ALFF 2022 goes online
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 »
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 »
Two nights of drive-in movies in Whitehorse and Carcross. Soul, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, You Are Here: A Come From Away Story and Beans.
At the drive-in – Yukon style & Pandemic safe Read More »
Sovereign Soil gets national online release
Yukon Grown, Nationwide Read More »
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 »
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
From Friday, August 24 until Sunday, August 26, musicians and filmmakers are invited and encouraged to take part in the creation of a music video that will be completed in only two days.
48 hours of music and film 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 »
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 »
“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 »
“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 »
The Yukon Riverside Arts Festival takes place in the most idyllic of settings – right alongside the Yukon River in Dawson City.
The 17th Annual Riverside Arts Festival Read More »
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 »
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
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 »
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 »
The Atlin Arts and Music Festival, music, visual arts, film and food, is about building community through music and art.
Atlin Arts and Music Festival: A Feast for the Senses Read More »
This year the Yukon Film Society (YFS) returns to the Adäka Cultural Festival with more First Nations programming.
Resisting and Resurging 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 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 »
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
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Perhaps your partner is sick of navigating around that massive quilting frame to get to the living room couch. Perhaps you’re tired of moving that
A few years ago the Yukon Film Society (YFS) unsuccessfully bid on a lease for the Hatch House in Shipyards Park, in hopes of hosting
Media Arts on the Waterfront Read More »
I am no stranger to the all-night art festival rodeo. I’ve been to three of them, in two different cities — using all different methods
Whitehorse Nuit Blanche Survival Guide 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 »
When I reach Jon Mckiel he’s in the middle of a New Brunswick snowstorm. I’m in the Yukon, where the temperature has dipped below -30°C.
East Coasters Come North 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 »
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 »
For Yukoners who miss having a music festival in February, the Yukon Film Society has stepped up. This year, the Available Light Film Festival (ALFF)
The Wooden Sky Kicks Off ALFF 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 »
What would your grandmother say if you asked her to be your friend on Facebook? Would your teenage daughter or granddaughter know what a typewriter
Cyber Seniors to screen in Whitehorse Read More »
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 »
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.
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
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 »
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 »
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
More Quality Films to See on a Big Screen Read More »
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
Films from the Out-side Read More »
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
New Film Highlights Struggles of the Finnish Labour Movement in Thunder Bay Read More »
“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.
Just Everyday Life; Through David Byrne’s Eyes Read More »
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
The three faces behind the Yukon Film Society: There’s more than one way to eat popcorn Read More »
Andrew Connors has you in mind. All of you. And it isn’t even creepy. Well some of it is — like Upstream Colour — but
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
Available Light Film Festival promises great stories, great film Read More »
2013 Adäka Cultural Festival: 28 performance groups, 44 visual artists and 50 workshops over 6 days at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre.
The Adäka Cultural Festival Aims to Include Everyone Read More »
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 »
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
2009 ALFF is bigger and better Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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
Available Light Film Festival shines on unique films Read More »
I shall, from time to time, give to the readers of What’s Up Yukon information about the state of this arts and recreation paper. This lead
This is your paper 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.
Firehall Films Gets ‘Real’ Read More »
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 »
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 »
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,
Community Film Showings Read More »
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
Amnesty Films at Old Fire Hall Read More »
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:
Firehall Films: From Alberta to Jamaica by Sky Read More »
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
2011 ALFF at a Glance Read More »
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 »
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 »