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TELUS STORYHIVE and NSI bring free screen training workshop to Vernon, April 2

Posted: 16 Mar 2017 01:20 PM PDT

The National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI) and TELUS STORYHIVE are pleased to bring their latest training initiative to Vernon. This free training workshop FROM CONCEPT TO CAMERA: Developing Your Story for the Screen takes place at the Vernon Public Art Gallery, 3228 31st Avenue from 1 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 2.*

The workshop will address the development process from concept to camera. Training is delivered by NSI facilitators Robert Hardy, Mike Fly and Angela Heck. The workshop is open to the diverse community of producers and content creators in Vernon.

Emerging filmmakers and mid-career professionals are encouraged to attend this professional development opportunity to help develop their own projects and network with other filmmakers and content creators. TELUS STORYHIVE facilitators will be on hand to share insights into funding opportunities available through the STORYHIVE platform.

The workshop is free of charge but registration is required.

To register for the Vernon workshop, visit Eventbrite or email your name and contact information to OptikLocal@telus.com by March 27.

*Please note that this workshop is taking place on April 2, not April 1 as previously announced.

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About STORYHIVE

TELUS STORYHIVE is a community-powered funding program for emerging content creators in BC and Alberta. Local creators apply for production grants to produce short-form videos with funding and distribution from TELUS. Grant recipients are chosen through a competitive process that combines demonstrated community support, voting, and a jury of industry experts and TELUS team members.

About the National Screen Institute

Renowned for having given many emerging filmmakers, television writers and producers their first breaks, the National Screen Institute provides training and production support through courses like NSI Totally Television, CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI Features First, NSI Business for Producers, Movie Central Script to Screen, Corus Diverse TV Director, NSI IndigiDocs, TELUS STORYHIVE Web Series and Digital Shorts, and TELUS Optik™ Local.

NSI also offers exposure through the NSI Online Short Film Festival and provides vast resources and support to those in the film, television and digital media industries at nsi-canada.ca.

All media enquiries

Laura Friesen, Manager, Communications & Alumni Relations
Tel: 204.957.2999 or email: laura.friesen@nsi-canada.ca

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Wexford Plaza from Harry Cherniak wins at CAAMFEST in San Francisco

Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:12 PM PDT

Congratulations to Harry Cherniak (NSI Features First) whose film Wexford Plaza won the Comcast Narrative Award at San Francisco’s Centre for Asian American Media Festival, or CAAMFEST.

In Wexford Plaza, an unexpected sexual encounter forever changes the once simple friendship of security guard Betty and bartender Danny.

This is director Joyce Wong’s debut feature. Harry is one of the film’s producers.

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Submission deadline extended for Lindalee Tracey Award

Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:08 PM PDT

Submissions have been extended for the 11th annual Lindalee Tracey Award. The award celebrates emerging Canadian filmmakers and is open to emerging artists. The submission deadline is now March 24, 2017.

In 2007, the first Lindalee Tracey Award was presented to NSI Drama Prize alumnus Trevor Anderson for his film Rock Pockets.

To be eligible for the Lindalee Tracey Award you must be an emerging artist – an individual with less than five years of training or experience in media arts which can be formal (university or college studies) or informal (production courses, workshops, hands-on experience in production, etc.). The emerging artist must also have completed at least one independent film or video, excluding school film projects.

Find out more about the Lindalee Tracey Award.

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