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Saturday

Samedi
Jessica Hall
2025 | 13 min 9 s
Documentary
English

Awards and Festivals

  • Outstanding Documentary FilmShort Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival, Victoria, Canada (2025)

  • Honourable mention, MITY (Made in the Yukon) Professional AwardDawson City International Short Film Festival, Canada (2025)

  • Official Selectionqathet international film festival, Powell River, Canada (2025)

  • Official Selection - Opening NightAvailable Light Film Festival, Whitehorse, Canada (2025)

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.


Logline

In Saturday, a visual celebration of her sister Katherine and mother Frances’s close and supportive relationship, filmmaker Jessica Hall chronicles their shared ritual: thrifting and building dollhouses together.




One-Liner

Filmmaker Jessica Hall’s sister Katherine manages her intellectual disability by leading an independent, creative and joyful life. Saturday documents her story.




Tagline

Independent, thrifty and fun: A mother and daughter’s Saturday ritual.



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Excerpts

Saturdays


Love the Child



Team


Jessica Hall
Filmmaker

Photo
Photo : Mark Kelly



Teri Snelgrove
Producer

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Photo : Emily Cooper



Shirley Vercruysse
Executive Producer

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Photo : Myriam Frenette


Credits

Written and Directed by
Jessica Hall

Featuring
Katherine Hall
Frances Hall

Producer
Teri Snelgrove

Line Producer
Jennifer Roworth

Director of Photography
Peter Planta

Editor
Hart Snider

Original Music and 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 & Sound Editor
May Guimarães

Foley Artist
Alex Macia
Devon Quelch

Sound Mix Facility
Maverick Post Group Inc.

Colourist
Lorne Wright

Post Facility
Picture Shop

Thank you
The Hall family
April Howard
Bryan Curial
James Croken
Julia Palfreyman
Kathie Murphy
Kultej Singh Gill
Megha Megha
Natalina Percival
Tara Kolla
Vince Arvidson
Rod Malchow
Mike Palamar

Filmed on location in the City of Whitehorse
with thanks to
Home Hardware
Love2Thrift – Whitehorse Community Thrift Store
The Ridge Pub
The Wishfactory
Well-Read Books
The Old Fire Hall – Yukon Arts Centre

All archival footage
courtesy of John A. Hall and Frances Hall

Pond5 stock media provided by
Alefootage
nicholasparish

Senior Marketing Advisor
Laurianne Desormiers

Marketing Project Manager
Geneviève Bérard

Marketing Coordinator
Michelle Rozon

Publicist
Justine Baillargeon

Production Administrator
Nathan Conchie
Carla Jones

Executive Producer
Shirley Vercruysse

 

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