About ALFF

Canada's largest film festival north of 60° is a celebration of Northern, Canadian and international cinema and takes place in the heart of winter in Whitehorse. Guest directors, artists and screen talent who have attended ALFF include: Alanis Obomsawin, Sandra Oh, Gavin Crawford, Tanya Tagaq, Ben Ratner, Joel Thomas Hynes, Guy Maddin, John Walker, Nettie Wild, Zacharias Kunuk, Gil Cardinal, Charles Officer, Don McKellar, Neil Diamond, Carol Geddes, Omar Majeed, Peter Wintonick, Stéphane Lafleur, Gabrielle Rose, Sherry White, Tantoo Cardinal, Alan Zweig, Naomi Sneickus, Jesse Zubot, Maureen Bradley, Charles Wilkinson, Nettie Wild, David Hamilton, Peter Raymont, Nick Brandestini, Sonia Boileau, Allan Code, Suzanne Crocker, Avi Federgreen, Daniel Janke, Raj Panikkar, Carl Bessai, Ann Marie Fleming, Daniel Cross, Julia Ivanova, Daniel MacIvor, Lulu Keating, Michelle Latimer, Amanda Strong, Jesse Wente, Shane Koyczan, Mila Aung-Thwin, Josh Epstein, Carmen Pollard, Michael Lawrenchuk, Ingrid Veninger, Melanie Wood, Chilton Crane, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Helen Haig-Brown, Naomi Mark, Renée Beaulieu, Milliefiore Clarkes, Richard Van Camp, Sean Devlin, Jasmin Mozafarri, Mira Burt-Wintonick, John Christou, Marie Clements, Michael Greyeyes, Asivak Koostachin, Gordon Loverin Kacey Rohl, Matthew Rankin, Aaron Zeghers.

• 2021 dates: February 5 to 14
• Submissions: Submissions for the 2021 Available Light Film Festival are closed

IN REGARDS TO COVID-19: The Yukon Film Society takes the health and wellbeing of our community seriously. ALFF is closely following recommendations from the Yukon Chief Medical Officer of Health (YCMOH). In this stage of planning, we anticipate that our festival will be a mixture of in-person, reduced-capacity events and online events. This is subject to change as new recommendations for events and gatherings are made by the YCMOH.

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Made in the North Award at Available Light Film Festival

Presented by Canada Goose

This year, made possible through the support of Canada Goose, Available Light Film Festival is thrilled to award cash prizes to the three best films by underrepresented filmmakers in our lineup. Canada Goose embraces diversity in all its forms and definitions, including technique and passion that transports storytelling to screen.

Made in the North Award ›