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Whitehorse — The Yukon Film Society (YFS) announces it is shifting its 20th annual Available Light
Film Festival (ALFF) to online and moving the dates to February 11- 28, 2022. The annual festival will
feature 60+ films online, an online industry conference, and other virtual events over the 18 days of
the festival.
“Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the territory, we made the tough decision to move
most of our planned in-person cinema to virtual programming,” says Andrew Connors, Festival
Director, Available Light Film Festival. “If the COVID situation improves in the next month, we’ll try to
offer a few in-person screenings at the end of the festival.”
ALFF 2022’s All-Access Online Passes on sale now for $100. Individual screening tickets will go on
sale January 18. Learn more about the festival, tickets, and online passes at
https://yukonfilmsociety.com/alff/tickets.
New this year, the festival will present short film programs over weekday lunch-hours at the Yukon
Theatre. The Theatre will be open 12 - 2 p.m. February 14 to 18 and feature a different 20-minute
program running on a loop each day. This will be free admission events.
ALFF 2022 highlights Indigenous and Circumpolar cinema alongside Canadian and International films,
guests, exhibitions, and the annual ALFF Industry Conference, which presents speakers and industry
leaders from across Canada.
ALFF 2022 film highlights
Wildhood (Opening Film), dir. Bretten Hannam, Nova Scotia
A rebellious two-spirit teenager runs away from home to find his birth mother and reclaim his Mi'kmaq
heritage in this stunning coming-of-age drama that features the Mi’Kmaq language.
Night Raiders, dir. Danis Goulet, Ontario
In her feature debut, Danis Goulet delivers one of the most important and thrilling Canadian films in
recent memory digging deep into Canada's painful past. In the post-apocalyptic future, a mother joins
a band of vigilantes to rescue her daughter from a state-run institution.
Rob is Analog, dir. Jessica Hall, Yukon, Canada, WORLD PREMIERE
Rob “radiorob” Hopkins is an analog guy in a digital world. A communications pirate fighting for the
public’s right to something they don’t even know they want. This charming and funny documentary
tracks Rob’s quixotic quest to attain a CRTC licence to operate an over the air community tv channel
while capturing Radiorob’s eccentric passion for all things related to broadcasting and technology.
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, dir. Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Canada
Filmmaker and actor Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (also starring in Night Raiders) creates a vital and intimate
portrait of her community, Kainai First Nation in southern Alberta, and the impacts of the substance
use and the opioid epidemic.
DƏNE YI'INJETL - The Scattering of Man, Luke Gleeson, British Columbia
An unravelling of decades of an Indigenous community’s trauma and grief. The Tsay Keh Dene Nation
tells its own story of displacement by the construction of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam, capturing the
devastating damage felt across generations.
The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier, Norway
Shortlisted for the 2022 Oscar for Best International Feature Film, this modern dramedy about the
quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo chronicles four years in the life of a young woman
who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to
take a realistic look at who she really is.
Someone Like Me, Sean Horler, Steve J. Adams, British Columbia
We Are the Thousand, Anita Rivaroli, Italy
The Noise of Engines, Philippe Gregoire, Quebec
Food For the Rest of Us, Caroline Cox, NWT/Ontario
Firebird, Peeter Rebane, Estonia
Not About Me, Kelly Milner, Yukon
A Small Fortune, Adam Perry, Prince Edward Island
Skymaster Down, Andrew Gregg, Ontario/Yukon
Scarborough, Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson, Ontario
Run Woman Run, Zoe Hopkins, Ontario
Hive, Blerta Basholli, Kosovo
Boneyard Alaska, Paul Lawrence, Alaska
The In-Laws, Jakub Michalczuk, Poland
Last of the Right Whales, Nadine Pequeneza, Ontario
Dropstones, Caitlin Durlak, Ontario
Fanny: the Right to Rock, Bobbi Jo Hart, Quebec
Daughter of a Lost Bird, Brooke Pepion Swaney, USA
Returning Home, Sean Stiller, British Columbia
Portraits from a Fire, Trevor Mack, British Columbia
Islands, Martin Edralin, British Columbia/ Ontario
Firestarter, Wayne Blair, Nel Minchin, Australia
Wochiigii lo:End of the Peace, Heather Hatch, British Columbia
Albedo: Searching for Frozen Ocean, Stephen A Smith, Alberta
My Name is Gulpilil, Molly Reynolds, Australia
ALFF Redux Films:
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Zacharias Kunuk, Nunavut, ALFF 2003
Crazywater, Dennis Allen, ALFF 2014
Weirdos, Daniel MacIvor, ALFF 2017
Short films and additional feature films will be announced in a later release.
More details on ALFF 2022 programming will be announced in the coming weeks.
YFS gratefully acknowledges our presenting partner Canada Goose and presenting public funder
Telefilm Canada, ALFF premiere funders and sponsors Northwestel Community Television, Yukon
Lotteries, City of Whitehorse and Canada Media Fund and the annual support of Yukon Arts Operating
Fund, Lotteries Yukon and Canada Council for the Arts. Mahsi Cho to all the public funders, sponsors,
community partners, artists, audiences, filmmakers, distributors, boosters, industry presenters, festival
staff, venue staff and volunteers who participate and support cinema and media arts in the Yukon.