Yellowhead (film)

Yellowhead
Directed byKevan Funk
Written byKevan Funk
Produced byKevan Funk
StarringPaul McGillion
Michael Kopsa
Kurt Max Runte
CinematographyBenjamin Loeb
Edited byKevan Funk
Production
company
Everything All At Once
Release date
  • September 2013 (2013-09) (TIFF)
Running time
19 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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 while neglecting his own health.[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.[4] It was subsequently screened at the 2013 Calgary International Film Festival, where Funk won the Alberta Spirit Award.[5]

It was later named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian short films.[6]

  1. ^ Rob Alexander, "Funk brothers share Calgary limelight". Rocky Mountain Outlook, September 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Jared Mobarak, "TIFF Short Cuts Capsules: ‘Paradise Falls,’ ‘Yellowhead,’ ‘I’m From the Future’ & More". The Film Stage, September 12, 2013.
  3. ^ Katherine Monk, "Canadian filmmakers think international; Global market the new order of business". Regina Leader-Post, September 4, 2013.
  4. ^ "Vancouver film fest a perfect fit for Kevan Funk; Young talent". The Province, September 20, 2013.
  5. ^ Eric Volmers, "Doc melts Calgary International Film Festival; Antarctica: A Year On Ice major winner". Calgary Herald, October 4, 2013.
  6. ^ Cassandra Szklarski, "Canuck films starring Gyllenhaal, Radcliffe make TIFF's Top 10 picks". Canadian Press, December 4, 2013.