YORKTON — The 78th edition of the Yorkton Film Festival will be held next week in the city.
The Yorkton Film Festival is North America’s longest running film festival. Established in 1947 by the Yorkton Film Council and spearheaded by NFB Field Officer James Lysyshyn, YFF has evolved from its beginnings to an important festival in the film industry within Canada.
Everyone is encouraged to take in at least some of the planned events, YFF director Bob Maloney told the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday.
“The Yorkton Film Festival honours distinctive, world-class Saskatchewan and Canadian short media productions and those who make them,” he said.
Maloney said a key element of YFF is taking film to grassroots audiences.
Also through the festival it is able to reflect the diversity of the creative film industry in Saskatchewan and Canada through the inclusion of Indigenous and Métis, culturally diverse, and underrepresented peoples.
In the process it grows the economic and tourism revenues of Yorkton and Saskatchewan.
This year the YFF attracted more than 300 entries, with 147 among the finalist nominees in 29 award categories.
