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Register now! Free Q+A webinar on applying for CBC New Indigenous Voices

Posted: 15 Feb 2019 10:08 AM PST

Register now for CBC New Indigenous Voices information webinar

If you or someone you know is thinking about applying for CBC New Indigenous Voices, you can register for a free Q+A webinar on March 5 with program faculty and alumni who will be ready to answer your questions about the application process and training. Get tips and advice to help you put together a great application ready for the March 21 deadline.

The webinar takes place from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Central Time on March 5.

And don’t worry if you can’t make the webinar. We’ll be posting video of the webinar here shortly after March 5.

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CBC New Indigenous Voices (formerly NSI New Voices) is a culturally-sensitive training course that exposes young Indigenous people aged 18-35 to a variety of creative and challenging employment opportunities in film, TV and digital media.

During the course, students:

  • get inspired to pursue training and work in film, TV and digital media;
  • learn skills like story development, directing, producing, production design, casting and more;
  • pitch, write, shoot and edit their own short films;
  • experience a variety of creative and challenging job options with industry internships;
  • meet writers, directors, producers and broadcasters; and
  • learn Indigenous history and Anishinaabe spiritual traditions.

Find out how to apply to CBC New Indigenous Voices.

CBC New Indigenous Voices is funded by Title, Presenting and Tuition Sponsor CBC; Program Partners Manitoba Sport, Culture & Heritage, the Centre for Aboriginal Human Resource Development (CAHRD) and Telefilm Canada; Supporting Sponsors Corus Entertainment and Breakthrough Entertainment; Provincial Sponsor Manitoba Film & Music; Industry Partner the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC); Industry Supporters IATSE Local 856 and imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival; and Service Sponsor William F. White. NSI Core Funders are Manitoba Sport, Culture & Heritage and the City of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council. Additional partners to be confirmed.

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