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Golden Sheaf Awards

Every year the Yorkton Film Festival awards excellence in film and television with the coveted (and might I add, rather heavy) Golden Sheaf Awards.

Submission for this year’s festival are now closed and the jury has just announced this year’s nominees.

The Covetted Golden Sheaf at Home with 2009 Winners, Teresa MacInnes and Kent Nason (Photo by Kent Nason)

The Covetted Golden Sheaf at Home with 2009 Winners, Teresa MacInnes and Kent Nason (Photo by Kent Nason)

Drum roll, please! ….. And the Nominees are:

Category Awards

Animation

Children’s and Youth Production

  • Les Grands Penseurs (The Great Thinkers) Producer(s) John Christou, Karina Garcia Casanova; Director(s) Karina Garcia Casanova, James Braithwaite, Darren Pasemko; Production Company Prospector Films
  • Wapos Bay: Hardest Lesson: Producer(s) Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Anand Ramayya; Director(s) Trevor Cameron; Production Company Wapos Bay Productions Inc.
  • Wapos Bay: It Came From Out There Producer(s) Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Anand Ramayya; Director(s) Dennis Jackson; Production Company Wapos Bay Productions Inc.
  • Degrassi: The Next Generation – Innocent When You Dream Producer(s) Linda Schuyler, Stephen Stohn, Brendon Yorke, David Lowe; Director(s) Eleanore Lindo; Production Company Epitome Pictures Inc.
  • The White Archer Producer(s) John Houston, Kirt Ejesiak; Director(s) John Houston; Production Company drumsong communications inc.

Comedy

  • Do I Come On Too Strong? Producer(s) Brenda Kovrig, Jordan McTavish; Director(s) Brenda Kovrig; Production Company Alchemy Films
  • New Earth Landscaping:  GMILF Producer(s) Paul Lowey, Jason Hujber, Mike Ritchie; Director(s) JuMP; Production Company Gloo Studios Inc
  • 22 Minutes: Episode 10 Producer(s) Michael Donovan, Mark Farrell, Floyd Kane, Jenipher Ritchie; Director(s) Stephen Reynolds; Production Company Halifax Film, a DHX Media Company
  • The Pickle & The Patriarch Producer(s) Adam McCloy, Jay Field; Director(s) Jay Field; Production Company Petersburg Films
  • 2009 Winnipeg Comedy Festival: Queer as Jokes Producer(s) Jamie Brown, Shawn Watson; Director(s) Michael Watt; Production Company Frantic Films

Community Cable Production

  • Max Magazine: It’s Tough but It’s Worth It: Producer(s) Thirza Jones; Director(s) Matt Garand, Brandon Jarocki, Lisa Unrau; Production Company Media Group
  • The Winds of Change: Producer(s) Dave Mccallum, Volker Thomsen; Director(s) Dave Mccallum; Production Company Lightstruck Film & Media
  • York Region Dining Producer(s) Julia Suppa; Director(s) ; Production Company Rogers TV
  • The Ottawa 67’s Show: Episode 15 Producer(s) Iain Murphy, Gavin Lumsden; Director(s) Iain Murphy; Production Company Rogers TV
  • Molson Senators Overtime: Carkner/Fisher Producer(s) Dave Davies; Director(s) Dave Davies; Production Company Rogers TV Ottawa

Documentary Arts & Culture

  • Peggy Baker Four Phrases Producer(s) Michael Fukushima; Director(s) Howie Shia; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
  • Antonine Maillet: The Possibilities Are Endless Producer(s) Murielle Rioux-Poirier, Pauline Bourque; Director(s) Ginette Pellerin; Production Company Améri Ka Productions and National Film Board of Canada
  • The Image Mill Revealed Producer(s) Jean-Pierre Vézina; Director(s) Mariano Franco, Marie Belzil; Production Company Les Productions du 8e art and National Film Board of Canada
  • Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Producer(s) Peter Raymont; Director(s) Michele Hozer; Production Company White Pine Pictures
  • India Reborn: Manufacturing Dreams Producer(s) Jacqueline Corkery; Director(s) Jacqueline Corkery; Production Company CBC

Documentary Biography

  • Karsh is History: Producer(s) Ian McLaren; Director(s) Joseph Hillel; Production Company Productions Grand Nord Québec Inc.
  • CBC News: the fifth estate: The Fall and Rise of Theo Fleury Producer(s) Sally Reardon, Scott Anderson; Director(s) Scott Anderson; Production Company CBC
  • Richard Margison: the Folk Singing Opera Star Producer(s) Michael Maitland, Kal Jones, Jim Eidt; Director(s) Michael Maitland; Production Company Harbinger Films/Pan Productions

Documentary History

  • Dark Tourism Producer(s) Steven Silver, Laszlo Barna; Director(s) Manfred Becker; Production Company na
  • Winnipeg Burlesque Producer(s) Kyle Bornais, Cam Benett; Director(s) John Barnard; Production Company Farpoint Films
  • Huronie: Producer(s) Denis Boivin, Luc Laine; Director(s) Denis Boivin; Production Company K8E K8E
  • The Experimental Eskimos Producer(s) Peter Raymont, Janice Dawe, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril; Director(s) Barry Greenwald; Production Company White Pine Pictures
  • DocZone: China’s Earthquake – The People in the Pictures Producer(s) Diana Dai; Director(s) Susan Teskey; Production Company CBC

Documentary Nature/Environment

  • Twice Upon a Garden Producer(s) Barry Lazar, Garry Beitel; Director(s) Philippe Baylaucq; Production Company Beitel/Lazar Productions
  • Never Lose Sight (Pour ne pas perdre le nord) Producer(s) Anne-Marie Rocher; Director(s) Sarah McNair-Landry; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
  • My Nuclear Neighbour Producer(s) Donna Zuckerbrot, Daniel Zuckerbrot; Director(s) Donna Zuckerbrot; Production Company Reel Time Images Inc.
  • The Nature of Things: The Suzuki Diaries- Coastal Canada Producer(s) Michael Allder, Tina Verma; Director(s) Caroling Underwood; Production Company CBC
  • Who Killed Miracle? Producer(s) Scott Renyard; Director(s) Scott Renyard; Production Company Juggernaut Pictures Inc.

Documentary POV (Point of View)

  • My Toxic Baby: Producer(s) Ed Barreveld; Director(s) Min Sook Lee; Production Company Storyline Entertainment
  • Suck It Up Princess: Producer(s) Nina Beveridge, Susan Nation; Director(s) Nina Beveridge; Production Company Hop To It Productions
  • Playing The Machines Producer(s) Barbara Doran, Rob Blackie, Lynn Wilson; Director(s) Barbara Doran; Production Company Morag Loves Company
  • One Summer at Camp Winston Producer(s) Karen Shopsowitz, David W. Brady; Director(s) Karen Shopsowitz; Production Company Moviewitz Productions Inc.
  • Burning Rubber Producer(s) Barbara Badessi, Ariella Pahlke; Director(s) Ariella Pahlke; Production Company Flashfire Productions

Documentary Science/Medicine

  • Ganesh, Boy Wonder Producer(s) Alfons Adetuyi; Director(s) Srinivas Krishna; Production Company Inner City Films
  • The Nature of Things: Living City- A Critical Guide Producer(s) Michael Allder, Hadley Obodiac; Director(s) Hadley Obodiac; Production Company CBC
  • Lost Adventures of Childhood Producer(s) Scott Harper; Director(s) Scott Harper; Production Company Sunday Night Entertainment
  • Inuit Odyssey Producer(s) Niobe Thompson; Director(s) Tom Radford, Niobe Thompson; Production Company Clearwater Documentary
  • Feed Your Head: Producer(s) Connie Littlefield, Kyle Cameron, Steven Carter; Director(s) Connie Littlefield; Production Company Conceptafilm

Documentary Series

Documentary Short Subject

  • Tagged Producer(s) Shawny Cohen, Mike Gallay, Lea Marin; Director(s) Shawny Cohen, Mike Gallay; Production Company Gallay Hartt Productions and National Film Board of Canada
  • CBC News: Marketplace – Miracle Makers or Money Takers Producer(s) Tassie Notar, Catherine Clark; Director(s) Catharine Clark; Production Company CBC
  • Remedy Me!: Snoring Producer(s) Janice Evans, Greg Jones, Wendy Purves; Director(s) Bonny Lou Wagner; Production Company Creative Atlantic Communications Ltd.
  • Wood If Producer(s) Elizabeth Levine; Director(s) J.B. Sugar; Production Company No Equal Entertainment
  • Family on the Edge Producer(s) Andrée Cazabon; Director(s) Andrée Cazabon; Production Company Productions Cazabon

Documentary Social/Political

  • Pedal Power Producer(s) Christopher Sumpton, Robin Benger; Director(s) Christopher Sumpton, Robin Benger; Production Company Cogent/Benger Productions Inc.
  • So Far From Home Producer(s) Jean Desormeaux, Vladimir Kabelik, Marc Cohen; Director(s) Vladimir Kabelik; Production Company Willing Mind Productions
  • Silent Bombs: All for the Motherland Producer(s) Gerald B. Sperling; Director(s) Rob King; Production Company 4 Square Entertainment
  • India Reborn: Myth & Might Producer(s) Susan Teskey; Director(s) Susan Teskey; Production Company CBC
  • Aaniasiurtik infirmière au Nunavik Producer(s) Pauline Voisard; Director(s) Brigitte Lebrasseur; Production Company Vidéo Femmes

Drama

  • How Eunice Got Her Baby Producer(s) Kristin Somborac, Jordan Gross; Director(s) Ana Valine; Production Company Canadian Film Centre
  • Countdown Producer(s) Jordan Canning, Laura Churchill; Director(s) Jordan Canning; Production Company Get Set Films
  • The Deaths of Chet Baker Producer(s) Robert Budreau, Thayer Radic; Director(s) Robert Budreau; Production Company Lumanity Productions
  • M’Ouvrir Producer(s) Nancy Grant; Director(s) Albéric Aurtenèche; Production Company Metafilms
  • A safer place. Producer(s) Robert Fisher; Director(s) Randall Okita;

Experimental

  • Fish in barrel Producer(s) Randall Okita, Darcy Van Poelgeest; Director(s) Randall Okita; Production Company Absitomen Media Inc.
  • IKWÉ Producer(s) Caroline Monnet; Director(s) Caroline Monnet; Production company: National Film Board of Canada
  • Red Shoes Producer(s) Natalie Galazka; Director(s) Micah Meisner; Production Company Natalie Galaxy Inc.
  • Impoverished Places Producer(s) Karen Pascal; Director(s) Francois Driessen; Production Company Windborne Productions
  • And the wind blew Producer(s) Dianne Ouellette; Director(s) Dianne Ouellette; Production Company Difilms

Lifestyle

  • Dirty Business: Spruce it Up Producer(s) Michael Prini, Sandra Meret; Director(s) Stephen Milne; Production Company Primevista Television Inc.
  • The Opener: Twisted Lemon Producer(s) Barri Cohen, Cameron Rothery; Director(s) Nadine Schwartz; Production Company Red Apple Productions – Now Frantic Films
  • Sarah’s Cottage: Exterior & Living Room Producer(s) Michael Prini, Sarah Richardson, Andrea Griffith; Director(s) Andrea Griffith, Kip Spidell; Production Company Primevista Television Inc.
  • At the End of My Leash: Cajun’s Last Hope Producer(s) Jean Merriman, Lisa Cichelly, Matthew Kershaw, Brad Pattison; Director(s) Kelly Peckham; Production Company White Iron Pictures Inc.
  • Til Debt Do Us Part: Tuned Out Producer(s) Jamie Brown, Jennifer Horvath; Director(s) Michael Sheehan; Production Company Frantic Films

Multicultural

  • In Between Producer(s) Brigitte Boucher; Director(s) Nadine Valcin; Production Company In Between Productions
  • The Garden Producer(s) Zoe Leigh Hopkins, Laura Milliken, Brian Maracle; Director(s) Zoe Leigh Hopkins; Production Company Big Soul Productions Inc.
  • Growing Up Among Strangers Producer(s) Nina Sudra, Shirley Purves, Courtenay Hick, Candice van der Vliert; Director(s) Nina Sudra;
  • Savage Producer(s) Lauren Grant, Lori Lozinski; Director(s) Lisa Jackson; Production Company Violator Films
  • 6 Rides to Sunday Producer(s) Karen Sveinson, Jean Merriman, Lisa Cichelly; Director(s) Harington Telford; Production Company White Iron Pictures Inc.

Performing Arts & Entertainment

  • Spring to Come Producer(s) Laura Milliken; Director(s) Charles Officer; Production Company Big Soul Productions Inc.
  • Quarantaine Producer(s) Marlene Millar, Philip Szporer; Director(s) Marlene Millar, Philip Szporer; Production Company Mouvement Perpétuel
  • Nureyev Producer(s) Moze Mossanen, Peter Gentile; Director(s) Moze Mossanen; Production Company Mossanen Productions
  • Van Go! Producer(s) Trevor Corrigan, Jessica Ransom; Director(s) Trevor Corrigan; Production Company Trevor Corrigan
  • Time Before the Light Producer(s) Galen Fletcher; Director(s) Ryan Copple; Production Company Full Motion Pictures

Student Productions

Special Awards

Emerging Filmmaker

  • The Big 1-0 Producer(s) Vanessa Shrimpton, Lindsey Connell; Director(s) Lindsey Connell; Production Company The Bridge Productions
  • The Man Who Slept Producer(s) Ron Dyens, Aurélia Prévieu, Marcel Jean, Galile Marion-Gauvin, Marc Bertrand; Director(s) Inés Sedan; Production Company Sacrebleu Productions, Unité Centrale and National Film Board of Canada
  • Belly Dance Man: From Canada to Cairo Producer(s) Josh Miller, Lisa Byrne; Director(s) Sameer Singh; Production Company Panacea Entertainment
  • Time Before the Light Producer(s) Galen Fletcher; Director(s) Ryan Copple; Production Company Full Motion Pictures
  • Inside Producer(s) Elena Pilar Nañes, Maurizio Chen, Yaz Rabadi; Director(s) Yaz Rabadi; Production Company Rabid Pictures Inc.

Best of Saskatchewan Ruth Shaw Award

  • Blood, Sweats & Beers Producer(s) Ron Goetz, Tobi Lampard, Eppo Eerkes; Director(s) Eppo Eerkes; Production Company Partners in Motion
  • Regina Extreme Home Make-Over Producer(s) Thirza Jones; Director(s) Todd Snider; Production Company Media Group
  • Silent Bombs: All for the Motherland Producer(s) Gerald B. Sperling; Director(s) Rob King; Production Company 4 Square Entertainment
  • Wapos Bay: Self Improvement Producer(s) Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Anand Ramayya; Director(s) Melanie Jackson; Production Company Wapos Bay Productions Inc.
  • Wapos Bay: It Came From Out There Producer(s) Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Anand Ramayya; Director(s) Dennis Jackson; Production Company Wapos Bay Productions Inc.

Best Aboriginal Award

  • Lost Bones: In Search of Sitting Bull’s Grave Scott Leary, Dave Gaudet, Kyle Bornais, John Barnard; Director(s) John BarnardProduction Company Micro Bus Pictures
  • Rabbit Fall: Crow Dance Bob Crowe, Wally Start, Jennifer Podemski; Director(s) Luke Hutton Production Company Angel Entertainment
  • Maamuitaau: The Hunters’ Sons Abhish S. Birla, Diane Icebound; Director(s) Abhish S. Birla, Diane IceboundProduction Company CBC
  • Wapos Bay: Hardest Lesson Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Anand Ramayya; Director(s) Trevor CameronProduction Company Wapos Bay Productions Inc.
  • Blackstone: Ron E. Scott, Jesse Szymanski, Shivani Saini; Director(s) Ron E. ScottProduction Company Blackstone Productions Ltd.

Craft Awards

Best Director (Fiction)

  • Countdown: Producer(s) Jordan Canning, Laura Churchill; Director(s) Jordan Canning; Production Company Get Set Films
  • fish in barrel: Producer(s) Randall Okita, Darcy Van Poelgeest; Director(s) Randall Okita; Production Company Absitomen Media Inc.
  • Savage: Producer(s) Lauren Grant, Lori Lozinski; Director(s) Lisa Jackson; Production Company Violator Films
  • M’Ouvrir: Producer(s) Nancy Grant; Director(s) Albéric Aurtenèche; Production Company Metafilms
  • The White Archer: Producer(s) John Houston, Kirt Ejesiak; Director(s) John Houston; Production Company drumsong communications inc.

Best Director (Non-Fiction)

  • Tagged: Producer(s) Shawny Cohen, Mike Gallay, Lea Marin; Director(s) Shawny Cohen, Mike Gallay; Production Company Gallay Hartt Productions and National Film Board of Canada
  • Quarantaine: Producer(s) Marlene Millar, Philip Szporer; Director(s) Marlene Millar, Philip Szporer; Production Company Mouvement Perpétuel
  • Silent Bombs: All for the Motherland: Producer(s) Gerald B. Sperling; Director(s) Rob King; Production Company 4 Square Entertainment
  • The Experimental Eskimos: Producer(s) Peter Raymont, Janice Dawe, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril; Director(s) Barry Greenwald; Production Company White Pine Pictures
  • Inuit Odyssey: Producer(s) Niobe Thompson; Director(s) Tom Radford, Niobe Thompson; Production Company Clearwater Documentary

Best Research

  • Tagged: Producer(s) Shawny Cohen, Mike Gallay, Lea Marin; Director(s) Shawny Cohen, Mike Gallay; Production Company Gallay Hartt Productions and National Film Board of Canada
  • Silent Bombs: All for the Motherland: Producer(s) Gerald B. Sperling; Director(s) Rob King; Production Company 4 Square Entertainment
  • The Experimental Eskimos: Producer(s) Peter Raymont, Janice Dawe, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril; Director(s) Barry Greenwald; Production Company White Pine Pictures
  • Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould: Producer(s) Peter Raymont; Director(s) Michele Hozer; Production Company White Pine Pictures
  • Feed Your Head: Producer(s) Connie Littlefield, Kyle Cameron, Steven Carter; Director(s) Connie Littlefield; Production Company conceptafilm

An enormous congratulation to all the Nominees!

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