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Keith Hayward presents Kevin D.A. Kuryntik and Carol Beecher with Best of Festival at the Golden Sheaf Awards, to the directors’ surprise.

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Skin for Skin takes home top Golden Sheaf By Devin Wilger Staff Writer Directors Kevin D.A. Kuryntik and Carol Beecher did not believe they had won the Golden Sheaf for Best in Festival. They kept checking the big award, convinced that maybe someone said the wrong name, double checking that their film had actually taken the top prize. Engraved at the bottom of the statue were the words “Skin for Skin,” the name of their film. They had won it after all. The directors describe their film as a historical, mythological horror film about the Canadian fur trade. Beginning with the true story of Governor

“There’s so much about Canadian history that you kind of know the surface of it. But there’s also depth to it, a mythological depth to it that isn’t often explored.” — Carol Beecher Simpson going across Canada with the Hudson’s Bay Company, the film soon diverts from fact into fiction, turning into an environmental fable and a film about greed. “We called it canoe noir,” Kuryntik said. They felt that Canadian his-

tory was something that there was a lot to dive into for making a story. In researching the story, they thought they could build an interesting film with the country’s past as a firm foundation. “There’s so much about Canadian history that you kind

of know the surface of it. But there’s also depth to it, a mythological depth to it that isn’t often explored,” Beecher said. The film won two awards, the other for Best Animation. Emphasizing that their film was not for kids, and quite crazy, they admit that they’re not used to animation being recognized in a film festival. The strong lineup of this year’s film festival made it especially surprising that they got the top award. “Amazing films... We’re honoured just to be with them,” Kuryntik said. “Animation kind of gets marginalized a lot, and a lot of the time gets dismissed as ‘that’s for kids’ and ours is...

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not. It’s really nice to see something because we work so hard as animators. We have to build everything, and draw everything, and sculpt everything. We’re not casting actors we’re building them from the ground up,” Beecher added. Kuryntik is from Norquay, so it’s a home town win for the director. It’s his best festival experience so far as a result, and he’s proud to take home the award. The Ruth Shaw Award for Best in Saskatchewan award

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Three years in sexual assault case By Devin Wilger Staff Writer A Yorkton man will be going to jail as a result of a 2016 sexual assault. Kenneth Hasper, 31, was found guilty of sexual assault after an incident on Jun. 23, 2016. Hasper was found guilty of sexually assaulting his sister-in-law after an eve-

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ning of drinking, as she was passed out in her bedroom. The prosecution in the case argued for a four year period of incarceration in the incident. Prosecutor Andrew Wyatt argued that sexual assault on sleeping women is a serious problem, and a longer sentence was appropriate as

a denunciation and deterrent in order to prevent others from committing the same crime. The defence argued for a period of incarceration of two years, followed by two years of probation. Defense attorney David Rusnak argued that there was little chance of Hasper being before the court again,

and a period of incarceration in a federal facility would allow him to access programming to help him with issues before his release. The judge in the case noted that in Saskatchewan, the starting point for sentences in sexual assault is three years, with deviations from that sentence based

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on the circumstances of each case. Saying that “actions such as those of Mr. Hasper are a scourge of our society. He also noted something from the victim impact statement, where the victim stated that she began and ended every day at the scene of the crime. Mitigating factors for Hasper were a lack of a

criminal record, and he followed conditions on his release. The final sentence for Hasper was three years of incarceration. He must also provide a sample of DNA, he will have a ten year weapons prohibition, and he will be placed on the sex offender registry for twenty years.

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