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Congrats to the NSI grads with films screening at this summer’s 16th annual Gimli Film Fest from July 20 to 24.

Borealis from Sean Garrity (NSI Features First) and NSI Aboriginal Documentary short The League from Jenna and Justina Neepin (NSI New Voices) are included in this year’s programming.

Individual film tickets will be available to buy in July. Get more details here.

Trans Atlantic Partners recently announced its 2016 lineup of 25 selected film and TV producers from across Europe, Canada, the US, India and South Africa for its co-production program.

The list of Canadian producers selected to the program includes Kyle Bornais (NSI Features First) of Farpoint Films and Jeremy Torrie (NSI Aboriginal Cultural Trade Initiative, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) of Bandwidth Releasing.

The established two-module co-production program offers a combination of intensive training with networking and targeted project feedback from resource trainers.

Here’s a chance to produce the short video you’ve always dreamed of creating and potentially have it broadcast on CBC.

CBC Arts and CBC Short Docs, through the network’s Inclusion and Diversity initiative, are offering an opportunity for up to 12 video creators to come to Toronto and train with some of the best in Canadian arts and documentary programming.

The CBC Development Workshop for Diverse Creators takes place at the Broadcast Centre in Toronto from September 14 to 17, 2016.

The four full-day sessions will help emerging creators who identify as part of an Indigenous, disability or visible minority community sharpen their professional skills, expand their networks and learn to develop ideas with the CBC — specifically producing short-form, unscripted, digital videos.

Find out more and apply by July 4.

Three new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors René Nuijens and Steve Korver, Matt David Johnson and Jamie Alain.

Yuri on the Phone

Yuri on the Phone | Comedy, 6:06, English, ON, 2015 | Directors: René Nuijens, Steve Korver

A tragic short comedy featuring Serbian film diva Rada Đuričin as a woman whose passion for Yuri Gagarin is still as strong as when it was first set aflame after Gagarin’s launch in 1961.

The Dishwasher

The Dishwasher | Drama, 10:24, English, BC, 2016 | Director: Matt David Johnson

A dishwasher’s dream of becoming a professional chef takes a step closer to reality when an unlikely alliance is forged with a local streetwalker who trades her culinary expertise for the regular meals he provides.

Collider

Collider | Sci-fi/Horror, 9:48, English, BC, 2016 | Director: Jamie Alain

A woman travels across the infinite multiverse all without leaving her living room in this psychological sci-fi love story.

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The NSI Online Short Film Festival is made possible through the support of Festival Partner Telefilm Canada; Supporting Sponsors Entertainment One, Super Channel, Corus Entertainment, Blue Ant Media, The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and Breakthrough Entertainment; Award Sponsors A&E Television Networks, The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation; Corus Entertainment and Blue Ant Media; and Industry Partner the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

Clockwise from bottom left: Angela Heck (NSI), Peter Lhotka (producer), Chelsey Fawcett (TELUS STORYHIVE winner: Noonright), Emilio Salituro (agent, Lucas Talent), Allan Krasnick (lawyer), Jonas Woost (TELUS), Erin Mussolum (TELUS), Matthew David Johnson (TELUS STORYHIVE winner: The Dishwasher), Peter Deluise (director), Keena Herman (TELUS STORYHIVE winner: Noonright) and Stephen Hegyes (producer)

Ah, Banff! The mountains, the fresh air … the buzz?

The two top prize winners from TELUS STORYHIVE Digital Shorts were buzzing around the Banff World Media Festival as the final part of their training.

Winners received $10,000 to complete a digital short, initially pitched through the STORYHIVE process, as well as customized career training including a weekend in Vancouver learning from industry experts Peter Deluise, Emilio Salituro, Leah Mallen, Kirsten Newlands, Peter Lhotka, Allan Krasnick and Stephen Hegyes.

All this and an all-expenses paid trip to attend the Banff World Media Festival to put their market strategy into place.

Calgary-based Keena Herman and Chelsey Fawcett, following up on their animated short Noonright, joined Vancouver director Matthew David Johnson and composer Alexz Johnson who were pitching projects that build on the success of the dramatic short The Dishwasher.

A partnership between NSI and TELUS has provided mentorship and training to TELUS STORYHIVE finalists, both in web series and digital shorts. Ninety projects have been greenlit and many have gone on to find success with awards at Hollyweb, The Rosies, Toronto Web Fest and many more.