Heather Young (filmmaker)

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Heather Young is a Canadian filmmaker based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

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Biography

Originally from Saint John, New Brunswick, Young is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD).

Her thesis film Dog Girl won the Norman McLaren Award for Best Student Film at the Montreal World Film Festival. Her other short films include Green (2013) and Howard and Jean (2014). Her short Fish received an Honourable Mention for Best Canadian Short at the Vancouver International Film Festival and played at TIFF Canada's Top Ten in 2017. Her short Milk won Best Short Film in the Focus Québec/Canada competition [1] at Festival du nouveau cinéma and also played at TIFF Canada's Top Ten in 2018.

Her feature film debut, Murmur , premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, [2] where it won the FIPRESCI Discovery Prize. [3] In December 2019, it was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian films. [4] It also won the John Dunning Award for Best First Feature at the Canadian Screen Awards. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "SHORTS AWARDS CEREMONY 2017". Festival du nouveau cinéma.
  2. ↑ Norman Wilner, "TIFF 2019: Canadian lineup includes films by Ellen Page, Alanis Obomsawin". Now , July 31, 2019.
  3. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (September 12, 2019). "Toronto Film Festival Jury Winners: 'Martin Eden', 'Murmur', 'How To Build A Girl'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada's top 10 films of 2019". Now , December 11, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Filmmaker from Saint John wins Canadian Screen Award". CBC. 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  6. ↑ "Who picked up a prize at the Screen Nova Scotia Awards?".
  7. ↑ Carter Flinn, Sue (September 9, 2009). "Heather Young's Best in Show". The Coast. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Heather Young, BFA '09, Takes Top Prize at Canadian Student Film Festival". NSCAD.ca. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Canada's Top Ten Film Festival Celebrates Homegrown Talent" (PDF) (Press release). Toronto International Film Festival. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  10. ↑ Pinto, Jordan (May 5, 2017). "Who picked up a prize at the Screen Nova Scotia Awards?". Playback. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  11. ↑ "2020 Canadian Screen Awards for Cinematic Arts". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Cinema: "Murmur", on the drama of loneliness, is the best film of the Lucca Film Festival and Europa Cinema competition". Lucca Film Festival. January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  13. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (January 30, 2020). "Slamdance Film Festival Winners Led By 'Murmur' And 'Residue'". Deadline. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
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