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NSI grads: Get $50 off TIFF Kids Industry Forum registration

Posted: 15 Feb 2018 01:10 PM PST

This year’s TIFF Kids International Film Festival celebrates children’s programming with a world class slate of new films, a two-day Industry Forum featuring networking and pitching opportunities, workshops, roundtable discussions and the award-winning digiPlaySpace exhibition.

Designed to inspire and engage creators of children’s content and games, the Forum (March 8-9) features a diverse lineup of speakers from around the world, including representatives from Europe, Australia, Africa and North America.

TIFF is offering a discounted rate to NSI alumni in an effort to foster the growth and development of Canadian creators. NSI grads may purchase the TIFF Kids Forum pass for $115 (regularly $165) or the TIFF Kids Industry pass for $200 (regularly $250). Both passes include access to the online Delegates Guide, Industry Screening Library, Industry Lounge, digiPlaySpace, networking breakfast, and cocktail.

Contact tiffkidsindustry@tiff.net by March 2 to take advantage of this special offer.

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Don’t Talk to Irene to hit US theatres and VOD, March 2

Posted: 15 Feb 2018 12:16 PM PST

Don’t Talk to Irene, a feature from Pat Mills (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television, NSI Features First, NSI Script to Screen) and Alyson Richards (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First), has been acquired by Gravitas Ventures for US distribution. A release in theatres and on VOD platforms is planned for March 2.

In the film Irene, the fattest girl in high school, gets suspended and must endure two weeks of community service at a retirement home.

Following her passion for cheerleading, she secretly signs up the senior residents to audition for a dance-themed reality show to prove that you don’t need to be physically ‘perfect’ to be perfectly AWESOME.

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Jennifer Podemski to receive ACTRA Toronto Award of Excellence

Posted: 15 Feb 2018 10:21 AM PST

Actress, writer and producer Jennifer Podemski (NSI Global Marketing) will receive the ACTRA Toronto Award of Excellence at the Annual ACTRA Awards in Toronto on February 24.

Jennifer has been acting since she was a teen. Her career blossomed when she landed the role of Pique in The Diviners and then a starring role in Bruce McDonald’s Dance Me Outside.

In 2005, she branched out on her own as a producer and founded Redcloud Studios Inc, an independent production company dedicated to pushing forward Indigenous narratives across all platforms.

In 2016, ACTRA Toronto’s Women’s Committee (TAWC) presented Jennifer with the Nell Shipman Award, which honours a female producer, writer or showrunner who has advanced gender equity in the screened entertainment industry both in front of and behind the camera. In the same year, she was one of 12 women honoured with the Birks Diamond Tribute celebrating women in film.

The ACTRA Awards in Toronto celebrates outstanding performances on screen. The 2018 awards will be presented at a gala at The Carlu next weekend.

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