Heather Young (filmmaker) explained

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

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]

Filmography

• Dog Girl (short, 2009)
• A Night Out (short, 2011)
• Green (short, 2013)
• Howard and Jean (short, 2014)
• Fish (short, 2016), winner of the Screen Nova Scotia short film award^[6]
• Milk (short, 2017) about a pregnant woman working on a dairy farm
• Murmur (feature film, 2019)

Accolades

• Norman McLaren Award for Best Overall Student Film, 2009 Montreal World Film Festival (Dog Girl)^{[7] [8]}
• Best Canadian Short, 2011 Silver Wave Festival (A Night Out)
• Canada's Top Ten shorts of 2016, Toronto International Film Festival (Fish)^[9]
• Best Short Film, 2017 Screen Nova Scotia Awards (Fish)^[10]
• Best Canadian or Québécois Short Film, 2017 Festival du nouveau cinema (Milk)
• FIPRESCI Discovery Prize, 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (Murmur)
• John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award, 2020 Canadian Screen Awards (Murmur)^[11]
• Best Feature Film, 2020 Lucca Film Festival (Murmur)^[12]
• Grand Jury Prize, 2020 Slamdance Film Festival (Murmur)^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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. Web site: Toronto Film Festival Jury Winners: 'Martin Eden', 'Murmur', 'How To Build A Girl' . Deadline Hollywood. September 12, 2019 . Hipes. Patrick. September 12, 2019.
4. Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada's top 10 films of 2019". Now, December 11, 2019.
5. Web site: 2020-06-01 . Filmmaker from Saint John wins Canadian Screen Award . 2022-09-17 . CBC.
6. Web site: Who picked up a prize at the Screen Nova Scotia Awards?.
7. News: Carter Flinn. Sue. Heather Young's Best in Show. 13 October 2015. The Coast. September 9, 2009.
8. Web site: Heather Young, BFA '09, Takes Top Prize at Canadian Student Film Festival. NSCAD.ca. 13 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203211802/http://nscad.ca/en/home/abouttheuniversity/news/doggirl.aspx. 3 February 2014. dead.
9. Canada's Top Ten Film Festival Celebrates Homegrown Talent . 7 December 2016 . 9 December 2016 . Toronto International Film Festival .
10. News: Pinto . Jordan . May 5, 2017 . Who picked up a prize at the Screen Nova Scotia Awards? . January 28, 2024 . Playback.
11. Web site: January 28, 2024 . 2020 Canadian Screen Awards for Cinematic Arts . January 28, 2024 . Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
12. Web site: January 28, 2024 . Cinema: "Murmur", on the drama of loneliness, is the best film of the Lucca Film Festival and Europa Cinema competition . January 28, 2024 . Lucca Film Festival.
13. News: Hipes . Patrick . January 30, 2020 . Slamdance Film Festival Winners Led By 'Murmur' And 'Residue' . January 28, 2024 . Deadline.