Each year the Yorkton Film Festival Awards for excellence in film and television with the prestigious (and I might add, quite heavy) Golden Sheaf Awards.
Candidates for the Awards category of the 62nd edition of the longest running short film festival in North America:

Animation
The Spine: Producer(s) Steven Hoban, Marcy Page; Director(s) Chris Landreth; Production Company National Film Board of Canada and Copperheart Entertainment
Runaway: Producer(s) Michael Scott, Derek Mazur; Director(s) Cordell Barker; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
Vive la Rose: Producer(s) Tina Ouellette, Annette Clarke, Michael Fukushima; Director(s) Bruce Alcock; Production Company Global Mechanics and National Film Board of Canada
How People Got Fire: Producer(s) Svend-Erik Eriksen, Martin Rose; Director(s) Daniel Janke; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
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

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 TVCogeco
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 Procuctions 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) Caroline 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 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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

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
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
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; Production Company
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
Time Before the Light: Producer(s) Galen Fletcher; Director(s) Ryan Copple; Production Company Full Motion Pictures

Student Production
Catechism: Producer(s) Jessica Moorhouse; Director(s) Jessica Moorhouse; Production Company Awkward Whale Productions
The Devil Wears a Paper Hat: Producer(s) Curtis L. Wiebe; Director(s) Curtis L. Wiebe; Production Company University of Manitoba Fine Arts
Easy Ways: Producer(s) Rivera Reese, Alexandra Mihill; Director(s) Dustin Clark; Production Company RDC Motion Picture Arts Program
Evolution: Producer(s) Neil Hunter; Director(s) Emily Hann; Production Company Algonquin College
Charged: Producer(s) Neil Hunter; Director(s) Collin Tsandillis; Production Company Algonquin College

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 HuttonProduction 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