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Congrats to Lisa Rose Snow (NSI Drama Prize) who is one of five winners of a 2018 Telefilm Canada New Voices Award.

The Telefilm Canada New Voices Awards are given to five emerging screenwriters from across Canada. The award provides each winner with a complimentary registration to the ninth annual Toronto Screenwriting Conference (TSC) on June 23 and 24 plus an exclusive lunch with members of the TSC Advisory Committee and an executive from Telefilm.

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The 2018 Alberta Media Production Industries Association (AMPIA) Rosie Awards were given out on Saturday, May 12 in Calgary, and several NSI grads won awards:

• Tiny Plastic Men – Camille Beaudoin (NSI Totally Television, NSI Features First), Eric Rebalkin (NSI Business For Producers) – best comedy production or series

• Last of the Fur Traders – Frederick Kroetsch (NSI Business For Producers), Rebecca Campbell (TELUS Optik Local) – best production reflecting cultural diversity

• All the World’s a Stage – Sandi Somers (NSI Features First) – best non-fiction short.

See the full list of winners.

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Three new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Ashlea Wessel, Javier Badillo and Gwynne Phillips.

INK

INK | Sci-fi/Horror, 9:58, English, ON, 2016 | Director: Ashlea Wessel

A traumatized woman seeks penance and personal transformation through tattooing after surviving a devastating pregnancy.

One night, drenched in booze and ink, her deepest fears threaten to consume her.

Fatal Rhapsody

Fatal Rhapsody | Comedy, 14:30, English, BC, 2016 | Director: Javier Badillo

A pizza deliveryman’s quest to win back his ex is thwarted when he’s pulled into the turmoil of two deranged criminals with their own relationship woes.

Dinette

Dinette | Drama, 8:33, English, ON, 2017 | Director: Gwynne Phillips

In 1948, two women meet at a diner. One of them has a secret. The other one knows it.

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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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