The Golden Sheaf Award for the best Director is presented by the Yorkton Film Festival.
History
In 1947 the Yorkton Film Council was founded. In 1950 the first Yorkton Film Festival was held in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. During the first few festivals, the films were adjudicated by audience participation through ballot casting and winners were awarded Certificates of Merit by the film festival council. In 1958 the film council established the Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award for the category Best of Festival, awarded to the best overall film of the festival. Over the years various additional categories were added to the competition. As of 2020, the Golden Sheaf Award categories included: Main Entry Categories, Accompanying Categories, Craft Categories, and Special Awards.
In 1973 the Golden Sheaf Award for the best Direction was added to the Craft Categories of the film festival competition and later was changed to best Director. The winner of this award is determined by a panel of jurors chosen by the film council. The title of these awards have varied from festival to festival over the years and are presented to the best director(s)/direction of dramatic productions, documentaries or other factual productions.