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Short doc from Craig Guiboche, David Zellis tells Eumir Enriquez’s gaming story

Posted: 11 Jun 2019 12:31 PM PDT

Writer/director Craig Guiboche (CBC New Indigenous Voices) and producer David Zellis (NSI Totally Television) have produced a new short for CBC Now or Never about fighting gamer and new Winnipegger Eumir Enriquez.

Growing up in the Philippines, Eumir could often be found at his neighbourhood arcade. Playing fighting games was his way of connecting with others and building friendships.

After moving to Winnipeg and searching high and low for friends that shared his love of fighting games, Eumir had almost given up. But then a coworker invited him to join a community of local enthusiasts known as Chip Damage. Craig and David’s film tells that story.

Read more and watch the film on CBC Now or Never.

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Sarah Goodman, Stephanie Ouaknine, Michelle Ouellet, Nicholas Carella advance to NSI Totally Television phase two

Posted: 11 Jun 2019 08:26 AM PDT

Congratulations to the teams behind The Golden Mean and Ethics 101, the two TV series concepts advancing to the second phase of NSI Totally Television, presented by the National Screen Institute in association with Bell Media.

Through the course, Sarah Goodman and Stephanie Ouaknine (pictured left) and their project The Golden Mean, and Michelle Ouellet and Nicholas Carella (pictured right), creators of Ethics 101, will continue to polish their TV projects with the assistance of industry mentors.

Phase two focuses more on the specific needs of each project, with a three-day training session in Toronto in September 2019.

The Golden Mean

From left: Sarah Goodman (writer) and Stephanie Ouaknine (producer), Toronto, ON

Ethics 101

From left: Michelle Ouellet (producer) and Nicholas Carella (writer), Toronto, ON

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NSI Totally Television provides hands-on development training for teams serious about getting their TV series concept made. The 11-month program starts with a week-long boot camp in Toronto where teams work with leading industry experts to hone their TV series ideas.

The program has produced 13 series that have been developed: six went to air, one was piloted and another was produced as a feature film which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

Most recently TV series project Wolfville, developed through NSI Totally Television in 2017-18 by writer Jon Mann and producer Rob Ramsay, was optioned by Take the Shot Productions, a St. John’s, Newfoundland-based production company.

NSI Totally Television is made possible by Presenting Sponsor Bell Media; Program Partner Telefilm Canada; Supporting Sponsors Corus Entertainment and Breakthrough Entertainment. NSI Core Funders are Manitoba Sport, Culture & Heritage and the City of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council.

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Giant Child by Camila De Guzman + 2 more films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival

Posted: 11 Jun 2019 08:22 AM PDT

Three new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Camila De Guzman, Sarah El Bakkouri and Cross Li, and Grace Lynn Kung.

Giant Child

Giant Child | Animation, 7:20, English, ON, 2018 | Director: Camila De Guzman

A deceased child refuses the call into the afterlife in hopes of comforting her grieving mother.

As her mother’s grief spirals, the child continues to remain unnoticed and her desperation causes her to grow and grow, until she can no longer be ignored.

Unworldly

Unworldly | Experimental, 6:08, No dialogue, BC, 2017 | Directors: Sarah El Bakkouri, Cross Li

Unworldly – adj; not seeming to belong to this planet; strange.

A False Sense of Security

A False Sense of Security | Drama, 6:40, English, ON, 2016 | Director: Grace Lynn Kung

Two women on opposing sides of the security sign-in desk, meet.

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Call for films / deadline is this Friday, 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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