Lindsay MacKay, Kyle Bornais take the lead on new musical film, The Swearing Jar

Filming has begun on new musical romance film The Swearing Jar by director Lindsay MacKay (NSI Diverse TV Director) and producer Kyle Bornais (NSI Features First).

Adapted from the play of the same name, The Swearing Jar follows a high school music teacher who throws a birthday concert for her husband which rekindles memories from their past. The film stars Adelaide Clemens, Douglas Smith, Patrick J. Adams and more.

Filming is currently underway in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario. The film will be released in Canada and internationally in spring 2022.

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Danis Goulet’s Night Raiders picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films

Night Raiders, from writer/director Danis Goulet (NSI Drama Prize), will be distributed in the US through Samuel Goldwyn Films.

The film was shot in Toronto in 2019 with producers Lisa Meeches (NSI Indigenous programs advisor and NSI Storytellers alumna) and Kyle Irving (NSI Global Marketing) and stars Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (NSI IndigiDocs program manager).

Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired the US rights to the film earlier this month, shortly after the film’s world premiere at Berlinale International Film Festival in March.

The story takes place in a dystopian world where a Cree woman joins a group of vigilantes to free her daughter from the state in a military-run North America.

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