The Yorkton Film, North America’s longest running film festival, today announced its 2026 call for submissions opened on October 06, 2025.

For the 2025/2026 first round, submitters are invited to submit their entries in seventeen main categories, including three exciting new categories: Best Feature Documentary, Best Feature Drama/Comedy, four accompanying categories; four craft categories, including the new Best Performance category which will be honouring stand out performances and one technical award category.  

The call for submissions is running from now until Saturday, January 31, 2026. Early Bird pricing is in effect until December 12, which is also the deadline for student productions. 

For deatils on submission categories and how to submit, visit the Yorkton Film Festival website.