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Three new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Jessica Lea Fleming, Pablo Diconca and Shawn Gerrard.

Scales

Scales | Drama, 8:28, No dialogue, ON, 2017 | Director: Jessica Lea Fleming

An otherworldly interpretation of missing Indigenous women and girls in Canada.

When Ayeeiahchia’, a mystical water-creature from Lake Huron, is captured by Jones, a psychopathic hunter and recluse, it seems her fate is sealed. With help from the spirits of victims past, she must use the power of her voice to disarm her captor before it’s too late.

Abismo

Abismo | Experimental, 8:12, No dialogue, QC, 2016 | Director: Pablo Diconca

A woman and a man drifting on a raft, choose the only possible way.

Man Eater

Man Eater | Drama, 12:57, English, ON, 2017 | Director: Shawn Gerrard

A narcissistic young Toronto woman hopes to meet a man who can show her the high life. After matching with an eligible bachelor on a dating app, she thinks she’s hit the jackpot but soon discovers her dream guy isn’t who he seems.

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Call for films / submit by June 4

We’re accepting films through FilmFreeway until Monday, June 4, 2018.

If your film is programmed, you have a chance of winning the A&E Short Filmmakers Award for best film. We accept films released after January 1, 2013.

All NSI Online Short Film Festival winners receive a complimentary Friend membership for the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and are qualified to be nominated for a Canadian Screen Award (if award criteria are met).

See the most recent winners.

Your film must be less than 30 mins long. Drama, comedy, animation, documentary, sci-fi, horror, music video and experimental are all eligible and must be made by a Canadian writer, director or producer.

Submit your film

The NSI Online Short Film Festival is made possible through the support of Festival Partner Telefilm Canada; Supporting Sponsors Corus Entertainment, Blue Ant Media and Breakthrough Entertainment; Award Sponsor A&E Television Networks; and Industry Partner the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

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Projects How Black Mothers Say I Love You from writer Trey Anthony (NSI Totally Television) and Docking from writer/director Trevor Anderson (NSI Drama Prize) and producer Alyson Richards (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First) have been selected for the Inside Out’s LGBTQ film finance forum taking place on May 24 and 25.

The forum brings together Canadian and international feature film projects in development with a slate of international industry executives for professional development and one-on-one pitch meetings. The films in this year’s forum showcase some of the most exciting voices in LGBTQ cinema.

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Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) recently announced funding for 18 film and TV productions filming in Northern Ontario, with a total investment of $24 million.

Included among those 18 productions are several from NSI grads:

• TV series Bad Blood from exec producers Mark Montefiore (NSI Totally Television) and Virginia Rankin (NSI Global Marketing)

• Feature film Falls Around Her from writer/director Darlene Naponse (NSI Features First)

• Feature film Stranded from producer Borga Dorter (NSI Totally Television)

• Feature film Angelique’s Island from producer Floyd Kane (NSI Totally Television)

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