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Lots of films from NSI grads at this year’s imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, happening next month in Toronto:

• NSI IndigiDocs film ahkâmêyimo nitânis | Keep Going My Daughter (pictured) from director Candy Fox and producer Chris Ross

• TELUS STORYHIVE project D.I.Y. from project lead Taran Kootenhayoo

• Kauri from co-director Alex Lazarowich (NSI IndigiDocs)

• Lake from director Alex Lazarowich

• nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up from writer/director/producer Tasha Hubbard (NSI IndigiDocs)

• Red Snow from writer/director/producer Marie Clements (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program, NSI Storytellers)

• Telefilm Talent to Watch project Ruthless Souls from producer Darcy Waite (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs)

• TELUS STORYHIVE project Sisters of Sorrow from project lead Jordan Waunch

• TELUS STORYHIVE project Spirit Glitch from project lead Mary Galloway

• The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw from writer/director/producer Shelley Niro (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and producer Floyd Kane (NSI Totally Television)

• TELUS STORYHIVE project Uu?uu~tah from project lead Chad Charlie

• NSI IndigiDocs film When the Children Left from director Charlene Moore and producer Ryan Wilson

• Zombies and Indians from writer/director/producer Keith Lawrence (NSI Storytellers)

imagineNATIVE runs from October 22 to 27, 2019.

If we missed your film, let us know!

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Films from NSI grads screen at this year’s Edmonton International Film Festival, beginning next week:

• Blowing Up Right Now from writer/producer Chris Hill (NSI Totally Television)

• Come to Daddy from producer Daniel Bekerman (NSI Features First)

• James vs His Future Self (opening night film) from writer/director/producer Jeremy LaLonde and producer Jordan Walker (both NSI Totally Television)

• Red Snow from writer/director/producer Marie Clements (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program, NSI Storytellers)

This year’s festival runs from September 26 to October 5, 2019.

If we missed your film, let us know!

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Films from NSI grads screen at this year’s Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF), kicking off tomorrow:

• Murmur from producer Martha Cooley (NSI Drama Prize)

• Lake from director Alex Lazarowich (NSI IndigiDocs) with sound by Charlene Moore (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs)

• Zombies and Indians from writer/director/producer Keith Lawrence (NSI Storytellers)

• Docking from writer/director Trevor Anderson (NSI Drama Prize) and producer Alyson Richards (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First)

• Blowing Up Right Now from writer/producer Chris Hill (NSI Totally Television)

• Come to Daddy from producer Daniel Bekerman (NSI Features First)

• James vs His Future Self from writer/director/producer Jeremy LaLonde and producer Jordan Walker (both NSI Totally Television)

• Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up from writer/director/producer Tasha Hubbard (NSI IndigiDocs)

• Root of the Problem from producer Carolyn McMaster (NSI Features First)

• Little Grey Bubbles from producer and actor Josh MacDonald (NSI Totally Television)

• STORYHIVE digital shorts project The Dishwasher from director Matthew Johnson

• Waydowntown from cinematographer Patrick McLaughlin (NSI Drama Prize)

CIFF runs from September 18 to 29, 2019.

If we missed your film, let us know!

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Two new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Katrina Saville and Joëlle Arseneau.

I Beat Up My Rapist

I Beat Up My Rapist | Drama, 14:38, English, ON, 2018 | Director: Katrina Saville

A young woman refuses to rely on a system that repeatedly fails sexual assault victims and takes justice into her own hands.

Gloria

Gloria | Comedy, 5:41, French with English subtitles, QC, 2018 | Director: Joëlle Arseneau

Four friends swear a solemn oath.

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The NSI Online Short Film Festival is a year-round Canadian short film showcase with new films added every week. Since launching in 2008, the festival has programmed hundreds of films and awarded over $125K to Canadian media artists. Many of the films are available to watch in the archives.

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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Feature script Mother-Daughter from writer/director Tricia Lee (NSI Diverse TV Director) was recently named a quarterfinalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship and a semifinalist in the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards.

Tricia also recently participated in the Producers Guild of America Power of Diversity master workshop and the Athena Film Festival screenwriting lab with the script.

Mother-Daughter is a dramedy feature about a lone transgender teen who helps a fiesty undocumented Asian woman escape deportation, and they form an unlikely friendship that helps heal their relationships with their own families.

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