DCISFF
presented by The Klondike Institute of Art and Culture with Yukon Energy

BEST OF DAWSON ON TOUR!

The best films from the 2012 Dawson City International Short Film Festival are going on a tour of Yukon communities starting April 26th in OLD CROW. For a complete list of films and tour dates click here...

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Daniel Janke Donates the MITY Award

The Dawson City International Short Film Festival is pleased to announce that MITY (Made In The Yukon) Award winner Daniel Janke has donated his prize to two filmmakers whose films also played at the festival.

In discussions with the MITY professional jury, Naomi Mark (Just Call) will receive $500 cash and $1000 rental certificate from the Northern Film and Video Industry Association. Aubyn O'Grady (Underdogs, Opening The Community Chest:Broken, but not Dead) will also receive $500 cash and a $500 rental certificate form the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture.

In his acceptance speech Daniel commented on the strength of all the Yukon films produced films in the festival and that it was a positive sign for the future of a regionally created cinema in the territory.

He hopes that passing on the award will generate more films being created in the Yukon.

The festival thanks Daniel for his generosity.

FEST WRAPS!

With a light blanket of early morning snow fading fast and a great day of workshops, screenings, a street bbq & karaoke singers, the 13th Dawson City International Short Film Festival wrapped up Sunday evening with the presentation of it's awards.

2 time winner Daniel Janke, pulled in his 3rd MITY (Made In The Yukon) Award, with his film RIVER. The jury noted that it was a soulful and artistic meditation on family and the eternal quality of the river. Daniel accepted the award and announced that the prize ($1000 cash and $1000 in services from NFVIA) will be donated to a Yukon Emerging Artist. Stay tuned for this announcement.

Veronica Verkley's wildly hilarious THE WORKING CATS GUIDE TO THE KLONDIKE, won the 2nd prize MITY. The jury stated that it creates a mythology that subverts dominant Northern icons and plays with the function of storytelling in the North. Veronica also won the Yukon Brewing Audience Award, as voted by the viewers at the festival

The jury also gave an honorable mention to Neil MacDonald and David Hamelin's FRAGMENTS for its ambitious and assured use of the medium.

The emerging artist award went to Moira Sauer's THE PROVIDER, a charming northern tale with a surprise ending. The 2nd prize MITY went to Kathryn Hepburn's HOW TO MAKE A PEANUT BUTTER AND MARSHMALLOW SANDWICH. An animation about the memories that making a childhood favorite brings back. Honorable mention went to Jay Armitage's politically charge animation, Coming this Fall...

The MITY Youth Award went to THE STORY OF CROW, made by Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in youth under the guidance of Chris Clarke and Kerry Barber.

Miranda de Pencier's powerful film from Nunavut, THROAT SONG, won the Lodestar Award for the best Canadian or International film in the festival.

With festival guests from as far away as Austria, the weekend was an eclectic blend of films, workshops and all around Dawson fun. A steady stream of people filing through KIAC and our other venues made this one of the most popular festival on record. KIAC the Wonder Dog can't wait for nest year!

Yukon News post-fest article.

Pre-fest interview with CBC North's Dave White.

Yukon News preview article.

"The Sundance Film Festival of The North"
Judy Gladstone, Bell Media's Bravo!FACT

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Winning PSA entry by Moira Sauer