Category Archives: Short Film

Full List of the Winners at 66th Yorkton Film Festival

Posted on May 25, 2013 by David Cormican

Canadian Short Screenplay Competition Writers Block Crystal
The Triumphant Death of Frank Bean: Writer(s) Catherine R. Hardin.

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WILL: Producer(s) DAVID CORMICAN , ANDREW RAIHER ; Director(s) LAURENCE COHEN ; Writer (s) DAVID CAREY ; Production Company YEAR OF THE SKUNK PRODUCTIONS. Continue reading →

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REMINDER: Enter the 2013 Yorkton Film Festival

Posted on January 21, 2013 by David Cormican

Tweet January 31st, 2013 is the last day to post mark your submission and enter the 2013 Golden Sheaf Awards with these handy last minute submission tips directly from the festival programmers: Still planning on submitting to the 2013 Yorkton … Continue reading →

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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 26th: The 2013 Writers Resolution Pledge

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Zach Herrmann

Tweet Tuesday night, 2012 came and went – and along with it, the passing of the Canadian Short Screenplay’s “Final Deadline.” Lucky for any of you potential submitters who may have been holding for last second edits… or just plumb … Continue reading →

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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 16th: Straight to the Punchline

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Zach Herrmann

Tweet Nothing like a teachable moment, eh?* Last Friday night, after plenty of missed opportunities, I finally attended one of FilmGym’s short film screening programs. I enjoyed all four films screened – an impressively diverse slate – and could probably … Continue reading →

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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 13th: “Somewhere Without Language or Streets”

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Zach Herrmann

Tweet The first screenplay I ever attempted to write was, pragmatically enough, a short film script. It was June 2008. I titled the piece “Heartaches,” in reference to the Patsy Cline song.* Having re-read the short as recently as a … Continue reading →

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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 3rd: Better Ask Bresson

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Zach Herrmann

Tweet Here we are at Week Three of my interminable reign of terror, and well, I’m still pretty wary of directly offering any concrete Advice. However, for blog entry number three, I’ve devised something of a compromise: I will piggyback … Continue reading →

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2012 Final Standings Released

Posted on May 28, 2012 by David Cormican

Tweet Congratulations to all of our winners this year and to our industry judges for their time in selecting and scoring our winning scripts. Here they are in order of final scores, 1-13: “An Incandescent Light”, David Gott USA “Oh … Continue reading →

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The Road to Yorkton 2012: Introducing CSSC Finalist David Gott

Posted on May 22, 2012 by David Cormican

Tweet David Gott is one of 13 nominees for this year’s Canadian Short Screenplay Competition’s Top Prize: The Writers Block Crystal. CSSC Founder, David Cormican, had a chance to catch up with David before the big night and ask him … Continue reading →

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – ‘Seeing In The Dark’ DOP Hubick Wins Best Cinematography At Sunset Film Festival

Posted on April 20, 2012 by David Cormican

The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, the most prestigious name in short film script contests, has earned one more honour: The CSSC’s 2008 1st place winning script ‘Seeing In The Dark’ director of photography Colin Hubick has won the Best Cinematography Category for Foreign Film at the Sunset Film Festival Los Angeles. Continue reading →

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ‘Rusted Pyre’ Nominated For Ruth Shaw’s Best Of Saskatchewan Award At Yorkton

Posted on April 13, 2012 by David Cormican

The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition’s 2008 3rd place winning script ‘Rusted Pyre’ written by Daniel Audet and directed by Laurence Cohen, has been nominated in the category of Best of Saskatchewan as part of this year’s Golden Sheaf Awards. Continue reading →

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