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Big congrats to Ashley McKenzie and Nelson MacDonald (NSI Drama Prize) whose debut feature film Werewolf is one of three finalists chosen for the 2017 Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award.

As well as receiving a $3K prize for being shortlisted, the finalists are also in the running for the $22K grand prize announced in November at the Creative Nova Scotia Gala. The public is invited to celebrate the three finalists at a panel discussion at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic on September 18, 2017.

The award recognizes the excellence of a particular work of art or design from any media.

NSI nominated Werewolf for the Telefilm Canada Micro-Budget Production Program in 2015. The Globe and Mail recently called the film “one of the all-time-great Canadian first films.”

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Three films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Kelly Conlin, Joy Webster and Brett Ferster.

The Streets

The Streets | Experimental, 5:44, English, BC, 2016 | Director: Kelly Conlin

Filmed over six years throughout Canada, the United States and the islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, The Streets is an auditory and visceral study into the pathways that divide and define our communities.

In the Weeds

In The Weeds | Drama, 15:55, English, ON, 2015 | Director: Joy Webster

When her roommate becomes the victim of a violent attack, Sloane can no longer put up with the sexism she regularly encounters at work.

Claddagh

Claddagh | Drama, 7:33, English, AB, 2016 | Director: Brett Ferster

Weaving together conflicting narratives, truth and loyalty blur when three brothers discover a lifeless body at the river’s edge.

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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.

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The official film website for feature In Plainview, a new crime thriller from NSI Features First grads Matt Watterworth and Scott Westby of Full Swing Productions, was launched last week along with the film’s artwork (above).

A trailer is set for release on August 14.

In the film, a dirty ex-cop recently sprung from prison seeks vengeance on the former partner who sold him out.

The project was a finalist in the Telefilm Micro-Budget Production Program in 2016.

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