Dan Sokolowski designed What's Up Yukon from 2005-2007 on dial up internet in Ottawa. Dan really put our little magazine on the path to having a fully virtual office. An exceptional magazine designer who worked at lightening speed.
In addition to creating his own films, Dan has worked on over 40 independent productions as cinematographer, animator, assistant director, lighting director and editor.
Dan Sokolowski is about three weeks away from launching the 20th edition of the Dawson City International Short Film Festival (DCISFF) when we sit down in his corner of the building that’s home to the Klondike Institute of Art of Culture (KIAC.)...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...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 between the Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture in Dawson City and the Yukon Film Society...Read more
The cupboard behind Dan Sokolowski’s head is still covered with the multi-coloured Post-it notes he’s been using to assign the 86 short films in this year’s Dawson City International Short Film Festival to various categories for Friday, Saturday...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 to Feb 11, is covered here. Itinerary from Feb 12 to Feb 16 will be in next week’s paper.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 before you, or the caribou that have been through there, but you can’t see,” he says.Read more
The DCISFF started in 2000 as a Klondike Institute of Art and Culture project, along with some film enthusiasts from the Dawson community. Producer Dan Sokolowski has been organizing the festival for eight years.Read more
The Dawson City International Short Film Festival (DCISFF) features a series of films as short as one minute, each one being a window into the minds of filmmakers from around the world.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 48 Hour Filmmaking Festival.Read more
Not many people know that an annual winter tradition in Dawson City started seven years ago as a joke.
In 2006, Bombay Peggy's, a popular pub, closed down for part of the winter for the first time since opening in 1999.Read more
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, thanks to the Yukon Film Society.
Featured on Saturday is a pair of films that feature some breathRead more
On the day before the 13th Annual Dawson City International Short Film Festival (DCISFF) schedule was released, I joined festival producer, Dan Sokolowski, in his office in the Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture (KIAC).Read more
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 days? Can't be done?
Think again. The Klondike Institute of Art and Culture's (KIAC) 48 Hour Film Competition....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 into final shape to go to the printers.Read more
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, likes the sound.Read more
