Yellowhead (film)
Yellowhead | |
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Directed by | Kevan Funk |
Written by | Kevan Funk |
Produced by | Kevan Funk |
Starring | Paul McGillion Michael Kopsa Kurt Max Runte |
Cinematography | Benjamin Loeb |
Edited by | Kevan Funk |
Production company | Everything All At Once |
Release date |
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Running time | 19 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Yellowhead is a Canadian short film, directed by Kevan Funk and released in 2013.[1] The film stars Paul McGillion as an emotionally detached industrial safety inspector travelling to mining and natural resource sites along the Yellowhead Highway in rural Alberta and British Columbia.[2]
The cast also includes Michael Kopsa and Kurt Max Runte.
The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] where it received an honorable mention from the jury for the Best Canadian Short Film award.[2] It was subsequently screened at the 2013 Calgary International Film Festival, where Funk won the Alberta Spirit Award.[4]
It was later named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian short films.[5]
References[]
- ^ Rob Alexander, "Funk brothers share Calgary limelight". Rocky Mountain Outlook, September 26, 2013.
- ^ a b "Vancouver film fest a perfect fit for Kevan Funk; Young talent". The Province, September 20, 2013.
- ^ Katherine Monk, "Canadian filmmakers think international; Global market the new order of business". Regina Leader-Post, September 4, 2013.
- ^ Eric Volmers, "Doc melts Calgary International Film Festival; Antarctica: A Year On Ice major winner". Calgary Herald, October 4, 2013.
- ^ Cassandra Szklarski, "Canuck films starring Gyllenhaal, Radcliffe make TIFF's Top 10 picks". Canadian Press, December 4, 2013.
External links[]
- Yellowhead at IMDb
Categories:
- 2013 films
- English-language films
- 2013 short films
- Canadian films
- Canadian short films
- Films directed by Kevan Funk
- Films shot in Alberta
- Films set in Alberta
- 2010s Canadian film stubs