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Saturday
202512 min 58 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jessica Hall
Production: Teri Snelgrove (National Film Board of Canada)Shirley Vercruysse (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Jessica Hall
A National Film Board of Canada production.
Katherine and her mother, Frances, spend every Saturday together. They go thrifting, peruse the hardware store and devote time to their shared hobby of building—and renovating—dollhouses. Saturday is a tribute to filmmaker Jessica Hall’s sister and mother, chronicling their journey as Katherine navigates life with an intellectual disability. Shot in Whitehorse, the short documentary weaves in family movies of Katherine’s childhood, family gatherings and their immigration to Canada, celebrating her independent and creative life.
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Subject categories
- Families > Child Rearing and DevelopmentParent-Child Relationships
- Crafts > Crafts Activities
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > English, Irish and Scottish OriginsImmigration Experience and Social Adjustment
- People with disabilities > People with Mental Illness or Intellectual Disabilities
Credits
- writer
- Jessica Hall
- director
- Jessica Hall
- featuring
- Katherine Hall
- Frances Hall
- producer
- Teri Snelgrove
- line producer
- Jennifer Roworth
- director of photography
- Peter Planta
- editor
- Hart Snider
- original music
- Jordy Walker
- sound design
- Jordy Walker
- 1st assistant camera
- Thomas Bullen
- sound recordist
- Mike Code
- Gabriel Bullen
- gaffer
- Sam Fleming
- production assistant
- Jessie Bartsch
- stills photographer
- Mark Kelly
- disability consultant
- Julie Robinson
- senior production coordinator
- Lee Clapp
- Nathan Conchie
- technical coordinator
- Wes Machnikowski
- Lyne Lapointe
- re-recording mixer
- May Guimaraes
- sound editor
- May Guimaraes
- foley artist
- Alex Macia
- Devon Quelch
- sound mix facility
- Maverick Post Group Inc.
- colourist
- Lorne Wright
- post facility
- Picture Shop
- senior marketing advisor
- Laurianne Désormiers
- marketing project manager
- Geneviève Bérard
- marketing coordinator
- Michelle Rozon
- publicist
- Justine Baillargeon
- production administrator
- Nathan Conchie
- Carla Jones
- executive producer
- Shirley Vercruysse
Awards
- Outstanding Documentary FilmShort Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival