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NSI IndigiDocs short NDNs on the Airwaves to screen at Vox Popular Media Arts Festival

Posted: 14 Aug 2018 02:16 PM PDT

NSI IndigiDocs short NDNs on the Airwaves has been selected to screen at the 14th annual Vox Popular Media Arts Festival (formerly the Bay Street Film Festival) in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Pushing the form of documentary, NDNs on the Airwaves uses poetry, soundscapes and voice in a mash-up style of storytelling.

Director Jackson 2Bears follows the extraordinary soundscapes and work of Janet Rogers as she journeys back home to Six Nations, over the airwaves, as she finds her own voice and that of her people.

Vox Popular runs from September 13 to 16, 2018. NDNs on the Airwaves screens Sunday, September 16.

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NSI IndigiDocs 2017-19 is funded by Program Partners APTN, Manitoba Sport, Culture & Heritage and RBC Emerging Artists Project; Boot Camp Presenting Sponsor Manitoba Film & Music; Supporting Sponsors the Directors Guild of Canada, Entertainment One, Super Channel, Corus Entertainment, Telefilm Canada, imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Breakthrough Entertainment and the Jim Murphy Filmmakers Bursary; Provincial Sponsors Manitoba Film & Music and Creative BC through the Daryl Duke and William Vince Scholarship Fund; Industry Partners the National Film Board and the Directors Guild of Canada; and Service Sponsor Line 21 Media. NSI Core Funders are Manitoba Sport, Culture & Heritage and the City of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council.

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STORYHIVE 100K project The PsyBorgs accepted to GenreBlast film fest

Posted: 14 Aug 2018 02:12 PM PDT

TELUS STORYHIVE 100K project The PsyBorgs, from creator David Haitt, has been accepted to GenreBlast III film fest in Virginia.

In The PsyBorgs, malicious General Blight and the insidious forces of T.O.X.I.N. have moved beyond selling cigarettes to kids and set their sights on total galactic domination.

Unfortunately for Blight, John Carbon and his team of super soldiers are ready to take down whatever bad guys General Blight sends their way.

GenreBlast is an international independent genre film festival and takes place over Labour Day weekend, August 30 to September 2, 2018.

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My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes by Charlie Tyrell + 3 more films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival

Posted: 14 Aug 2018 12:00 PM PDT

Four new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Charlie Tyrell, Ti Hallas, Kate Green, Hayley Gray and Panta Mosleh.

My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes

My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes | Documentary, 13:38, English, ON, 2017 | Director: Charlie Tyrell

Filmmaker Charlie Tyrell seeks to better understand his emotionally distant late father through the personal belongings he left behind … including a stack of VHS dirty movies.

therapy

therapy | Drama, 6:00, English, MB, 2018 | Director: Ti Hallas

An elderly woman eagerly awaits birthday greetings only to realize it’s up to her, and her surprising friend, to make her birthday happy.

Not a Stranger

Not a Stranger | Documentary, 14:02, English, BC, 2015 | Director: Kate Green

The story of one man’s pursuit of real world human connection for 365 days, while asking the question: can talking to strangers actually make you happy?

Pass the Salt

Pass the Salt | Comedy, 9:58, English, BC, 2018 | Directors: Hayley Gray, Panta Mosleh

When two women of different faiths fall in love they must find a way for their traditional families to break bread.

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Call for films / submit by September 4

We’re accepting films through FilmFreeway until Tuesday, September 4, 2018.

If your film is programmed, you have a chance of winning the A&E Short Filmmakers Award for best film. 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 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 Corus Entertainment, Blue Ant Media and Breakthrough Entertainment; Award Sponsor A&E Television Networks; and Industry Partner the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

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