5 Must-See NFB Films at ALFF
Dedicated to telling stories from the North, the NFB is proud to present these five powerful and illuminating documentaries.
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Yukon is the home for many talented film and photography professionals and enthusiasts. Most often, there are opportunities for Yukoners to participate in Yukon Film Society programming. Interestingly, Yukon hosts many film festivals with the larger events primarily hosted in Whitehorse and Dawson City. Yukon landscapes and beauty, certainly attracts many professional photographers to our community. What’s Up Yukon, Yukon’s arts magazine is a fantastic place to discover local events, programs and of course, to view local photographers works.
Dedicated to telling stories from the North, the NFB is proud to present these five powerful and illuminating documentaries.
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This year marks the 22nd annual edition of The Yukon Film Society’s (YFS) Available Light Film Festival (ALFF), taking place February 8 to 18
This Year At The ALFF Read More »
After the last cruise ships departed from Skagway, I enjoyed a quiet drive down the South Klondike Highway, stopping to take…
Whitehorse Photo Club Showcase December 2023 Read More »
The feature film Kings of the North is slated to run at the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC) on Nov. 10, 2023, and one of the film’s co-creators…
The Kings Are Back In Town Read More »
When Brianne Bremner got the email from the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition (YAPC), asking for her company GBP Creative, to shoot…
Untold Storytelling Read More »
Spring may be a season known for false starts, but in the Yukon, there’s one way to know it has begun, with the Rivers to Ridges’ annual…
The Yukon is synonymous with many things—vast wilderness, majestic mountains, traditional peoples, ravens, caribou, salmon …
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ALFF has evolved into a two-week, 100-plus film event. There are 45 feature- and mid-length films, over 50 short films, live concerts…
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The Whitehorse Photo Club has submitted its final showcase submissions for 2022! Check back in 2023 for even more amazing images!
Whitehorse Photo Club Q4 Showcase Read More »
The Woman King centers around the victories and losses of the Agojie in 1823 when slave trading had reached its peak in West Africa.
A Movie Fit For A Woman King Read More »
What’s Up Yukon and The Whitehorse Photo Club is pleased to showcase local photographers’ incredible work with these Q3 submissions.
Whitehorse Photo Club’s Amazing Q3 Submissions Read More »
“Thor: God of Thunder” is a very-impressive title, indeed. In Norse mythology this hammer-wielding god was also associated with storms, lightning, strength, fertility and sacred groves.
Thor: Love and Thunder Gives Us Much To Love Read More »
Voices Across the Water follows two master boat builders as they practice their art and find a way back to balance and healing.
Voices Across The Water Read More »
Welcome to the Q2 submissions from the Whitehorse Photography Club featuring three outstanding images by Gerry Steer, Walter Gutowski and Geoff Muldoon. The photo composition
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British director/actor Kenneth Branagh brings the grisly Agatha Christie novel Death on the Nile to life. Released in North America Feb 11
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Whitehorse Photography Club’s entries for “Celebration of Nature” photo contest. Whitehorse finished 5th of 20 clubs with147 points.
Whitehorse Photography Club: Wildlife photos Read More »
Media funding for filmmakers has four new funding programs: Predevelopment, Development Fund, Media Production Fund and Training Fund.
New Yukon Media Funds Read More »
A few of the the diverse offerings at the 2022 Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) happening online, and maybe a bit in-person.
ALFF 2022 goes online Read More »
Folks are excited that the Yukon Film Society has re-opened the Yukon Theatre on Wood Street after its former owners shut it down.
The Yukon Theatre opens its doors after a two-year shutdown Read More »
Ramshackle Theatre in the Bush “I’m already out in the yard,” Fidler says. “I’ve got my chainsaw out and I’m clearing the paths.”
Theatre in the Bush 2021 Read More »
As the Ice Melts is a project that takes the form of two videos which present stories and poetry on the theme of our changing environment. The work has been put together by Bielawski, Lilley and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations storyteller, Ron Chambers.
The pandemic creates the space to share stories in a new way Read More »
This years Available Light Film Festival has four films from Dawson City being featured for online streaming across Canada.
Enjoy Dawson City films from the cozy comfort of your couch Read More »
Artists and Parks Canada heritage interpreters, Justin Apperley (left) and Miriam Behman, with their field camera Photography played a key role in the history and
December brings three things; colder weather, drier skin and the inevitable onslaught of terrible Christmas movies.
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Allan Code directed Pandemic at the End of the World in order to bring a historical perspective to the current global reality.
Meet Yukon filmmaker Naomi Marks: I write budgets, develop content and scripts, direct documentary, fiction and commercial content, and edit.
An interview with Naomi Mark Read More »
After a few months of working at home, Dan Sokolowski is finally back in his southeast corner space at the KIAC (or Dënäkär Zho) Building.
A delayed Short Film Festival will happen in October Read More »
I have a confession. I work for CPAWS Yukon and I’ve never been into the Peel Watershed. (The small exception is the time I canoed
Conservation Photography Read More »
Sovereign Soil gets national online release
Yukon Grown, Nationwide Read More »
As we wade deeper and deeper into the Pandemic, it’s time to search a little deeper into a movie that might hit a shade closer to home.
Director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream.
Online: 2040 Screening – World Environmental Day Read More »
It all started when Yellowknife-based photographer Pat Kane posted a tongue-in-cheek Instagram post in response to the new reality of social distancing associated with COVID-19: “So much for my photography business, I guess I’ll have to start taking photos of people through their windows.”
Capturing a significant moment in history Read More »
Good news my quarantined friends, I know some of us were getting a little worried that we might find the end screen of our screening
On a cold day, cuddled up under blankets, this is the perfect escapism to enjoy with some loved ones.
When coming up with a description of the Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) for the uninitiated, Andrew Connors, the festival director and artistic director of
Spoiled for choice Read More »
A rare combination of crystal clear ice, a shallow, and variably coloured lake bottom, and a bright sunlight reflection set the stage for this unique environment of surreal dimensional ice phenomena.
Well folks, with the holidays fast descending upon us and many lamenting the lack of a decent theatre in the Yukon, I know what you’re
Netflix and Christmas Read More »
Director Tasha Hubbard’s nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, weaves a narrative exploring the history of colonialism in the Prairies, around Gerald Stanley’s trial around the
Neil Macdonald (left), Dave Hamelin and Jayden Soroka formed Outpost 31 to create a full-service production company in the Yukon. Their success resulted in an
Outpost is in this year Read More »
The Porcupine Caribou Herd is thought to have the longest mammal migration on the planet. The image I wanted to capture is hard to describe, but while doing research on the caribou, I saw videos of them in winter, migrating in long lines of thousands. It reminded me of images of the Klondike Gold Rush a hundred years ago, where there was a line of 400 men following a trail straight up the mountain.
In pursuit of the perfect shot Read More »
“Intersectional feminism”—what is it and what does it mean? The Yukon Status of Women Council (YSWC) is helping Yukoners learn more with an interactive (feminist)
Movies with a femi-twist Read More »
The Air North First Light Image Festival will compete with a Steven Page concert this year, but organizer Mark Kelly said ticket sales are already
Bohemian Rhapsody is a 134-minute chronicle of the formative years of Queen, and a loosely based bio on the late Freddie Mercury. It is directed
When the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) in Dawson City put out a call for a members’ exhibit with the theme of “The
Hip hip hooray! for local filmmaker Lulu Keating … Read More »
Indian Horse will be screened at the Atlin BC Globe Theatre on Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 7 PM as part of the Atlin Arts & Music Festival.
The Yukon Status of Women Council (YSWC), in partnership with Whitehorse Blue Bin Recycling, will celebrate “badass women” by screening the over-the-top, action-packed film Twister.
A rowdy night of feminism and tornadoes Read More »
Jay Gough of Nikon Canada, along with Trisha Gillings of Panasonic Canada (not pictured), will be on site all day with trade show style booths
Get a feature shot at first light Read More »
Screenings for the Dawson City International Short Film Festival began in October, with five or six people meeting twice a week to view what would eventually add up to between 400 and 500 submissions for the Easter weekend festival.
Dawson City International Short Film Festival is downloaded for its 18th Year Read More »
There are meetings. There is paperwork. There are grants to apply for and cheques to sign. But, for Jessica Hall, being the president of the
Sharing a love for film Read More »
The 2018 Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) features a strong Indigenous presence in this year’s films – and in the audience, with more than 40 guests attending from Outside.
Let there be light Read More »
In honour of James Franco’s upcoming film release of The Disaster Artist, I figured I had to take a look back at where this film
It’s so bad, it’s good Read More »
Get your cameras rolling and warm up your gear because the annual Yukon 48-Hour Filmmaking Challenge starts on Friday, January 12. It’s a yearly team-up
Off the page and onto the screen Read More »
From chic, clean condos, to drafty old Chevy vans, the 2017 documentary film Vancouver: No Fixed Address brings you the residential experiences of, in the words of F. Scott Fitzgerald “the inexhaustible variety of life” in Canada’s most expensive housing market.
Lots of condos, no place to live Read More »
The colourful fall season is over very early in the Yukon – much earlier than in my home country, Switzerland. But I found that the
Late Fall Season in the Kluane National Park Read More »
“For the first – I don’t know how many hundred thousand – years of human life, (when we were out on the Savanna learning about
Quietly Connecting Read More »
The Hitman’s Bodyguard is a buddy cop action movie written by Tom O’Connor and directed by Patrick Hughes (the same inspired genius who brought us
The Hitman’s Bodyguard Read More »
“Prepare to be moved, disturbed, engaged. Come for the film. Stay for the conversation,” says Canadian author and media critic Geoff Pevere. Pevere is director
Stay for the Conversation Read More »
Baby Driver is a popcorn action movie written and directed by Edgar Wright. The 113 minute flick hosts a star studded cast including Kevin Spacey,
Cars, Guns and a Heart-pumping Soundtrack Read More »
A flawed character struggles to unravel the threads of a pivotal event, though hobbled by some impediment – amnesia, maybe, or being stranded in a
New projector at the Globe Theatre 2017 when the Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) takes its films to the Atlin Arts and Music Festival.
Celebrating Film During the Atlin Arts and Music Festival Read More »
DC’s latest and greatest blockbuster Wonder Woman: Rise of the Warrior is directed by Patty Jenkins and written by Allan Heinberg, Zack Snyder and Jason
Amazon Princess in the Midst of WWI Read More »
The Marvel Cinematic Universe strikes again with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, released April 19. Written and Directed by James Gunn with an additional
A Rag-Tag Team of Do-Gooders Read More »
You can learn a lot by studying animals, just ask local photographer Minnie Clarke. Her passion for capturing northern creatures was borne on a remote
Life Lessons Through the Lens Read More »
Free Fire is a new run at old-school shoot out movies, it is an R rated flick written by Amy Jump and directed by Ben
The film Hell or High Water is a modern western written by Taylor Sheridan and directed by David Mackenzie. This hour and forty two minute
The Problem with ‘Right’ and ‘Wrong’ Read More »
The OUT North Queer Film Festival brings film lovers an American documentary with a local twist on April 9. Southwest of Salem tells the true
A Southern Story with a Northern Connection Read More »
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that when it comes to Pride and Prejudice, once is not enough. For acolytes, Jane Austen’s best-selling novel of the
Yukon designers, models and photographers work in tandem to showcase the “haute-est” trends from the coolest people in the North and, according to photographer Christian
It’s All About the Visuals Read More »
The mayor of Chicago is mad as a hatter, but the trains run on time. Having been mayor for a couple of decades, Tom Kane
When asked about the message she hopes to convey in the film, Ohama responded, “It’s a moving and inspiring story of how people find real
Life After Tragedy Read More »
Warcraft: The Beginning is an epic fantasy film that released on digital download September 13, 2016. It’s based on a popular series of video games
Live by these words and don’t see the movie Read More »
Arctic Secrets Directed by Allan Code, a Whitehorse based filmmaker, Arctic Secrets is a symphony of immensely strong and surprisingly fragile elements that comprise the
Rogue One is the first of Disney’s anthology stories set within the Star Wars universe. This flick comes in at two hours and 14 minutes
So Close, But Still a Galaxy Far, Far Away Read More »
From Jan. 26 to Feb. 25, the ODD Gallery in Dawson City will be featuring an exhibition called The Golden Age of Selfies. The exhibition
“It’s like everybody knows the story,” muses a reporter to her colleague. “Except us.” The journalists of “Spotlight,” a legendary investigative unit at the Boston
It was the short, sharp shock heard round the world – eventually. But in the world of Topsy-Turvy, Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado is being
Laughter, Tears, Curtain Read More »
If you’ve always wanted the challenge of making a film in a short amount of time, here’s your chance. The Yukon 48 Hour Film Challenge,
Yukon 48 hour Film Challenge Back Again this Year Read More »
In the 2016 film Captain Fantastic, Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen – The Lord of the Rings, A History of Violence), is a father with meticulous
What to do on Sunday Night Read More »
There are many excellent training opportunities available to aspiring Yukon filmmakers of all levels, through several different organizations. The Screen Production Yukon Association (SPYA) is
Finessing Filmmaking Skills Read More »
Take a moment to think about your favourite film. What is the soundtrack like? Besides music, what other sorts of sounds are used to create
“The story is ridiculous – ludicrous.” That’s director John McTiernan blithely dismissing the plot of one of the most successful thrillers of the past 30
Welcome to the Party, Pal Read More »
Straddling comedy, horror and drama genres, Anders Thomas Jensen’s 2015 film Men & Chicken is on the brink of insanity. It is certain to be
And now for something completely cifferent … Read More »
The epic saga of immigration is brought to human scale in Brooklyn, a critically acclaimed film based on the novel by Irish writer Colm Tóibín,
About arrivals and departures Read More »
Suicide Squad is DC Comics’ latest attempt to capture comic book magic on the silver screen. This flick comes in just over two hours and
Finding the Right Flick Read More »
Young Alex DeLarge and his gang of droogs aren’t choosy about whose lives they wreak mindless havoc on. From the down-at-the-heels to the well-heeled, the
Movie lovers have a chance this weekend to experience a rare venue for viewing in the north – a pop-up drive-in movie night is set
Community in the Yukon is small. For filmmakers, it’s even smaller. That sometimes causes competition between people in the territory who try to make it
Somewhere between Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and the writings of Colombian philosopher Santiago Castro-Gómez lies Ciro Guerra’s film Embrace of the Serpent. Shot in
Amazonian Mythology and Western Hallucinations Read More »
Panama Papers got you down? Still feeling the chill of tax season? A dose of the 2014 film Foxcatcher, based on a true story and
Deadly Fascination, or, Better Living with du Pont Read More »
“I call this one ‘The Matchmaker’… because she’s the one who matched my mom and dad to me.” Ryan Lawrence, 14, beams at his work
Through the Eyes of our Youth Read More »
Did Stieg Larsson know his character Lisbeth Salander was destined to achieve the iconic status of a Marvel superhero? Maybe not. In the 2011
Director Daniel Cross visits the southern United States with his latest documentary I am The Blues (2016), highlighting living blues legends in the heart of
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This year the Yukon Film Society (YFS) returns to the Adäka Cultural Festival with more First Nations programming.
Resisting and Resurging Read More »
It’s 1929, Virginia Woolf publishes her famous extended feminist essay, called “A Room of One’s Own,” exploring the gender disparity between women and men. Fast
Intimate, Insightful and Non-Traditional Read More »
The Living Building Challenge is an international sustainable building certificate program to foster the conscious development and design of eco-friendly architecture. It was launched
Deep Ecology within Architecture and Design Read More »
The New Girlfriend (Une Nouvelle Amie), a French drama from acclaimed director and screenwriter François Ozon, had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film
The New Girlfriend is French filmmaking at its best Read More »
At some point, perhaps, acting credentials and not gender identity, will dictate who gets what role. Until then, high profile films like The Danish Girl
The Danish Girl Attracts Controversy on Several Fronts Read More »
Freeheld Throughout Freeheld we are reminded of how people are so often a combination of the ordinary and the extraordinary. A fictional account of the
OUT North Queer Film Festival Turns Five Read More »
The intensely charged film Room was the Winner of the Audience Choice Award for Best Canadian Feature at this year’s Available Light Film Festival. If
A Room within a Room Read More »
In 1918, a young American soldier emerged from the ruins of a military kennel with a frantic, famished German Shepherd and her five newborn pups.
photos from Old Crow, Yukon Territory, and Inuvik, Northwest Territories from youth workshops held by BYTE
Showing Torontonians What’s Happening in Old Crow Read More »
This year marks the 14th anniversary of the Available Light Film Festival. Each year, the festival seems to grow and attract greater talent from a
The Available Light Film Festival running Feb. 6–14 there will be showing films during the daytime, right in the middle of your lunch hour. So
For years Canadian cinema was referred to as invisible cinema for its lack of global impact and struggle to compete with Hollywood’s massive export of
Awesome Canadian Films Read More »
This year’s Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) features a series of films draw audiences’ attention to the experiences of life in the Canadian Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. The North on
Available Light Film Fest shines on Canada’s North Read More »
The film Les Enfants du Paradise (Marcel Carné, 1945) has been called the greatest film ever made since its release. The film’s resurrection of the
‘Novelty is as Old as the Hills’ Read More »
They stayed in the game … They’re the most-famous musicians you’ve never heard of. Merry Clayton’s performance in the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” is the exemplar
Many beloved Christmas films had inauspicious debuts. It’s a Wonderful Life lost money for the studio when it was released in 1946, but television viewings
Love, Ambivalently Read More »
Today the internet is an active place with crazy things going viral all the time. From cat videos to fail compilations, to the latest greatest
Last week, I took place in the YFS 48 Hour Film Challenge. Along with five friends, we created a music video to a Michael Feuerstack
48 Hour Film Festival Read More »
No gadgets, guns or trophy girl in sight – John le Carré’s spy universe is stripped of glamour, but all the more fascinating for his
Soldiering on in the Cold War Read More »
Montreal filmmaker Maxime Grioux’s 2014 film, called Félix et Meria, is a forbidden love story – and it has been earning wide acclaim. It has
The systems of the Earth are inextricably interwoven – be they environmental, social, or economic. Naomi Klein, bestselling author of This Changes Everything, The Shock
Global response to climate change Read More »
In the 1870s and ‘80s English photographer Eadweard Muybridge was feverishly photographing animals, people in the nude, and people with physical deformities. He is famous
Still is Still Moving: Portrait of a Genius Read More »
Wayne Gretzky once stated that Viacheslav Fetisov was the greatest defenseman he had ever played against. Fetisov (nicknamed Slava) was known to be the “Bobby
The Secret to Russian Hockey Power Read More »
In 1943 Operation Husky was put into motion. Canadian Soldiers travelled deep into the Sicilian countryside to fight against the Nazi presence that had been
Keeping the Memory Alive Read More »
The year was 1971. Three Dog Nights’ “Joy to the World” became RPM’s top chart hit alongside The Stampeders’ “Sweet City Woman”. Pierre Trudeau was
Argentinean director Damián Szifron’s 2015 Best Foreign Language Academy Award Nominee Wild Tales is a completely jarring and poetic collection of old wives’ tales and
Spitefulness is best served as satire Read More »
Winter is coming. You might say that’s our motto above the 60th parallel, but they’re also words to live by in Winterfell, the northernmost kingdom
Swordplay and Flaming Arrows Read More »
Another comedy that’s not really a comedy – that’s been my reaction to many contemporary films that seem to centre on the sad-clown school of
A Comedy That is Actually Warm and Funny Read More »
Between September 25th and 27th the Whitehorse arts and cultural community will present a diverse array of activities to celebrate Culture Days. Launched in 2009,
Bring a blanket and popcorn Read More »
A brilliantly layered and sensitive look at the contrasting stages of life, the 2014 film The Clouds of Sils Maria stars Juliette Binoche as Maria
Unravelling the layers of existence Read More »
Since being presented the Palme D’Or and Best Director credits at the Cannes Film Festival for Paris, Texas (1984) and Wings of Desire (1987) respectively,
The beauty and the decay of life around the planet Read More »
Near the end of his memoir, Chronicles, Volume I, Bob Dylan recalls the seismic effect of hearing Robert Johnson’s album, King of the Delta Blues
Living on a knife’s edge isn’t as exciting as it sounds. It can actually be downright tedious, and that’s what Wendy and Lucy captures —
Life isn’t fair. Jobs, Wozniak, Gates, Zuckerberg, and Swartz were, or are, all geniuses on the frontlines of the digital revolution, but only one of
The Very Bad Thing Read More »
A camera obscura is an optical device, and is the prototype of the photographic camera we know today. It consists of a box or room
The Midnight Sun Camera Obscura Festival Read More »
June 17 – 21 2015: Dawson City Midnight Sun Camera Obscura Festival. This is the follow up to last year’s Dawson City Solstice Symposium
When the Darkness Bleeds Daylight Read More »
In the North, peril can strike anyone in the summer, or the winter. But when Christopher McCandless died at the age of 24 in August,
Alexander Supertramp Was Here Read More »
In early-1993 my mom took my sister and I to see Alive, a film about an Argentinian rugby team that must survive a plane crash
Cannibalism: What’s the Big Deal? Read More »
Walt Disney’s magic touch on celluloid created indelible memories for many moviegoers, but it induced tears of rage in P.L. Travers (born Helen Goff) at
No Singing, No Dancing, No Silly Cartoons Read More »
Rich Hill, playing at the Yukon Arts Centre on Sunday, is a poignant observational snapshot of three boys on separate, but similar, journeys through the
Flowers in the Concrete Read More »
Contemplating what to write about this weekend’s OUT North Film Festival, which runs from April 17 to 19 at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, my
OUT North comes of age Read More »
An article that appeared in the Washington Post just before Barack Obama’s inauguration as President of the United States, about a butler who had served
A television mini-series is being shot in Dawson between April 7 and 17. The two episodes of Her Next Plan are being produced by the
Her Next Plan is Coming to a Television Near You Read More »
On September 20, 1993 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air aired episode one of season four. The show documented the comedic hijinks of Will Smith (played by Will Smith),
Dawson City has created a filmmaker out of a doctor. So says Suzanne Crocker, creator of All the Time in the World, a full-length feature
The inherent drama of buying, selling, or renovating homes is tailor-made for reality television. You don’t need to own a house to be captivated by
Home Truths and Other Stories Read More »
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival (WSFF), screening at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre on March 5, aims to create a space “where activism gets
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival Makes a Whitehorse Debut Read More »
In the wake of Boyhood’s lackluster haul at the recently held Academy Awards — it won only one Oscar, despite six nominations — I’ve been
On Richard Linklater Read More »
Food is a hardworking component of any television or film crew, serving as prop, symbol, characterization, and plot point for numerous scripts. Jerry Seinfeld has
Shakespeare Re-told: Macbeth Read More »
Imagine being able to pick out a child from an assortment of infants and toddlers, as easily as choosing a puppy from a litter or
Love, Hope, and Evil Nuns Read More »
Thursday, February 12th The day kicks off with the festival’s final installment of the Fire Hall Film Talks, a series of free lunchtime discussions between
ALFF Breakdown, Part Two Read More »
The 2015 Available Light Film Festival is bringing a jam-packed program to Yukon Arts Centre this February. The first half of the festival, Feb 7
Film Festival Round Up: Part One Read More »
Move over Ben Affleck and Julia Roberts, the Canadian filmmaking world would like to thank you for solidifying conventions for the romantic comedy genre, so
Two 4 One Breaks New Ground Read More »
Joel Thomas Hynes’s blackly tinted, yet poignantly observant perspective, brings you his best film yet. Cast No Shadow, playing at the Yukon Arts Centre on
Imagination and pain on display in Newfoundland yarn Read More »
They did impossible things because they were too young to know they couldn’t, and in the late 18th century nothing seemed more unlikely than convincing
What Incurable Optimists Can Do Read More »
People who bemoan the state of Canadian film, when compared with the media juggernaut that is the American film industry, would do well to watch
Popcorn With Maple Syrup Read More »
The Yukon Film Society is very excited to present a film that is currently at the top of many “Best Films of 2014” lists, as
Hayao Miyazaki, of Japan’s Studio Ghibli, has declared that The Wind Rises, playing at the Yukon Arts Centre on December 28, will be his last
Beautiful Designs, Tools of Destruction Read More »
No one gets out of paradise unscathed. That’s what Matt King says as The Descendants, a drama set in Hawaii, begins. Matt (George Clooney), a
On November 23,The Old Fire Hall will once again host a free mini-festival of Japanese films, hosted by the Japanese Canadian Association of Yukon (JCAY).
Dining on Ramen and Talking to the Dead Read More »
“We were praying and killing each other at the same time.” — A German soldier reflecting on D-Day Once peace is waged what do we
A glance at the credits of a film reveals that it’s a collaborative art form involving a lot of people over a lot of time.
New Waterford Girl, playing at the Yukon Arts Centre on October 24, is a film about juggling tradition and modernity. Living in a small and
Catholic Guilt and Teenage Dreams Read More »
Being Caribou kicks off Yukon Film Society’s (YFS) Kitchen Party on October 24 at the Yukon Arts Centre. The Kitchen Party is a month-long celebration
What happens when a person dies? We don’t truly know the answer, but death does hold one certainty: a once animated body stills. We do
Green Burial in the Yukon Read More »
Everyone has a doppelganger somewhere in the world, so they say. Sarah Manning, a small-time drifter, sees hers seconds before her double jumps in front
Endless Forms Most Beautiful Read More »
The Yukon Film Society and Yukon Arts Centre present the return of the Available Light Cinema series on Sunday, September 21 with two films of
The Scientific Lens Read More »
If you have ever watched an HBO show, or have listened to an LP with a Parental Advisory, it is your duty to tip your
I’m not a comedian, I’m Lenny Bruce Read More »
Dan Sokolowski doesn’t disguise his fascination with the Dempster Highway area. “There’s something in the air that makes you feel the people that have been
Dan Sokolowski Can’t Stay Away from the Dempster Read More »
One road in, one road out — that’s Broadchurch, a picturesque town on the Dorset coast of Britain. So when 11-year-old Danny Latimer is found
Shadows from Light Read More »
There’s at least one struggling musician who doesn’t need Bob Dylan to tell him failure is no success at all. Llewyn Davis is in Greenwich
The Ballad of Llewyn the Luckless Read More »
In April 2002 I was lying on my bed in Lethbridge, Alberta listening to the same clock radio that is still perched on my dresser
Robin, Layne, and Misunderstood Pain Read More »
Calling all Yukoners; one of your own needs humble support. Photographer Peter Mather is a finalist in the biggest natural wildlife photography competition in the
The Competitive Spirit of a Yukon Photographer Read More »
The opening image of The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) provides a valuable portal into the mind of director Wes Anderson. Accompanied by dream-like music, we see
The Art of Wes Anderson Read More »
Life doesn’t hold many nice surprises for Norma Rae Wilson. She was widowed at 21 and left to raise two children from different fathers by
Actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin had the soul of a poet and the heart of a clown. He lived by his own moral code and
The Tramp of My Heart Read More »
He wakes up as one person and goes to bed as someone else completely; that’s what Bob Dylan said about himself in a long-ago interview.
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If you ask Andrew Connors to explain the appeal of film, the answer is simple and direct. “It transports me,” he says without hesitation. A
Andrew Connors behind the camera or behind a desk Read More »
Listen, guys, I know you don’t like to talk about your feelings, but have we told you how much we love you? Twenty-five years after
An Ode to a Girl’s Best Guy Friend Read More »
The FBI hunt for slippery John Dillinger was the match of the century. He was the bureau’s first public enemy number one during the crime
Wanted: Dead or Alive Read More »
Soul music calls to Jimmy Rabbitte, an Irish lad living in Dublin in the mid-1980s, and it’s telling him to put together a local band.
Sometimes it’s hard to believe you’re related. That’s the reality for Maggie and Rose Feller, the central characters in the 2005 film In Her Shoes, a
We’re all works-in-progress Read More »
The Animal Project, a new feature film by prolific Canadian indie filmmaker Ingrid Veninger, began as a leap of faith. To begin creating the film,
Canadian Indie Filmmaker Heads Our Way Read More »
Facebook marked its 10th anniversary this February, a few months before its creator, Mark Zuckerberg, turns 30. It’s not every 19-year-old that changes the world.
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Fresh from one of its most successful festivals to date, the Yukon Film Society presents a trio of superb films in its monthly Available Light
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The Yukon Queer Film Alliance are hosting the third annual film festival OUT North this weekend at The Old Fire Hall in Whitehorse. The eclectic
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With three noticeable talents, namely photography, singing, and fashion design, Emma Blair is exceptional – and not afraid to be loud and proud about her
How do you relate to someone after you discover they’ve committed monstrous acts? The generation born in Germany after World War II – who Berthold
It can’t be easy to find your identity as a chubby performer in Hollywood. In an industry notorious for its worship of physical perfection, overweight
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It’s a film festival in a town that doesn’t have a theatre. It’s an international film festival in a town that doesn’t have an international
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Since the Oscars are less than a month old, I decided this week’s column should be about movies and, in particular, about movies that are
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Somewhere in England, students congregate daily on the pastoral grounds of the Hailsham boarding school watching soccer, gossiping, and daydreaming about the future. They playfully
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It all started with a voice mail message left by a then-unknown cell phone caller on my phone at home. It sounded something like this:
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The Princess Bride is the ideal post-Christmas movie fare for the whole family. It’ll be playing at the Yukon Arts Centre on the afternoon of
One Day, Ample Big-Screen Film Options Read More »
It’s 1842 and Lady Ludlow is appalled to discover that a young woman applying for a position as her maid has learned to read and
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It’s not too early think about movie fare in the New Year, and one of the highlights of the upcoming season is the new music
You’d be forgiven for thinking The Wire and Breaking Bad are American television shows — that’s certainly what they appear to be. But actually, they’re
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There’s an emotional charge watching a biographical drama and knowing where the road a character is on will take him. But the triangle at the
On Monday the Yukon Film Society’s Available Light Cinema series presents a little-known but fascinating story in the history of Canadian Labour, with its showing
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It’s beginning to look a lot like winter, and the fresh blanket of snow in town must mean fresh snow for backcountry skiing and snowmobiling.
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“I deal with stuff that’s too dumb for people to have bothered to formulate opinions on,” David Byrne says in his 1986 film True Stories.
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The Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLIFF) celebrates its fifth anniversary in the Yukon on Wednesday, November 20. CLIFF is an initiative of the Public
Poignant Labour Docs Screen in Whitehorse Read More »
The date may have changed this year, but the timing is the same. Contestants in the Yukon 48 Challenge still have just 48 hours to
Gearing up for 48 Hours of Filming Madness Read More »
Before I turned my attention to carousing in the early 2000s, I watched a lot of movies, and as a young film buff I couldn’t
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A group of movie lovers gathers on a frigid Sunday in Whitehorse. In an apartment living room, they watch movies and eat popcorn. They laugh
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DAWSON CITY — CBC North is looking for short films to advertise a festival about short films. The Dawson City International Short Film Festival is
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These days, a scary movie will likely consist of some predictable devices. There will be dramatic music. The characters will investigate a series of false
The film Adaptation (2002) was directed by Spike Jonze, but it’s really screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s movie. Kaufman, who is also responsible for such mind-bending classics
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Andrew Connors has you in mind. All of you. And it isn’t even creepy. Well some of it is — like Upstream Colour — but
If you line up four people and compare their photographs of the same subject matter, you start to see into their minds. There’s an opportunity
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Blackstone is a raw, authentic drama that tells the story of the fictitious Blackstone First Nation, suffering disintegration by its own corrupt leadership. From within
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Each summer the population of Atlin, B.C. swells from its normal 400 to 2,500, as the Atlin Arts and Music Festival swings into gear for
A Front-Row Seat into the Lives of Musicians Read More »
For the sixth year, Northern film buffs will have the chance to “reconnect with the world and immerse themselves in great film”. Andrew Connors, the
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It’s a little festival with a big handle: Dawson City International Short Film Festival, March 20 to 23, 2008. But compared to festivals I’ve attended
Back when Dawson City was at the end of the road, some of the consumer goods that arrived here stayed here because it wasn’t worth
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For a novice filmmaker, Moira Sauer has been getting a lot of mileage from her six-minute silent short. The latest victory for her film, The
The Provider heads to Cannes Read More »
Of the thousands of photos from the devastation of Sept. 11, photo editors around the world chose one photo that would tell the story of
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The films are heavy, intense and, more importantly, thought provoking. Tory Russell makes no attempt to sugar coat the fact these films are “super-heavy” as
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Musicians perform Daniel Jankey’s new score for the The Grub-Stake Revisited in Vancouver at the Vogue Theatre. The Yukon Arts Centre presents a live showing
Shakespearian Shenanigans Read More »
Originally from Nova Scotia, Lulu Keating often gets asked the question: “Why the hell did you move to the North?” Her short film, Dawson Town
Emilie Joslin is the friendly person who will welcome you when you enter the Yukon Quest office. The walls of Joslin’s office are covered with
The New ‘Face’ of the Same Great Race Read More »
The Old Fire Hall in downtown Whitehorse will host the second annual Out North Film Festival on the weekend of April 19-21. Buoyed by last
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It is that particular configuration of the Hougen Heritage Gallery at Arts Underground that really astounds you about this latest show. From the name, Man’s
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It’s been three years, but How People Got Fire is ready for its world premiere at the Available Light Film Festival. “I started calling it,
‘How People Got Fire’ premieres at ALFF Read More »
Andrew Connors is very pleased with his 32-page program for the upcoming Available Light Film Festival. “Last year, it was 24 pages,” says the festival’s
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(Part 1 of 2) My brother and I were on a road trip and, to pass the time away, we tried to list the Top
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The roar of the sand grinder is enough to give anyone a headache. But Dan Sokolowski, producer of the Dawson City International Short Film Festival,
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We’re all used to seeing films about broken-down musicians, but broken-down magicians? Based on the evidence of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, it’s a category best
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Upwards of 1,500 film lovers will be flowing into Dawson City during the Easter long weekend to soak up a non-stop extravaganza of short films.
Local filmmakers rub shoulders with the world Read More »
“Dark Skies” was the title of a short-lived NBC series during the 1996-97 television season. It was a smartly designed, intriguing and timely show, which
A Mish-Mash of Cliche’s Read More »
What do you do if your family is “the most apologized-to family in Canada?” If you’re Mitch Miyagawa, local writer and filmmaker, you create a
Generations of First Nations Peoples across Canada are still trying to come to terms with experiences they and their families had in residential schools. A
New Film Gives a Child’s Eye Perspective on Residential Schools Read More »
Between 1964 and 1971 director Stanley Kubrick released three movies, each significantly altering the course of film history. The first of these films was Dr.
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I wanted to like Silver Linings Playbook more than I did, and really anticipated seeing it when it came to Whitehorse, two months after its
Not Every Silver Lining Leaves You Satisfied Read More »
American actress Jessica Chastain redeems her loopy performance in The Tree Of Life with her role in Zero Dark Thirty. The film tells the story
Zero Dark Thirty Delivers Read More »
They are not mountain goats to Shirly Ambrose, who, in her own words is an “amateur professional photographer”, they are her “Mountain Glories”. “All of
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Firehall Films, like most ventures, had humble beginnings. It began in a tent at LePage Park, back in 2002-03, with a loaned big-screen television from
The Old Fire Hall ‘blazes’ with films Read More »
I was lucky enough to see the two winning entries from the recently held Yukon 48 competition, in which filmmakers had exactly two days to
So You Want to Be a Filmmaker? Read More »
Mike Faughey-Scraggs is an orthopedic surgeon at Leeds Teaching Hospital in England. He’s a former high diver and an experienced mountaineer, having scaled Mount Kilimanjaro
Local Filmmaker Chronicles Extraordinary Journey Read More »
On January 18, Yukoners have the opportunity to make a film in 48 hours. Sound impossible? Not according to Dan Sokolowski, co-organizer of the Yukon
Lights, Camera, Action! Read More »
Tickets are on sale now for the Yukon Film Society’s annual Available Light Film Festival, which takes place Feb. 4 to 10 at the Yukon
Indo-Canadian Filmmakers Shine a Light on Contemporary India Read More »
I thought digital photography is supposed to be easy. Sure, it’s easy to handle digital images, but I found out last week that capturing a
Digital photography still needs a photographer Read More »
The Yukon was lucky to have been chosen as the location for the filming of Anash and the Legacy of the Sun-Rock. Yes, we have
Of course, our big news for this year is APTN’s February coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games as the world’s first Aboriginal official
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When Whitehorse musicians Kate Weekes and Grant Simpson attended the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals this past fall, they were amazed and touched by a
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Yukon Film Society scores again, with a special double bill at the Yukon Arts Centre this coming Monday, November 1. Featured will be two of
A Brace of Ron Mann Films at YAC Read More »
”I was just a regular guy, no radioactive spiders, no refugee status from an alien world. My only super-power was being invisible to girls,” intones
A powerful film about grassroots-level punk music in a religion not traditionally open to diverse musical tastes, Islam, blends with a heartfelt, passionate documentary following
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Our chance to showcase the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games to viewers across Canada as the world’s first Aboriginal Official Broadcaster is upon us, and
Stories of the Olympics in Eight Aboriginal Languages Read More »
Steve Carell, from NBC-TV’s hit series The Office, and 30 Rock‘s Tina Fey work well together in Date Night, a screwball-comedy that quickly morphs into
It Takes Two Great Comedians to Make It a Comedy Read More »
For what it is, Clash of the Titans isn’t a bad movie. The battle and action scenes are arresting enough; the computer-generated imaging works well.
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One of the things some viewers may not realize about APTN is that we regularly broadcast award-winning, informative, inspiring and thought-provoking documentaries. Anyone who has
Real-Life Stories Come to APTN Read More »
On the day we met to discuss the 11th Dawson City International Short Film Festival, producer Dan Sokolowski was just finishing getting the 40-page program
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Who wouldn’t follow Alice down the rabbit hole? Really. She’s following adventure. She’s leaving behind her sterile, affluent, predictable world and putting herself in the
Follow Alice to explore your playful otherworldly self Read More »
Rep cinema returns to Whitehorse this week with a vengeance, as the Yukon Film Society expands its Firehall Films offerings to a mini-festival of film.
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The Other Guys is another of those films that can’t seem to make up its mind about itself. Is it an action thriller, a buddy
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It looks like perhaps the season of sequels has passed, to be replaced by the season of spy thrillers. After Knight and Day and Inception,
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Thanks to the Yukon Film Society, Whitehorse has its own de facto repertory cinema, in the form of the once-monthly Fire Hall Films series, shown
Two Worlds, One Film Night Read More »
The Canadian labour movement has designated November as Labour Films Month, and has put together a package of films highlighting the history and struggles of
Labour Films Highlight Workers’ Plight Read More »
Many movies dealing with the CIA seem to draw from two seminal films for their inspiration. One is the 1962 thriller The Manchurian Candidate, starring
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Veteran documentary filmmaker Ron Mann is in Whitehorse this week, hosting workshops through the Yukon Film Society. Mann will discuss the process of making independent
Know Your Ron Mann Read More »
The word antihero could well have been invented for the likes of Jonah Hex. His story is yet another in the summertime crop of comic
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It’s a good week for film, as the Qwanlin Cinema presents the last in its fall season of the Arts Film series, and the Yukon
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I have a friend, a long-time Yukoner, who returned to live in her native France last year. I plan to visit her next summer in
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Playing at the Qwanlin Cinema this Sunday and Monday is Cyrus, the second-last in this season’s Art Film Series. Featured in its cast are John
It’s a pretty safe bet that not too many of us will be worrying about peak oil during the holidays. But it’s an equally safe
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While APTN is ushering in the New Year with a number of great new shows, perhaps the biggest buzz will come from the premiere of
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Okay film-lovers, try this. Go stand close to a mirror, eight or nine inches away. Look steadily for a full second into one eye, then
The subject of cheesy musicals came up in a conversation the other day.Oklahoma was mentioned, as was South Pacific. “You want cheesy, go see Burlesque,”
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There’s a lot happening in Whitehorse at local community venues for film this upcoming week. The Alpine Film Night series returns with a powerful documentary,
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Amnesty International brings its annual film festival to Whitehorse this weekend, featuring an amazing array of films dealing with themes of social justice at the
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I went to see The A-Team last week. It was a violent, confusing and moronic mess, and I hated it. End of review. And now
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Graduation time for local high schools is almost here, and with it comes the usual round of bush parties, barhopping and celebrations, too often combined
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Yukon Film Society’s Firehall Films series has an exciting lineup this month. On Thursday, June 3, the evening leads off at 6:45 pm with Petropolis:
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Which APTN programs do you like to watch? Would you watch them online? What do you like most about our network? What would you change
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A feeling of human warmth beams from the eyes of the people in Norm Hamilton’s black and white portraits on the walls in the Guild’s
There is passion driving a new set of films about the struggles of workers in Canada and around the world. The Canadian Labour International Film
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If you’ve ever wanted to take extreme measures against your employer, then Horrible Bosses might just be your cup of tea. Not that the exploits
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Elizabeth Halsey, played by Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher, is a woman who knows what she wants. What she wants is a new pair of
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As I sit here in Pisa, Italy, I’m thinking a short column on travel photography is in order. My first recommendation for a really important
Travel Photography Read More »
According to What’s Up Yukon fishing columnist Dennis Zimmermann, fly fishing is no longer the “stuffy old pretentious sport” some people consider it. “It’s become
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Twelve sumptuous films about mountains, snow, skiing and other adventures come to Whitehorse this weekend in the form of the Banff Mountain Film Festival –
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Throughout the years, films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, Contact and ET have presented us with thought-provoking perspectives
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Rango is a clever, offbeat animated feature from George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic that features the voice of Johnny Depp as a frustrated playwright
Boot Heels and the Beast Read More »
A film director is pivotal in creating the environment and tone for people to work in, and in Lulu Keating’s recent short films the setting
Hot Truths and Half-frozen Films Read More »
This weekend the Japanese Canadian Association of the Yukon presents a free showing of two excellent films from Japan. Playing on Friday is Departures, a gentle
Beware of shooters in Whitehorse this weekend. It won’t be outlaw gangs roaming the territory’s capital, but camera crews taking part in the Cold Snap
Forget everything you thought you knew about the glamour of the world of ballet. Black Swan casts it all aside. This Oscar contender shows us
The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous is about to bless us with its annual appearance – a great opportunity for you to capture all the activities and
Capturing Rendezvous Read More »
Based on a series of true events and featuring a gripping performance from screen veteran Anthony Hopkins, The Rite is the story of a modern
On Wednesday, May 9 at 10:00 pm CT, as part of the documentary series Reel Insights, APTN will broadcast Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit
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Bethany Hamilton is a 21-year-old resident of Kauai, Hawaii who says that she was born to be a surfer. On the morning of Halloween, 2003,
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Aremake currently playing in Whitehorse that is in some respects actually an improvement on the original is Arthur. The 1981 version, which starred Dudley Moore
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Tansi! For those unfamiliar with Aboriginal languages, ‘tansi’ is a friendly greeting in the Cree language somewhat akin to ‘hello’ in English. It is a
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Among the 25 international and Canadian features at next week’s Available Light Film festival are four of the films the Toronto International Film Festival ranked
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It’s a nice feeling when you come up with an idea for good times with people, and you make it happen, and it works. That’s
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As a child, storyteller and projection artist Daniel Barrow shielded his eyes from glimpsing the jackets of horror films in the video store. With puberty,
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In a week when every film playing at the four screens in town was either a remake or a sequel, I flipped a coin and
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Photography, practised as an art form, has the power to transform your life … or at the very least, the way you look at things.
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When I came home from seeing Source Code on May Day evening, I turned on the TV and heard that Osama Bin Laden had just
90 Minutes Well Spent Read More »
The Lincoln Lawyer has some good things going for it, not the least being a gripping portrayal by lead actor Matthew McConaughey. He plays a
Meatier McConaughey Read More »
I have begun to despair that The King’s Speech was the last we will see of intelligent films until Academy Award season rolls around again.
When you go to see Still Films at the Yukon Arts Centre, bring your imagination. Better yet, bring a friend and tell each other stories
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What would you say if someone handed you a video camera and asked you to produce, cast, direct, shoot and edit a film in two
Be your own director Read More »
Ah, the holidays! The value of the season is perhaps easy to overlook amidst the calorific parties and ominous-sounding “Black Friday” shopping sprees. Nevertheless, whether
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The Rum Diary should be a better film than it is. The main problem with it is that there’s not one character with whom we
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Season two of The Candy Show is coming to APTN on October 27. The exciting and hilarious Candy Show is back with your backstage pass
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) is pleased to announce its new fall line-up, including some brand-new shows as well as new seasons of old favourites.
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Amnesty International’s annual film festival returns to Whitehorse and Haines Junction this week, with a powerful lineup of feature documentaries. The festival plays December 2
Films of Struggle & Resistance Read More »
Where is wildlife considered to be “not so wildlife”? In a zoo, of course. Here are some tips and ideas about shooting in a zoo
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Tell me a joke” our instructor, Richard, says to the class on the first day of our iPad movie-making course. Awkward silence. All eight participants
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Andy Warhol once said, “Photographers feel guilty that all they do for a living is press a button.” The digital era has made it possible
Fine Art Photography Read More »
Atractor-trailer winds its way along the Alaska Highway from Terrace, B.C. Its cargo is a single gigantic log, 30 feet long, weighing 13,000 pounds. Within
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The Yukon Film Society offers its Available Light Cinema showings again this Sunday at the Yukon Arts Centre. The varied bill of fare includes an
Ghosts, Bees and Wagons Read More »
Taking your digital camera along for a trek in the tundra or through the woods allows you to capture all the wonders and visions that
Respectful Nature Photography Read More »
Athree-week vacation in France accounts for the recent absence of this column. One of the highlights of my holiday was the Cinema au clair de
Kelly Borgers considers herself a family photographer. Except that her subject matter is not human faces, but Canada’s boreal forest. “I probably have at least
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Whitehorse filmgoers have a new monthly option to indulge their tastes. The Yukon Film Society (YFS) and the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC) have teamed up
New Option for Film Fans Read More »
Karine Genest offers us a view of Churchill, Manitoba during the polar bear migration season during her show Un Autre Nord: Les Ours Polaires de
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I fail to see why films like Safe are made. Nasty, cynical, and of no redeeming social value whatever, its convoluted plot seems only to
Two romantic comedies currently playing locally present two different takes on the institution of marriage. The Five-Year Engagement stars Emily Blunt (The Adjustment Bureau, The
Double Take on Marriage Read More »
The summer blockbuster season has truly gotten underway with the launching of The Avengers onto local screens. A fairly mundane plot-line is helped along immeasurably
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My first conversation with Andreas Horvath was right after I’d seen Views of Retired Night Porter at the Dawson City International Short Film Festival. The
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As the summer blockbuster season begins to unroll itself before us, the latest among the current batch of remakes is Dark Shadows. It first saw
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Fresh from the success of its recent Out North film festival, the Yukon Queer Film Alliance has scheduled a repeat performance double-bill of the festival’s
Middle Row, Centre: Take 2 for Two Hits Read More »
Playing this week is the last of the Qwanlin Cinema’s Filmtastic Films series for the fall season, formerly dubbed the Art Films series. It’s a
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Inspiring and informative, Cheryl McKenzie puts the top news stories affecting Aboriginal Peoples in Canada into perspective. Every Friday, Cheryl takes an in-depth look at
Informing and Inspiring Read More »
When Paris-based film director Patrick Hadjadj needed a crowd demonstration for his short film Le Citron vert (The Lime), playing at the Francophone Film Festival
A Ready-made Crowd Read More »
André Gallant proves that you don’t need a brush to be a painter. His expressive photography creates the impression of a painting for the viewer
Painting With a Camera Read More »
Braden Brickner’s first job was dishing out popcorn at the Yukon Cinema. Now, the 19-year-old Vanier Catholic Secondary School grad is about to produce his
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Chris Rodgers doesn’t mind being called a tinkerer. After all, he’s been playing around with audio equipment since he was a teenager. “I was really
Always an End Result Read More »
At the risk of alienating a packed theatre full of 18 to 25-year-olds, I must confess after a recent viewing of 21 Jump Street, to
The territory’s first queer film festival, OUT North, is coming to Whitehorse March 24 to 25. The festival features two days of award-winning films, and
The last in Landmark Cinemas ‘Filmtastic Films series for this season screens this week at the Qwanlin. A Dangerous Method is the latest film from
Middle row, centre: Therapy and psychodrama Read More »
Ark Terry sees himself almost as an interpreter. As a filmmaker who has documented rapid changes in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions, his goal
Documenting Polar Change Read More »
Twelve Yukon filmmakers are travelling to Vancouver for the 7th Annual Vancouver Women in Film Festival, held March 8 to 11, at the Vancity Theatre.
Wilder, Wiser Women Read More »
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Yukon Film Society’s Available Light Film Festival, highlighting an impressive array of more than 30 feature films
People and the Land Read More »
what happens to the Homecoming Queen when she’s past her prime? That’s the question posed for Charlize Theron in her new film Young Adult. Theron
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can you make a film masterpiece in 48 hours? Yes! Or, at very least, you can say “I’ll try” when Dawson City International Short Film
No Rest for the Wickedly Creative Read More »
It was exactly two years ago this week that this column first graced the pages of What’s Up Yukon, with a review of Clash of
Game-style Mythology Read More »
The onset of fall signals the start of a new season for the Yukon Film Society’s Available Light Cinema series at the Yukon Arts Centre.
Stimulating and Varied Line-up Read More »
I’m probably not the best person to review The Expendables 2, not being a particular fan of its genre to begin with, and having a
Expendable Morality? Read More »
The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a strange little sort of movie that borders on being maudlin, but still manages to bring forth its
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The Bourne Legacy is the fourth in the highly successful series of films adapted from Robert Ludlum’s spy novels, featuring Matt Damon as renegade intelligence
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The summer onslaught of sequels and remakes continues unabated, without showing signs of letting up. One of the latest entries in Hollywood’s parade of sameness
The Whitehorse Curling Club will undergo a transformation a little over a week from now, taking on a picnic/drive-in atmosphere for Movie Night at the
Movies with Brooms Read More »
It seems the summer blockbuster season this year isn’t turning out all that badly after all, with the quality of major films already a lot
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Yukon Film Society’s Available Light Cinema series is scheduled for at least one summer showing at the Yukon Arts Centre, although it’s been switched from
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Thirty-five year old Boston rental car agent John Bennett has been dating his girlfriend, Lori Collins, for four years. Lori wants to get married, but
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Visitors to the Atlin Arts and Music Festival this weekend can look forward to an excellent lineup of films to round out their entertainment schedule,
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Adam Sandler’s latest starring vehicle is a crude and lewd piece of low-life comedy that may well offend a certain demographic slice of the population,
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Director Ridley Scott broke some real ground in science-fiction films, first in 1979 with Alien, and again in 1982 with Blade Runner. Both films flew
Men in Black 3 doesn’t do badly at all, in a season that’s already beginning to regale us with remakes and sequels. Will Smith and
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Picture the serenity of pristine mountain scenery, contrasted by the fast action of snowmobiles launched upside down on soaring jumps. That’s exactly what Whitehorse filmmaker
There are some photographers who frown on the use of flash photography. I believe that, used effectively, flash is a tool that can sometimes make
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We’re in the thick of it now. Blockbuster season has arrived, with its bumper crop of sequels, remakes and films based on comic-book heroes. Still
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A close look at goths who ride Winnipeg buses, an animation about Yukon sledding, and films about climate change will appear among more than 100
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“On top of everything else, you are a photographer, too?” Didier Delahaye has a bemused look that I don’t quite understand. As the marketing director
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“MITY” stands for Made in the Yukon,” says Curtis, the founder and volunteer director of North America’s most northerly film festival.
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