

Alice, a graduating high school student, is unsure about all aspects of her future. Uncertain about her own talent and ambition, she seeks comfort from her mother, as well as her good friend Julien and the beautiful music he composes. This morning, during class, news will be delivered by the principal. This news will mark the the start of a complex relationship between Alice and absent grief.

THE DINO HUNTERS

Community Television Productions 00:10:27 D: Meagan Pyra P: Meagan Pyra Explore Diefenbaker Lake with The Dino Hunters and learn what makes this program a great hit for kids.

THE DOOR

Short Subject – Fiction 00:05:12 D: Peter Collins Struggling to deal with the loss of her husband, Mary has not yet been able to enter the room in which he took his own life, let alone even open the door. After starting to hear tormenting voices and strange noises coming from inside, Mary must finally confront the reality of her situation and open the door.

THE EULOGY

Student Productions 00:16:08 D: Adelaide Berardi P: York University Clarisse broke up with her boyfriend the day he died. Now tasked with speaking a eulogy at his funeral, her efforts to hide their breakup are thwarted when his ghost won't leave her alone.

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THE GIRL WITH THE RED BERET Animation 00:05:35 D: Janet Perlman P: Marc Bertrand

A girl takes a wild ride on the metro in Montreal. Travelling from station to station, she encounters an array of colourful characters in a bizarre musical journey that’s peppered with hilarious and unexpected incidents. This joyful, heartwarming animated film portrays Montreal in all its vitality, creativity and diversity, with plenty of humour and good cheer, to the tune of Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s timeless hit “Complainte pour Ste-Catherine.”

THE GOLDEN LEAGUE, EPISODE 1 Documentary Series 00:11:09 D: Vaida Nairn P: Vaida Nairn

Every winter in St. John’s, Newfoundland, a group of women, largely new to the sport and ranging in age from late teens to seventies, meet once a week to play recreational ice hockey, learn new skills and forge friendships. With their passion for the game, daring nature, and good

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THE GOOD WORD

THE LAST CHANCE CASINO Short Subject – Fiction 00:18:28 D: Jordan Johnsen P: Jordan Johnsen, Zach Meikle

A young mother repeatedly rebuffs two Mormon missionaries.

Teddy is a man who has lived many lives through the magical powers of the Last Chance Casino.

After experiencing a painful loss, he returns once more to the Casino where he meets with Charon, the Casino’s proprietor. The two of them proceed to engage in a game of cards with Teddy’s soul as the wager.

THE HARPOONIST & THE AXE MURDERER - LIVE AT THE KING EDDY

THE LAST JUDGMENT OF DOGBONE, SASKATCHEWAN

Performing Arts & Entertainment 00:52:11 D: Evan Uschenko P: Matthew Rogers, Shawn Hall, Kate Wattie

Short Subject – Non-fiction 00:08:44 D: Joel Brandt P: Rachel Navarro

The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer performed at the King Eddy in Calgary, using the adjacent Rolling Stones Mobile Studio (RSM), a marquee component of the National Music Centre (NMC) recording collection.

Germinating over three raucous nights, a live album was recorded and a documentary filmed of all the unfolding magic.

A reader for the Orthodox Church delivers a sermon in snowy northern Saskatchewan.

THE ILLEGAL

A hopeful story of a young boy re-imagining what his life could be.

Short Subject – Fiction 00:05:00 D: Constance Hilton P: Constance Hilton, Alona Power

Short Subject – Fiction 00:15:00 D: Amir Kiani P: Krishna Kolanupaka, Amir Kiani A young asylum seeker must find a way to avoid deportation before his court hearing, as his new arrangement turns out to be an unexpected and unraveling affair.

THE INFINITE ANDY SAVOY Short Subject – Fiction 00:21:28 D: King Dawit P: Daryl Ledwon

Andrew Savoy is forced to confront his past as an unsuccessful singer-songwriter fifty years later, after a visitor arrives claiming to come from an alien planet where his songs have shaped their civilization.

THE LIGHT OF THE SUN

Short Subject – Fiction 00:01:56 D: Christopher Ramsarran P: Christopher Ramsarran, Eric Cerisano

THE LITTLE SHOPPING TROLLEY Short Subject – Fiction 00:18:32 D: Laurence Ly P: Laurence Ly

Living on a shoestring in Montreal, a Vietnamese mother must act in bad faith to assert her right to buy 12 discount laundry detergents that she's been refused at a grocery store.

THE MAN WHO COLLECTS ELASTICS Animation 00:14:05 D: Carlo Ghioni P: Carlo Ghioni

A lonely child grows up playing in the yard and notices an old man's fear for life outside their house. He attracts his attention by passing him elastics. The old man is unable to be thankful

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THE MINUTE I WAS BORN

Student Productions 00:05:13 D: Sina Moazzenizadeh P: Capilano University, MK Meryk Multimedia visual artist MK Meryk has written an original piece, “The Minute I Was Born”, in which they question the Middle Eastern radical approach to queer community in their writing and how these tensions continue to resonate today.

THE MOOSE WHISPERER - PRINCE ALBERT NATIONAL PARK

Community Television Productions 1:00:50 D: Curtis McGillivray P: Curtis McGillivray

The Moose Whisperer crew heads out on an adventure to Prince Albert National Park with the goal of capturing as many photographs and videos of the wildlife as they can over the span of four days. Majestic elk, curious bears, sly foxes and much more make for some memorable moments that showcase the amazing province of Saskatchewan.

THE OTHER SIDE SEASON 9 - EPISODE 2 ALLEY OF THE DEAD Documentary Series 00:22:00 D: Sam Flamont P: Wally Start, Tyler Start

THE QUIZ

Short Subject – Fiction 00:11:23 D: Michael Khan, Jesse Khan P: Amy Fontaine, Michael Khan Dan Everly wakes up in a forest tied to a tree.

A mysterious figure promises that if he answers three simple questions, she will set him free. Short on time, Dan must decide what truths he is willing to tell in order to save his own life or face the consequence of failing the quiz.

THE RIVER AND US Student Productions 00:07:17 D: Myriam Landry P: Wapikoni mobile

Myriam explores the importance of the W8linaktegw River (Bécancour River) to her family and her nation through her memories and the stories of her father. The film also bears witness to this river which has been transformed over the generations.

THE ROOT OF IT ALL

Short Subject – Non-fiction 00:22:17 D: Kalyn Edworthy P: Kalyn Edworthy, Kimberly Gray A disconnected urbanite searches for a meaningful relationship with nature. Through the power of dirty hands and deep conversations, she discovers a community of regenerative Alberta foodies who are changing the system.

Fan Tan Alley in Canada’s oldest Chinatown is a place of untold secrets and stories, but one family discovers a way to reconnect amidst thousands of families who have called this part of Victoria their home.

THE SCISSORS

THE PROGRAM

At the sound of cardboard being cut, Annette remembers the first time she cut out animal silhouettes and passes on this talent to her daughter Katia.

Documentary Series 00:25:00 D: Greg Nosaty P: Lindsey Houghton For decades, Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs have carefully cultivated an image of being misunderstood motorcycle enthusiasts who have been unfairly treated by police. The reality, however, could not be farther from what they want you to believe.

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Student Productions 00:03:00 D: Katia Kurtness P: Wapikoni mobile

FILMS THE SECRETS OF FRIENDSHIP

Documentary Science/Nature/Technology 00:44:02 D: Judith Pyke P: Judith Pyke Step into the world of the “friendship detectives”, where scientists investigate the social lives of humans and other animals.

They’re on the hunt for hidden clues and patterns that will reveal the secrets of friendship.

THE SKYTRAIN Animation 00:08:28 D: Joe Chang P: Joe Chang

The world's first 8K, 8.5-minute experimental animated short film using “hands” as story characters. This short film tells a story about human love, ethics, war and the future from a unique perspective in a small train space. It is like a mirror reflecting the current situation of today's society and provoking our thoughts.

THE SNIPERS

that time, he has created a more comprehensive photographic record of the citizens of that city than anyone else.

THE STEAK

Student Productions 00:08:13 D: Kiarash Dadgar Mohebi P: Kiarash Dadgar Mohebi A birthday ceremony preparation gets upside down as something horrible takes place.

THE TANGERINE SOCIETY Student Productions 00:05:06 D: Braeden Mey P: Braeden Mey

A greedy detective is met with the ultimate temptation when he finds a strange letter, which leads him into the depths of a secret society.

THE TEACUP

Short Subject – Fiction 00:17:23 D: ZhiMin Hu P: ZhiMin Hu

Documentary History & Biography 00:14:00 D: Kelly Saxberg, Ron Harpelle P: Kelly Saxberg, Ron Harpelle

A teacup triggers an immigrant’s memory and her nostalgia. How she deals with this past affects her perspective about her childhood, her family, and her future.

Patrick (Paddy) Riel became one of Canada’s top snipers. His story, like too many of the 60,000 other Canadians who lost their lives in the conflict, was lost in time. His descendants knew he had died a hero, but they knew little else about him. The Snipers tells the story of Patrick Riel and the family he left behind.

THE THERAPIST

THE SOCIETY PAGE

Documentary Arts/Culture 00:28:00 D: Kevin Eastwood P: Kevin Eastwood

Short Subject – Fiction 00:01:28 D: Daberechi Anele P: Daberechi Anele A compulsive in-home therapist takes on a troubled young woman in an abusive relationship as a client - but not to help her.

After growing increasingly frustrated at failing to unearth the details of the woman’s ordeal, he murders her. Following the murder, the therapist comes across her abusive partner who turns out to be a psychotic killer.

For more than 40 years, society columnist and photographer, Malcolm Parry has been chronicling the goings-on in the city of Vancouver – first in the pages of Vancouver Magazine and later in The Vancouver Sun. In

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THREE TREES

A charismatic cast of songbirds take flight on a musical journey through a vibrant variety show, creating a fantastical celebration of cultural heritage and artistic brilliance.

As the seasons change, three little trees learn about themselves, friendship and their place in the world.

Children’s/Youth Productions 00:21:29 D: Fraser Collins P: Leah Tomlinson, Fraser Collins

THE WHIPPING BOY

Short Subject – Fiction 00:13:00 D: Victor Oly P: Natasha Advani Thangkhiew At Prince’s irrationally contrived birthday party, he is forced to confront the horrors he’s conveniently ignored when his best friend gets punished for his own transgressions.

THEREBY HANGS A TALE

Short Subject – Fiction 00:13:10 D: Aaron Yeger P: Sarah Jackson, Aaron Yeger Thereby Hangs a Tale confronts women’s mental health and generational trauma through an intimate personal story. Set in either present day…or 1989, it uses non-linear storytelling to examine the unreliable nature of memory and oral history. Anne, (Morgan Kohan, Sullivan's Crossing) interviews her enigmatic grandmother Mary (Rosemary Dunsmore, Orphan Black) to learn more about her life.

THIS IS MAKI

Short Subject – Non-fiction 00:19:30 D: Gordon David Pepper P: Gordon Pepper A short documentary film on Maki Yi's challenging journey moving to Regina, Saskatchewan from Korea and ultimately being awarded the University of Regina Theatre Department's Distinguished Alumni Award.

Children’s/Youth Productions 00:04:30 D: Mathias Richard Horhager, Aaron Hong P: Emily Paige, Mathias Richard Horhager

THROUGH THE NIGHT

Student Productions 00:13:18 D: Nicolas Flood P: York University School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design As supplies quickly diminish, Peter desperately searches for answers to cure his deathly ill daughter from her sickness. His only solution might save her life but will break her heart in the process.

TO MY DAD

Short Subject – Fiction 00:07:44 D: Cherise Keown P: Meghan Cosenzo A daughter finds closure in finally being able to say goodbye.

TRAFFICKED VOICES

Documentary Social/Political 00:44:00 D: Viveka Melki P: Debra Kouri Trafficked Voices is a call to action. It sheds light on a crisis that is right in front of us –human trafficking for sexual exploitation - if we choose to acknowledge it. Considered by experts the deepest dive into the aspects of this crime, this film gives voice to those who have survived a trafficking experience. And to the advocates who support their struggle and journey.

TREATY ROAD

Documentary Series 00:44:00 D: Candy Fox P: Hannah Hermanson, Doug Cuthand, Saxon deCocq, Ell McEachern, Candy Fox Treaty Road is a journey, both personal and communal, as two friends travel the old roads

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TREVOR'S FIRST RACE

Short Subject – Non-fiction 00:05:20 D: Felipe Gomez P: Felipe Gomez In this enthralling documentary, ChileanCanadian filmmaker Felipe Gomez delves into the exhilarating world of dogsled racing in Saskatchewan. Set against the scenic backdrop of Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation, the film tracks the journey of three mushers, including the up-and-coming Rockie Trevor Kequahtooway and the experienced Garrick Schmidt, as they tackle a demanding race.

TWO APPLES

Animation 00:09:21 D: Bahram Javahery P: Teri Snelgrove, Shirley Vercruysse When a young woman leaves her homeland in search of a better future, she brings with her a single memento from her past: a ripe apple studded with fragrant cloves. A true labour of love, Bahram Javahery’s animated film is infused with longing and the tender perfume of hope.

TWO ONE TWO Animation 00:04:10 D: Shira Avni P: Shira Avni

Two One Two, by award-winning filmmaker Shira Avni, combines shimmering clay on glass animation with personal archives in this deeply intimate, experimental animated documentary love letter to motherhood, parenting on the spectrum, and two headed monsters everywhere.

UNCIVILIZED

Student Productions 00:16:03 D: Rawd Almasoud P: Chawuko Enakadia After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, certain media outlets sparked a new conversation

when they compared refugees from Ukraine with those from third world countries, and questioned their civility. The Uncivilized documentary follows the lives of four Syrian refugees in Calgary, Canada and uncovers their journey and growth, shedding light on their accomplishments in their new found home.

UNDERESTIMATED

Community Television Productions 00:26:59 D: Deanne McCallum, Julia Suppa P: Deanne McCallum, Julia Suppa Underestimated is a show about breaking barriers for people with disabilities, by exploring the challenges faced within the community and highlighting inspiring people who offer diverse and powerful lived experience. Host Tory Bowman and Reporters Oda Al-anizi and Nancy Xia will take viewers from the studio and into people’s homes and workplaces to share stories about housing, employment, relationships and intimacy, mental health, and more.

UNHAPPY

Performing Arts & Entertainment 00:04:08 D: Griffin O'Toole P: Braden Lam Set during the 1980s in a small rural town, a street performing clown has dreams of stardom while battling doubt from everyone around him.

UNHEARD OF: CRISIS IN DEAF EDUCATION Documentary Social/Political 00:29:56 D: Shawn Stratychuk P: Shawn Stratychuk

A mother and father fight against Saskatchewan Health, Saskatchewan Education and the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission for their deaf child's right to language.

UNIBROW

Short Subject – Fiction 00:14:17 D: Nedda Sarshar P: Rabiya Mansoor, Shreya Patel Leyla is an Irani-Canadian girl with a complicated relationship with the Irani part-- she does not want to speak Farsi at home to her mother and

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UNLOCKING FAMILY SECRETS: THE IMPACT OF THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT (CBC SASKATCHEWAN)

WALKING WITH ANCIENTS (COLOUR REEL)

Outstanding Colour Grading (New) 00:01:04 D: Robin Bicknell P: Elizabeth Trojian, Hind Saih, Elliott Halpern

WARRIOR UP! (EPISODE 1)

Documentary History & Biography 00:08:02 P: Natascia Lypny

Children’s/Youth Productions 00:22:00 D: David Finch, Jesse Bochner, Chris Beaver, Ossie Michelin, Angie-Pepper O'Bomsawin, Stephanie Joline, Rory Crittenden, Chris Peck P: David Finch, Maureen Marovitch

When their parents passed, the five Wong siblings were left with a handful of photographs, difficult-to-decipher government documents and handwritten Chinese letters. George and Nellie Wong were tight-lipped about their lives before they had kids in Canada. What we do know is that George had to pay the $500 head tax to get into the country.

Warrior Up! is a documentary series that follows inspiring Indigenous youth making positive change in their communities! Whether it’s defending the land, learning nearly lost Indigenous hunting and building techniques, feeding unsheltered relatives or helping decolonize the fashion industry, the young changemakers featured in this series are making an impact.

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WESTMOUNT STORY

Documentary Arts/Culture 00:25:27 D: Lese Skidmore P: Lese Skidmore

Dr. Lana Whiskeyjack an artist of Edmonton, and Erik Lee a silversmith of Maskwacis, share Indigenous stories and themes in their art. They explore influences and Cree worldview while on their artistic journey.

WALKING WITH ANCIENTS

Documentary Science/Nature/Technology 00:44:14 D: Robin Bicknell P: Elizabeth Trojian, Hind Saih, Elliott Halpern Walking with Ancients documents a scientific paradigm shift in real time as the discovery of ancient footprints in New Mexico challenges everything we thought we knew about human history. It follows renowned archaeologist Ciprian Ardelean and other renegade scientists as they find evidence that humans arrived in the Americas far earlier than previously thought.

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Experimental 00:21:50 D: Peter Stinson P: Peter Stinson, Eileen Sproule In an historic Canadian neighbourhood, two puppeteers discover an inspiring character whose story is hidden in the walls of their home.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Documentary Arts/Culture 00:11:25 D: Brandon Boyd P: Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative Video project members of Autism NS and other Autistic individuals are ask what why Autistic representation in the film industry matter?

WHITE NOISE

Short Subject – Fiction 00:16:54 D: Tamara Scherbak P: Christina Saliba, Anne-Marie Gélinas Ava's debilitating hyper-sensitivity to sound is becoming unliveable. Her doctor’s prescription of exposure therapy backfires as she descends into a fit of panic in class and collapses in a park when

FILMS bombarded by ambient noise. When her attempt at suicide fails, her doctor enrolls her in an experimental trial involving an anechoic chamber: the world's quietest room.

In this soundless space, her euphoria quickly mutates into madness when she hears the inner workings of her own body.

help solve a mystery. Why am I scaly? Why am I glowing? Why am I sleepy? Why Am I? is infused with a lesson that is relatable to it’s young audience, helping them build the tools they need to navigate their daily life. The series celebrates the fact that each and every one of us is unique and special!

WHO DO YOU TRUST? VACCINES IN THE AGE OF HESITANCY

WHY? SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND TEENS

Documentary Social/Political 00:44:00 D: C. Hudson Hwang P: C. Hudson Hwang

Were vaccines the unanimous MVP of the pandemic? Hell, no! Filmmaker Hudson Hwang travels the country trying to understand why a public health solution became a political charged identity issue, and makes some troubling findings that link vaccine hesitancy to trauma, racism, and narratives of distrust.

WHO DO YOU TRUST? VACCINES IN THE AGE OF HESITANCY (COLOUR REEL) Outstanding Colour Grading (New) 00:01:38 D: C. Hudson Hwang P: C. Hudson Hwang

WHO SPEAKS FOR CHARLIE? Documentary Social/Political 00:16:21 D: Matthew Corolis P: Matthew Corolis

After receiving death threats from members of the autistic community, Eileen Lamb reflects on her own autism diagnosis, and doubles down on her commitment to fight for greater services for Charlie, her non-verbal autistic son.

WHY AM I - SEASON 5

Children’s/Youth Productions 00:07:30 D: Adrian Dean P: Dawn Bird, Adrian Dean Why Am I? follows the adventures of best friends Lily the bison and Otis the otter.

Each episode a curious critter asks them to

Documentary Social/Political 00:39:22 D: Danielle Sturk P: Denis McCready (NFB)

Danielle Sturk tackles the thorny issue of sexual violence against teens by boldly asking: Why? Young men, witnesses to the prevailing culture, and young women survivors of sexual assault share their personal reflections in the hopes of sparking the dialogue needed to end genderbased violence. Because things only change when people start talking and taking action.

WILD RICE GUYS

Community Television Productions 00:11:13 D: Stuart Merson-Davies P: Stuart Merson-Davies Wild Rice Guys is a family-owned, Saskatchewangrown business run by two brothers. They are the third generation of wild rice harvesters, and love nothing more then bringing the finest organic wild rice and popped wild rice products.

WOMB ENVY

Experimental 00:15:00 D: Jake Horowitz P: Charlie David, Champagna Mark is stuck in a rut. Nearly 30 years old, he is wanting more than the tired beat of the Toronto gay dance floors and is seeking purpose in life.

His childhood friend Mary is pregnant and desperate to escape the clutches of her religious zealot mother, Dorothy, and the small town they grew up in. Showing up on Mark’s door one day after years of separation, Mary convinces him to pretend to be her baby daddy, since he was the only man her mother ever approved of, after reminding him of the years she spent being his “fake girlfriend” as a teen.

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FILMS YELLOW ENVELOPES

Short Subject – Fiction 00:13:44 D: Steffi June Tupe P: Steffi Tupe, Stephen Raglow, Spencer Hahn A woman walks home alone at night with her tip envelope from work.

YOU, FOREVER Experimental 00:14:36 D: Brenda Kovrig P: Brenda Kovrig

You, Forever is a short hybrid film that incorporates documentary and dark comedy fantasy fiction.

Robert Ettinger, “the father of cryonics,” speaks of his life’s work while his 'patients' experience an unnatural existence in suspended animation.

The film is at once a piece of living (or un-living) history, and a surrealist comedy of waiting for the unknown.

YUKI VS. PANDA Animation 00:12:10 D: Andrew Palmer P: Andrew Palmer

Yuki is a pretty average college student; except for having supernatural powers and a giant panda bear trying to kill her. This pilot episode introduces the main characters and sets up the explosive confrontation between these two titans, in an offthe-wall action/comedy that holds the fate of our entire planet in the balance. Choose your side!

ZARQA SEASON 2

Series 1:00:00 D: Zarqa Nawaz, Liz Whitmere, Candy Fox P: Zarqa Nawaz, Sadiya Durrani, Rizwan Manji, Ell Mceachern, Hannah Hermanson Zarqa’s pursuit of a holier-than-thou social influencer’s friendship and clout backfires when she gets cancelled, sending her life spiraling out of control as she claws her way out of the latest hole she’s dug.

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