The 63rd annual Yorkton Film Festival begins this Thursday with two opening night screenings in the Parkland Room at the Painted Hand Casino.
Ruststarts at 5:30pm followed by a welcome receptionat 7:00pm.
Rust is the product of Kipling Film Productions - a film company formed and financed by the town of Kipling, Saskatchewan. The movie was born out of Kyle MacDonald's infamous red paperclip story. In one year and 14 trades, MacDonald turned a paperclip into a house. The trade that earned him the house was a part in a Corbin Bernsen movie. Bernsen, of LA Law fame, offered a part in his movie Donna On Demand when MacDonald offered to trade it for a KISS snow globe.
Following the reception, the movie LAST TRAIN HOME will play.
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos, as all at once, a tidal wave of humanity attempts to return home by train. It is the Chinese New Year. The wave is made up of millions of migrant factory workers. The homes they seek are the rural villages and families they left behind to seek work in the booming coastal cities. It is an epic spectacle that tells us much about China, a country discarding traditional ways as it hurtles towards modernity and global economic dominance.
Also on Thursday Thursday there will be screenings at the Godfrey Dean Cultural Centre from 1:30pm to 4:30pm.
Mini-Cinema12noon-5pm on Thursday May 2710am-5pm on Friday May 28 and Saturday May 29Godfrey Dean Cultural CentrePrivately screen any film entered into the 2010 Yorkton Film Festival at your own booth (no charge)
Programmed Screenings10am-6:00pm on Friday May 289am - 5:00pm on Saturday May 29Godfrey Dean Cultural CentreFeaturing some of the year's best Canadian Short Films nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award with the filmmakers in attendance (no charge)
Screening of Winning Films9am-12noon Sunday May 30Godfrey Dean Cultural CentreSome of the winning films honoured the previous evening will be screened (no charge)
Festival Events LobsterBlast6:00pmFriday May 28 Yorkton Wildlife Federation Clubhouse, York LakeA prairie LobsterBlast with fresh lobster direct from the east coast. Enjoy socializing, skeet shooting, horseshoe pitching and bonfires. )
Golden Sheaf Awards Gala5:30pmSaturday May 29 Convention Centre, Gallagher CentreHonouring the best in Canadian short film, along with a gourmet Ukrainian dinner and MC Bruce Steele.
WorkshopsFRIDAY MAY 28- Blast Off - Social Media at the Festival: 8:15-8:45am - Presented by Erica Hargreave Social media, plus how to use it to build the buzz for your production - Panasonic Workshop and Presentation: 9:00-10:30am - The latest Panasonic video cameras and technology, including notes and news on 3D - Let's Play CanCon Convergence Roulette: 10:45am-12noon - Hosted by Robert Hardy with panelists Cam Bennett and Trent Haus featuring a fun filled game show where panellists compete by trying to adapt new convergent technologies and applications to classic
Canadian TV shows- Which Way To The Future? Presented by SaskFilm: 2:00-4:30pm - Host Richard Gustin and panelists Cindy Witten, Daniel Cross, Norm Bolen, Valerie Creighton and Rudy Buttignol try to make sense of and figure out where the rapidly changing screen based media industry is headed.
SATURDAY MAY 29- Blast Off - Social Media at the Festival Part 2: 8:30-9:00am - Presented by Erica Hargreave Social media, plus how to use it to build the buzz for your production
- Now's Your Chance Table: 9:15-10:15am - Table-hopping group discussions with industry leaders, broadcasters and distributors. Ask the questions you've always wanted answered. - Oh, Oh! They Said Yes - Now What?: 10:30am-12noon - Host Joanne McDonald with panelists Stephen Onda and Peter Raymont will share insights and ideas of what has to happen in order to get the proposal into a finished project
- My Big Break: 1:30-3:00pm - Hosted by Bruce Steele with panelists Michael Snook, Jeff Beesley, Denis Jackson, Melanie Jackson and Anand Ramayya
Five successful Saskatchewan film and television producers discuss their first big "success" and how they found it (or how it found them)
The complete schedule of events can be found at: www.goldensheafawards.com
