2019 International Film Festival
Yellow
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WINTER FILM AWARDS 2019 WINNER - Best Director
NOMINEE - OUTSTANDING WOMAN DIRECTOR
2018
Canada
34 mins
English, French
NYC Premiere
Short Film Competition
Sarah Deakins | |
Julia Benson, Arielle Boisvert | |
Ryan Robbins (The Poet), Adrian Holmes (Security Guard), Stephanie Belding (40 Something Woman), Kacey Rohl (Selfie Girl) |
Ten characters each experience a crossroads in their lives on a seemingly ordinary afternoon in an art gallery. Yellow is the first in a series of seven films, one for each colour of the rainbow, each with a recurring theme of human connection and expression through the arts.
Sarah Deakins’ “Yellow” is the color of fleeting moments that exist forever – Olivia Butler, Winter Film AWards
Yellow – Tiffany Tchobanian, Film Threat
About the Director
Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin to British parents, multi award-winning actor, writer, director Sarah Deakins is a graduate of the University of Victoria theater program, and has extensive stage and screen credits. The first short film she penned and starred in, Late, went to Cannes as part of Telefilm Canada’s ‘Not Short On Talent’ Program, and more recently, she has collected over 25 awards on the festival circuit as the writer and director of Greece, produced by Brightlight Pictures.
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Awards
2017 Dances With Films Festival (US) – Audience Award, Pilots
2017 Leo Awards (Canada) – Best Actor
2017 Best Shorts Competition (US) – Award of Excellence Actor Leading
2017 Best Shorts Competition (US) – Award of Excellence Actress Leading
2017 Best Shorts Competition (US) – Award of Excellence Special Mention TV – Pilot Program
2017 Best Shorts Competition (US) – Award of Excellence Women Filmmakers