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Arnold Lim and Susie Winters have issued a casting call for several characters in their NSI Features First-developed project All-In Madonna.

Read more (PDF) about the roles they’re casting.

Production is scheduled to take place in Victoria in late November. Auditions will be held in Victoria and Vancouver.

Send a resume and headshot to allinmadonna@darlenetait.com no later than Thursday, October 26. Both union and non-union performers are welcome to submit.

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NSI Features First is a development training launch pad for producer/writer teams looking to produce their first or second feature film with strong commercial appeal.

NSI Features First is funded by Presenting Sponsor Telefilm Canada; Supporting Sponsors Entertainment One, Super Channel, Corus Entertainment and Breakthrough Entertainment; Provincial Sponsors Creative Saskatchewan and Creative BC through the Daryl Duke and William Vince Scholarship Fund; and Service Sponsor William F. White. NSI Core Funders are Manitoba Sport, Culture & Heritage and the City of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council.

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Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) recently announced its upcoming Crystal Award winners.

Congrats to Tonya Williams (NSI Global Marketing) who will receive the special jury award of distinction.

An award-winning actress known for playing Olivia Hastings on The Young and the Restless, Tonya founded the Toronto ReelWorld Film Festival in 2001 and spent five years on the Toronto Film Board where she worked to create more opportunities for emerging talent. She currently serves as president of her production company, Wilbo Entertainment.

The honoured filmmakers receive their awards at a gala luncheon in Toronto on December 5, 2017.

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TELUS STORYHIVE web series Inconceivable from director Joel Ashton McCarthy has been nominated for a Gotham Award in the category of breakthrough series – short form.

Inconceivable is about an accidental pregnancy that throws Rita and Adam’s modern, label-less relationship into the terrifying world of parenthood.

The IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards is the first major awards ceremony of the film season. This year Al Gore, Jason Blum, Sofia Coppola, Dustin Hoffman and Nicole Kidman will be honoured with tributes.

The event takes place November 27, 2017 in New York.

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STORYHIVE is a community-powered funding program that allows members of the community to vote for their favourite projects.

The program allows content creators in British Columbia and Alberta to submit their story ideas to an online public platform.

Participants receive mentoring through the STORYHIVE mentorship program in partnership with NSI.

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Moccasin Stories, a short film from Andrew George and Charlene Moore (both CBC New Indigenous Voices), screens in the upcoming Gimme Some Truth documentary festival in Winnipeg.

In Moccasin Stories, Andrew and Charlene follow the stories and lives of Indigenous women and investigate the important role moccasins play in their lives.

The film will be shown alongside feature Highway 45 on Saturday, November 4 at the Winnipeg Film Group’s Cinematheque theatre.

Gimme Some Truth is a five-day documentary festival with master lectures, workshops and special screenings.

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Wexford Plaza from Harry Cherniak (NSI Features First) opens in select theatres in Canada and the US beginning with Laemmle Theatre in Santa Monica on Friday, October 27.

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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Dan Trotta (NSI Totally Television) recently talked to TV, eh? about his new gig on season 11 of Murdoch Mysteries and how he got from his university background as a playwright to Omni TV’s Blood and Water.

Dan wrote the Murdoch Mysteries episode “Dr. Osler Regrets” and talked about his learning curve on picking up the storytelling style of the series.

Read the interview.

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Three new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Spencer Ryerson, Leah Johnston and Petie Chalifoux.

Cover-Up

Cover-Up | Sci-fi/Horror, 18:10, English, ON, 2016 | Director: Spencer Ryerson

Following a violent incident, a young woman isolates herself in a cottage hoping to find peace. However, past traumas and insecurities resurface and haunt her with each passing day.

My Younger Older Sister

My Younger Older Sister | Drama, 16:30, English, NS, 2015 | Director: Leah Johnston

A young woman enters a crisis on the eve of her 19th birthday as she realizes she’s about to out-age her older sister who died at 18.

Past Time

Past Time | Drama, 10:00, English, BC, 2017 | Director: Petie Chalifoux

While on a hike Sage meets Nitanis, a beautiful young woman, and falls in love at first sight. Sage soon discovers that Nitanis is in fact a ghost – but his love for her compels him to seek the truth about her disappearance and murder to help her spirit complete the journey to the other side.

A story of love and its power to transcend time, space and even death.

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Call for films / submit by December 13

We’re accepting films through FilmFreeway until Wednesday, December 13, 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

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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