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TELUS STORYHIVE series Abracadavers, from series lead Morgan Ermter, recently won a handful of awards at London’s monthly Gold Movie Awards.

The Abracadavers team took home awards for best series, best director (Morgan Ermter) and best special effects.

In Abracadavers, Chris’ mom died in a freak hair salon chair accident. Ever since he’s been attached to the chair responsible for her death. Gabriel, his closest friend, believes this is more than an obsession and kidnaps him on a road trip.

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Animated short Raven and the Dogfish Woman from producer Sharlene Millang (TELUS STORYHIVE) and director Daniel Foreman has been invited by the Smithsonian Institute to screen as part of the Native Cinema Showcase (NCS) at the New York Smithsonian Theatre in March and in Sante Fe in August.

The short is part of a series called Raven Adventures inspired by Pacific West Coast legends and follows fun-loving, magical Raven who falls in love, makes new friends and thwarts enemies.

The NCS in New York will be part of their school group screening, with prominent educators and students attending. In creating these live action/animated films, Daniel’s goal was to bring Indigenous teachings, culture, history and language into the hands of educators and children.

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imagineNATIVE is seeking a dynamic individual who is First Nations, Métis or Inuk for its new artistic director.

The artistic director is responsible for conceiving, developing and implementing the artistic vision and focus for imagineNATIVE’s Festival, year-round programming and special artistic initiatives. Their ideal candidate is a visionary programmer, an experienced manager and an effective team and organizational leader with a deep passion for Indigenous-made media arts.

Now entering their 20th year, imagineNATIVE is the world’s largest presenter of Indigenous screen content and is a registered charity.

Read the full job posting. Deadline to apply is March 1, 2019 at 5 p.m. ET.

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Four new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Molly Flood, Ryan Mutama, Kevin Hartford and Giuliano Bossa.

Orchid

Orchid | Drama, 13:52, English, ON, 2017 | Director: Molly Flood

Two women spend all day together but rarely connect, until they ultimately change the course of each other’s lives.

A Visitor’s Review

A Visitor’s Review | Comedy, 10:00, English, BC, 2018 | Director: Ryan Mutama

An alien befriends a teenage sci-fi nerd but becomes angry at humanity when he sees how aliens are portrayed in film.

I Love You More

I Love You More | Comedy, 5:00, English, NS, 2017 | Director: Kevin Hartford

Two twentysomethings try to alleviate their boredom by seeing how far they can go to prove their feelings for each other.

Mrs. Wang

Mrs. Wang | Documentary, 10:15, Chinese, QC, 2016 | Director: Giuliano Bossa

A short portrait of Wang Yaoping, a classically trained dancer of traditional Chinese ballet and owner of a corner store on the south shore of Montreal.

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Call for films / submit by March 11

We’re accepting films through FilmFreeway until Monday, March 11, 2019. Films chosen during this call period will play in the NSI Online Short Film Festival from April 1 to June 17, 2019.

We accept films released after January 1, 2014. If your film is programmed, you have a chance of winning the A&E Short Filmmakers Award for best film.

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).

Read about the most recent winner.

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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Documentary feature What Walaa Wants from director Christy Garland (NSI Drama Prize) has its Winnipeg theatrical premiere on February 27 at the Winnipeg Film Group’s Cinematheque.

What Walaa Wants is an NFB co-production about a spirited girl from the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank who is determined to become one of the few policewomen in the Palestinian Security Forces. Beginning soon after her mother’s return from eight years in an Israeli prison, the documentary follows Walaa from the ages of 15 to 21 in an engrossing tale of a defiant young woman determined to reach her goals.

What Walaa Wants has been hailed as one of the best films of 2018 by Canada’s Top Ten as chosen by TIFF. It has screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, Montreal International Documentary Festival and International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, and received the Special Jury Prize for Canadian Feature at Hot Docs in 2018. It’s also up for the prestigious Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award at this year’s Canadian Screen Awards.

The film will play four times at Cinematheque, beginning Wednesday, February 27 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., and Thursday, February 28 at the same times.

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