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James Mullinger’s first worldwide stand up special Anything is Possible is coming to Amazon Prime Video, September 5. The special is executive produced by Greg Hemmings (NSI Global Marketing).

Since taking Canada by storm in 2014, British comedy sensation James Mullinger has done it all. Festivals, TV shows, big screen movies, awards, his own CBC Radio stand up special and, in April last year, he sold out New Brunswick’s biggest indoor venue Harbour Station, beating Jerry Seinfeld’s sales record in the process.

This journey and story of a man determined to prove that anything is possible living in a small city was documented for the prime-time CBC documentary City on Fire, which was produced, created and directed by Hemmings House Pictures and aired nationally last September.

Now the full length, uncut special of that show will be available to a global audience on Amazon Prime Video.

This is the first stand up special to be released internationally that was filmed in New Brunswick.

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Three NSI IndigiDocs films, along with 12 alumni films, will screen at the imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival, October 18 to 22, 2017.

NSI IndigiDocs short documentaries:

• Flat Rocks by director Courtney Montour, producer Roxann Whitebean

• From Up North by director Trudy Stewart, producer Janine Windolph

• NDNs on the Airwaves (pictured) by director Jackson Twobears, producer Janet Rogers

NSI IndigiDocs is a development launch pad for producer/director teams looking to produce a short documentary.

Also playing at the festival:

• Bayline by writer/director JJ Neepin (NSI IndigiDocs), producer Justina Neepin (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs)

• Birth of a Family by co-writer/director Tasha Hubbard (NSI IndigiDocs)

• Dear Hatetts by director Kerry Barber (CBC New Indigenous Voices)

• Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier by directors Shane Belcourt (NSI Totally Television, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and Lisa Jackson (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)

• Juliana & The Medicine Fish by director/co-writer/producer Jeremy Torrie (NSI Aboriginal Cultural Trade Initiative, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program), executive director Jim Compton (Aboriginal Cultural Trade Initiative, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program), producer Jean Du Toit (NSI Global Marketing)

• Just One Word by executive producer Jennifer Podemski (NSI Global Marketing)

• Kayaking For Beginners by director Zoe Hopkins (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program), producer Daniel Bekerman (NSI Features First)

• Kia Tau (Be at Rest) by director Michelle Latimer (NSI Drama Prize)

• Mikinakay: Trail of the Turtle by director Erica Daniels (CBC New Indigenous Voices)

• Nuuca (Take) by director Michelle Latimer (NSI Drama Prize)

• Red Card World: The Tree by director Cara Mumford (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)

• Zaasaakwe (Shout with Joy) by producer Darcy Waite (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs)

NSI alumni – if we missed your film, please let us know and we’ll add it right away!

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Fubar: The Age of the Computer by Michael Dowse (NSI Drama Prize) features in the new fall lineup recently announced by Rogers Media and Vice Media.

The eight-part, half-hour series will be part of the schedule for youth-skewing lifestyle and entertainment network Viceland Canada, according to Playback.

Based on the beloved film franchise and hurtling it into the modern age, Fubar: The Age of the Computer finds Terry and Dean fleeing from the wildfires of Fort McMurray, in a desperate retreat to Calgary, with nothing but emergency government debit cards to their names.

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Birth of a Family, the first feature documentary by Tasha Hubbard (NSI IndigiDocs) and New Project, a new short by Sonya Ballantyne and Sage (both CBC New Indigenous Voices and NSI IndigiDocs) are showcased in a free event presented by the Winnipeg Art Gallery and The Decolonizing Lens on Tuesday, September 7.

The event begins with a reception at 6 p.m. followed by films at 7 p.m. and a discussion with Tasha and Sonya after the screening.

Birth of a Family | Tasha Hubbard, 2016, 1 hr 19 min

Three sisters and a brother, adopted as infants into separate families across North America, meet for the first time in this deeply moving documentary. Removed from their young Dene mother’s care as part of Canada’s infamous Sixties Scoop, Betty Ann, Esther, Rosalie and Ben were four of the 20,000 Indigenous children taken from their families between 1955 and 1985, to be either adopted into white families or to live in foster care. As the four siblings piece together their shared history, their connection deepens, bringing laughter with it, and their family begins to take shape.

New Project | Sonya Ballantyne, 2017, 10 min

Indigenous filmmaker Sonya Ballantyne’s search for a picture of her grandmother drawn by renowned Anishnabe artist, Daphne Odjig. Delving into her relationship with her grandmother, and exploring the issues of maintaining her ties to her culture and her history on and off the reserve, Sonya seeks to connect with a part of her family history that was found by chance.

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Two new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Scott Antifave and James Mor.

World War Anywhere

World War Anywhere | Sci-fi/Horror, 14:55, English, BC, 2017 | Director: Scott Antifave

An attack on the city thrusts a couple into a fight for their lives.

Moving Picture

Moving Picture | Experimental, 11:00, English, QC, 2016 | Director: James Mor

A reclusive filmmaker discovers that he does not have control over his own creation.

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Call for films / submit by September 8

Films are now being accepted through FilmFreeway until Friday, September 8, 2017.

If your film is programmed, you have a chance of winning over $3K in cash awards. We accept films released after January 1, 2012.

All NSI Online Short Film Festival winners receive a complimentary Friend membership for the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and non-acting award winners are qualified to be nominated for a Canadian Screen Award (if award criteria are met).

See the most recent winners.

Your film must be less than 30 mins long. 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

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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 and Blue Ant Media; and Industry Partner the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

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