A Prince George documentary is up for two awards at North America’s longest-running film festival.
Six Sigma Production’s Mr. Berry has been nominated for this year’s Golden Sheaf Awards by Yorkton Film Festival.
Mr. Berry follows the story of elderly math tutor of 65 years, Brij Berry, as he continues to make his knowledge available to the community.
The film examines what keeps his students coming and, more importantly, what drives Mr. Berry to keep teaching after all these years.
Produced with the support of Telus’ STORYHIVE program, Mr. Berry is nominated for the 2020 Documentary History and Biography Award, as well as the Multicultural Award (30 minutes and over).
“We spoke with Mr. Berry recently to tell him about the award. As always he was extremely grateful for the recognition,” says Six Sigma in a Facebook post announcing its nomination.
The Yorkton Film Festival, based in Yorkton, Sask., started in 1947.
It celebrates the best in short-film and works to encourage emerging filmmakers.
For four days every May, filmmakers, industry experts and film lovers come together to celebrate the Canadian film industry, and award the very best in short film from the past year with the Golden Sheaf Award.
While the festival is scheduled from May 21 to 24, this year’s screenings will take place online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
