7 short films get nod at Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards
Indie film is getting some love in Regina tonight at the Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards.
The awards show is celebrating excellence in the province’s independent film scene for the second year in a row.
Gordon Pepper, Executive Director with the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, said although the local film scene isn’t as well-known as Vancouver or Toronto’s, there’s a lot to celebrate here at home.
“There’s a number of really talented filmmakers throughout the province that are making films more or less produced on their own,” Pepper said.
He said part of the excitement in the industry is over the various types of films getting made locally, including documentaries, dramas and animated films.
“These films really represent the diversity of creativity that’s throughout the province.”
Categories and nominees
There are three main categories of awards, as well as an audience choice award.
Best Film nominees: ($500 prize)
- BLEACHx – Cleanse, directed by Mattias Graham
- Dreams and Spaces in Between, directed by John Graham
- The First Engine, directed by Ian Campbell
Best Student Film nominees: ($100 prize)
- Backroads, directed by Candy Fox
- Home for the Weekend, directed by Bryce Gamache
- Queeny, directed by Rhys Pugh
- R.C.I., directed by Elise Beaudry-Ferland
Best Actor nominees: ($100 prize)
- Bernadette Mullen in R.C.I.
- Dawn Bird in Home for the Weekend
- Logan Vanghel in Queeny
- Mark Claxton in Home for the Weekend
- Mattias Graham in BLEACHx – Cleanse
The winners will be announced at Artesian on 13th in Regina. All seven nominated films will be screened before the awards are handed out, and musician Jon Neher will play a set as well. Admission is $10 and the doors open at 7 p.m.
Source: cbc.ca