The Golden Sheaf Award for best Indigenous production is presented by the

Yorkton Film Festival Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) is an annual film festival held in late May in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 1947, the Yorkton Film Council (YFC) was founded and in 1950 the first international documentary film festival officially opened in we ...

History

In 1947 the Yorkton Film Council was founded. The first

was held in 1950 During the first few festivals, the films were adjudicated by audience participation through ballot casting and winners were awarded Certificates of Merit by the film council. In 1958 the film council established the Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award for Best of Festival, awarded to the best overall film of the festival. Over the years various additional categories were added to the competition. As of 2020, the Golden Sheaf Award categories included: Main Entry Categories, Accompanying Categories, Craft Categories, and Special Awards. The category was first introduced in 2004 under the Aboriginal name, and was renamed to Indigenous in 2018. The winner of this award is determined by a panel of jurors, selected by the film council. The submission rules specify that productions can either be fiction or non-fiction and need to "explore issues related to indigenous peoples, tell indigenous stories or present indigenous perspectives..." among additional criteria.

History

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