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The second round of nominations has been announced for Yorkton Film Festival’s Golden Sheaf Awards and NSI graduates are again among the nominees:

Kathleen Shannon Award

• Fast Horse (pictured) from director Alexandra Lazarowich (NSI IndigiDocs)
• Seen & Heard from director/producer Maureen Marovitch (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Global Marketing), producer David Finch (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television)

Director, non-fiction

• Fast Horse from director Alexandra Lazarowich
• STORYHIVE 100K project Finding Big Country from director Kathleen Jayme
• What Walaa Wants from director Christy Garland (NSI Drama Prize)

Emerging Filmmaker Award

• Finding Big Country from director Kathleen Jayme and producer Michael Grand

Digital media

• Biidaaban: First Light from director Lisa Jackson (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
• Louis Says III Interactive Appisode from producer Lioz Bouganin (NSI Business for Producers)

See our previous list of nominated alumni.

Yorkton Film Festival takes place May 23 to 26 with Golden Sheaf Award winners announced on Saturday, May 25.

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Documentary series Future History from director/producer Jennifer Podemski (NSI Global Marketing) has been renewed for a second season on APTN and premieres May 14 at 8 p.m. Eastern.

The series is hosted by Sarain Fox and Kris Nahrgang (pictured) and explores stories of Indigenous communities at the forefront of the reclamation movement in Canada.

Co-hosts Sarain and Kris bond together as they explore their own biases and beliefs, journeying into Indigenous communities to meet innovators who are harnessing Indigenous knowledge as a way to rewrite history and transform their future, ultimately reconnecting with their land and heritage.

Audiences this season can expect to be captivated by a 13-year old water activist and cultural warrior, find joy and get down at a youth dance and music workshop, hear valuable and compassionate stories from a suicide prevention and intervention organization, and understand how Indigenous knowledge is implemented in cutting-edge social science research, childbirth and prenatal care, just to name a few.

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Congratulations to the NSI grads who won 2019 Alberta Media Production Industries Association (AMPIA) Rosie awards on Saturday, April 27 in Edmonton.

Best dramatic feature

• #Roxy from producers Camille Beaudoin (NSI Totally Television, NSI Features First) and Eric Rebalkin (NSI Business for Producers)

Best web series, fiction

• STORYHIVE 100K series Abracadavers (pictured) from project lead Morgan Ermter

Best web series, non-fiction

• STORYHIVE web series How to Learn Anything from project lead Lindsay Robinson

Best non-fiction short

• Fast Horse from director Alexandra Lazarowich (NSI IndigiDocs)

Best director (drama under 30 minutes)

• Gordie Haakstad for STORYHIVE project Aeternitas

Best screenwriter (drama under 30 minutes)

• Randy Brososky for episode “Soul Purpose” of STORYHIVE series Necessary Evil

Best screenwriter (non-fiction under 30 minutes)

• Frederick Kroetsch (NSI Business for Producers) for Queen of the Oil Patch episode “Publicity Whirl!”

Abracadavers also won best original music score (drama over 30 minutes).

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Three new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Linsey Stewart and Dane Clark, Caitlin Dosa and Brad McDermott.

Bickford Park

Bickford Park | Comedy, 12:31, English, ON, 2017 | Directors: Linsey Stewart, Dane Clark

A woman secretly starts taking skateboarding lessons from a handsome teenager to avoid dealing with the problems in her marriage.

Sunny Side Up

Sunny Side Up | Drama, 14:08, English, ON, 2018 | Director: Caitlin Dosa

After receiving a corneal transplant, a man befriends a witty blue-haired girl at the park.

Women Not Permitted

Women Not Permitted | Sci-fi/Horror, 12:57, English, ON, 2018 | Director: Brad McDermott

While at a gay men’s bathhouse, three men – each harbouring their own latent contempt for women – are visited by a mysterious stranger known only as The Woman.

Through surreal dreams and memories, she engages in a battle of wits with each man, exposing the misogyny that lurks just behind the steam.

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Call for films / submit by June 14

We’re accepting films through FilmFreeway until Friday, June 14, 2019. Films chosen during this call period will play in the NSI Online Short Film Festival from June 24 to September 13, 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. 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, CBC Gem, Super Channel; Award Sponsor A&E Television Networks; Industry Partner the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

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National Screen Institute program manager Shelly Quade is attending the Toronto Screenwriting Conference this weekend at Daniels Spectrum.

She’s part of the conference’s Meet the Producers segment, during which attendees can schedule 10-minute one-on-one meetings with producers and industry contacts. She’ll also be representing NSI with an info booth. If you’re at the conference, feel free to stop by and chat with Shelly.

Shelly currently manages NSI Features First and also works on our TELUS STORYHIVE initiatives but can answer questions about all NSI training programs and more.

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