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Petie Chalifoux (NSI IndigiDocs, STORYHIVE) is featured as one of Playback‘s 5 to Watch which spotlights those who have made a significant impact or achieved remarkable success in the first few years of their career.

Petie was nominated by NSI IndigiDocs co-manager Elise Swerhone who said: “I was impressed by Petie’s brilliance, determination and efficiency, as well as her grasp of visual storytelling. Nothing is too difficult for her.”

As well as being a busy filmmaker in her own right and her participation in NSI IndigiDocs and STORYHIVE, Petie was also part of the Indigenous Languages and Culture Documentary Project, a collaboration between NSI and the Indigenous Leadership Development Institute Inc. (ILDII). Through the project, Petie received training and mentorship to direct part of the documentary and provide her own perspective on the cultural and filmmaking journey of the initiative.

Photo: Micheal Auger

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Congratulations to Pat Mills (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television, NSI Features First, NSI Script to Screen) who is named University of Toronto’s Universal Studios screenwriter-in-residence 2018.

Students enrolled in the cinema studies program at Innis College have the opportunity to learn screenwriting skills from an expert Canadian screenwriter.

The program supports an in-residence position held by different Canadian screenwriters who teach a credit course to students interested in developing their writing skills for film.

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A number of NSI alumni projects have been selected for OMDC’s International Financing Forum at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this year.

• Warg from producer Paula Devonshire (NSI Features First, NSI Totally Televison)

• Panther! from producer Jordan Walker (NSI Totally Television) and director Jeffrey St. Jules (NSI Features First)

• Night Raiders from writer/director Danis Goulet (NSI Drama Prize)

• Extraction from writer/director Geoff Redknap (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First) and producer Katie Weekley (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First, NSI Totally Television)

• S.O.S. from producer Adria Budd Johnson (NSI Features First)

• Down Low from producer Glen Wood (NSI Features First)

Selected international and Canadian producers are brought together with international sales agents, US distributors, agents, equity financiers and executive producers for brokered meetings and exclusive networking opportunities. Twenty one Canadian producing teams and 18 international producing teams will take part in the forum.

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