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Three films from NSI grads screen at the Santa Barbara Film Festival in California, running now through February 15, 2018.

• NSI Features First-developed Adventures in Public School from Kyle Rideout and Josh Epstein

• Black Kite (pictured) from director Tarique Qayumi (NSI Diverse TV Director)

• Mary Goes Round from director Molly McGlynn (NSI Drama Prize)

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Three new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Christopher Beaubien, Courtney Verwold and Alexandre Gougeon.

Socket

Socket | Sci-fi/Horror, 21:12, English, BC, 2016 | Director: Christopher Beaubien

Darlene Hicks, a doctor working in a medical clinic, reaches out to Errol Cloutier, a professional photographer who visits her clinic, to validate her as an artist.

Once Errol tactlessly dismisses her artwork, Darlene exercises a long-term revenge that escalates into an all-out war.

Of Tides / To Distill

Of Tides / To Distill | Experimental, 15:20, English, BC, 2017 | Director: Courtney Verwold

An experimental film in five parts that challenges expectation in form, utilizing visual economy to interact with critical concepts.

To exploit beauty and grimness.
To mend conflicts in growth and decay.
To objectify pathos, laugh with it, and love it dearly.

I Am the Wolf

I Am the Wolf | Documentary, 16:34, English, ON, 2016 | Director: Alexandre Gougeon

Arthur Biyarslanov’s family sacrificed everything to give him a better life in Canada. Now his focus is to repay them by standing on the Olympic podium.

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Call for films / submit by March 12

We’re accepting films through FilmFreeway until Monday, March 12, 2018.

If your film is programmed, you have a chance of winning over $3K in cash awards. We accept films released after January 1, 2013.

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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Lots of films, industry panels and workshops from NSI grads at the upcoming Available Light Film Festival in Whitehorse, Yukon. The fest runs February 3 to 11, 2018.

Film screenings

• Four Faces of the Moon from Amanda Strong and Bracken Hanuse Corlett (both NSI IndigiDocs)

• NSI Features First-developed Adventures in Public School (pictured) from Kyle Rideout and Josh Epstein

• In the Name of All Canadians, including shorts Last Resort from Jennifer Bowen-Allen (NSI IndigiDocs) and L’inspecteur from Janelle Wookey (NSI Business for Producers)

• Dear Hatetts from Kerry Barber (CBC New Indigenous Voices) screens as part of the opening gala, alongside opening film Shut Up and Say Something

• Rise from Michelle Latimer (NSI Drama Prize)

• The Road Forward from Marie Clements (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program, NSI Storytellers)

• Black Kite from Tarique Qayumi (NSI Diverse TV Director)

• A Better Man from Christine Kleckner (NSI Drama Prize)

• Indian Horse from Paula Devonshire (NSI Features First, NSI Totally Televison) and Trish Dolman (NSI Features First)

• The Breadwinner from Anthony Leo (NSI Totally Television)

Workshops and panels

• Animation workshop with Amanda Strong

• The Highs and Lows of Filming in the North: Production Stories from the Yukon + NWT with Neil Macdonald (NSI Features First)

• Whose Story is it Anyway? Protocols and Responsibilities to Indigenous Communities with Michelle Latimer and Carol Geddes (NSI Storytellers)

• Kerry Barber (CBC New Indigenous Voices) is part of the judging panel for the ALFF Pitch Event

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The Breadwinner, an animated feature from Anthony Leo’s (NSI Totally Television) production company Aircraft Pictures, is nominated for a 2018 Academy Award in the Animated Feature Film category.

Directed by Nora Twomey, the film is adapted from the 2001 novel of the same name by antiwar activist Deborah Ellis and is based on her experiences visiting refugee camps in geopolitically volatile Afghanistan during the 1990s.

Angelina Jolie is an executive producer.

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