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NSI grads Aubrey Arnason (NSI Totally Television) and Lisa Rose Snow (NSI Drama Prize) have been accepted to Sinking Ship Entertainment and Women in View’s 2xMore directors lab (PDF).

2xMore is part of a multi-tiered initiative by Women in View to double the number of women directing Canadian media. Including this year’s participants, nine directors have been part of the training program so far.

The course includes training on prep, production and post-production on three episodes of Sinking Ship’s Emmy award-winning Dino Dan series.

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Deanne Foley (NSI Totally Television) is one of six East Coast directors working on new romcom feature Hopeless Romantic filming in Halifax.

The film follows 50-something Anna who helps six different women navigate their relationships.

The six directors are rounded out by Megan Wennberg, Stephanie Clattenburg, Ruth Lawrence, Martine Blue and Latonia Hartery.

Hopeless Romantic is written by Megan Wennberg, Stephanie Clattenberg, Emily Bridger, Iain MacLeod (NSI Totally Television, NSI Features First) and Jay Dahl (NSI Drama Prize). Producers are Bill Niven, Jay Dahl and Latonia Hartery. Margaret Atwood serves as a creative consultant on the project.

Release is tentatively planned for fall 2018.

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National contest From Our Dark Side is seeking the best in Canadian women-driven genre film ideas including thrillers, science fiction, fantasy and horror.

To enter, you need to submit a three to five page genre film outline by January 5, 2018.

Winners receive a mentorship package designed to help get a feature-length project to the next stage. No previous film writing experience is necessary. Open to women writers only.

Ten projects will be shortlisted and juried by top genre creators. Five projects will be selected for mentorship. The five winners receive a $500 cash prize and participate in a six-month incubator program from March to August 2018.

The program is led by producer Sharon McGowan (DramaLab) of the Women in Film and Television Vancouver (WIFTV) board of directors under the guidance of an advisory board of genre film experts including directors Karen Lam (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television), Amanda Tapping, Rachel Talalay and Rupert Harvey.

WIFTV board member and screenwriter Peggy Thompson (DramaLab) provides ongoing creative support as program mentor.

Read more and enter the contest.

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NSI grads Shelagh Carter (NSI Drama Prize) and John Barnard (NSI Features First) are featured in a CBC article about Manitoba’s film boom.

Seven local directors, including Shelagh and John, were either in pre-production, production or post-production on movies or television series in October. Manitoba Film & Music CEO and film commissioner Carole Vivier said that’s the highest number she’s seen in over 30 years.

Shelagh’s film Into Invisible Light is about a man and woman who reconnect later in life to sort out unresolved issues, in part a nod to Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

John is in post-production on his TV movie The Perfect Match about a woman who considers unconventional methods to get an organ donation for her son.

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Award-winning filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin comes to Winnipeg’s Gimme Some Truth documentary festival this weekend to present her new film Our People Will Be Healed, and take part in a free event discussing women in film.

The Women Talking Film event with Alanis and the Women’s Film & Video Network happens at 2 p.m. at the Winnipeg Film Group’s Black Lodge Studio.

The group discussion will be facilitated by NSI’s own Elise Swerhone, program co-manager of NSI IndigiDocs.

This free event is open to all women involved or interested in film. The open discussion will provide an opportunity to talk about the shared experiences of women working in film.

Attendance is limited to 40 people and advance registration is required. Register for free at the Winnipeg Film Group’s website.

Alanis’s film Our People Will Be Healed, screens on Sunday at 7pm. Buy tickets to the film screening.

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