Mandate

To present independent and alternative media art works to Yukon audiences and to support the production and distribution of works by Yukon media artists.

Become A Member

Click here to download the YFS Membership Application Form (PDF).

Production Membership – $30

• Access to production & post-production equipment
• Mentorship on production and project development
• Option to join the YFS Production listserv
• Discount on YFS film screenings, including the Available Light Film Festival
• Discount on tickets for Qwanlin Cinema’s Spring & Fall Art Film Series
• Member discount on YFS Media Arts Workshops
• Valid annually to March 31

Exhibition Membership – $5

• Option to join the YFS Exhibition listserv
• Discount on YFS film screenings, including the Available Light Film Festival
• Discount on tickets for Qwanlin Cinema’s Spring & Fall Art Film Series
• Access to YFS Media Arts Workshops
• Valid annually to March 31

History

YFS was originally established in 1984 to promote the appreciation and exhibition of films with artistic, social, and political importance. A second mandate has emerged in which YFS promotes and facilitates film and media art creation as a personal, cultural, and artistic practice. YFS runs annual production workshops to enhance territorial skills development. It has developed the Available Light Film Festival (its 6th year in 2008), the mandate of which is to present long form documentaries and dramas that focus on northern and Canadian themes. YFS has established a seasonal tour of Yukon-made media art, the Picturing The Yukon series (5th season in 2008); and, this series has spun into a new project, the PTY Dissemination DVD, which involves publishing Yukon media art onto DVD and disseminating it as an insert in Geist Magazine, other media co-ops, and independent venues.