Photo: Still from Lumi, produced by alum Scott Lepp.

The Yellowknife International Film Festival (YKIFF) returns November 4 to 8, celebrating its 20th anniversary with screenings, industry conversations and events in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Presented by Western Arctic Moving Pictures, the festival brings together filmmakers, industry professionals and audiences from across the North and beyond.

This year, National Screen Institute alum are represented through feature films and industry programming. Their work reflects a range of roles across directing, producing and screen-sector leadership. National Screen Institute executive director Christine Kleckner is also attending YKIFF as an industry guest.

Please join us in celebrating the following alum and their work.

Festival screenings

• Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions – directed, produced and written by Michelle Mama (Access BIPOC Producers), produced by Bill Taylor (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First, NSI Series Incubator) and executive produced by Josh Epstein and Kyle Rideout (both NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First, NSI Totally Television)
• In Alaska – line produced by Nach Dudsdeemaytha (Access BIPOC Producers)
• Lumi – produced by Scott Lepp (NSI Features First)

Industry conversations

Neil Macdonald (NSI Features First) will participate in “North³: Three Territories, One North” on November 7 at 3:30 p.m. at the Explorer Hotel. The panel brings together leaders responsible for screen-sector development across Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The conversation will offer perspectives from each territory on supporting and developing the screen industry across Canada’s North.

Congratulations to all participating in YKIFF this year.

If you have a project or are participating in an event at this year’s Yellowknife International Film Festival that’s not listed here, we’d love to hear from you. Please email as**********@********da.ca.