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Katherine Collins’ Riot Girls US rights picked up by Cranked Up Films

Posted: 15 Jan 2019 01:38 PM PST

XYZ Films has licensed US rights to the apocalyptic adventure Riot Girls, from writer Katherine Collins (NSI Features First), to Good Deed Entertainment’s new genre label, Cranked Up Films.

Madison Iseman and Paloma Kwiatkowski (pictured) star in Riot Girls which takes place after a mysterious illness has killed all adults leaving the town of Potter’s Bluff divided into two factions – the ‘East side,’ made up of scavengers, and the ‘West side,’ which hoards its wealth in the former high school and is ruled by a tyrant played by Munro Chambers.

Jovanka Vuckovic is directing and Lauren Grant serves as producer.

The distributor has earmarked a summer 2019 theatrical and on demand release.

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Walter by Patrick Hodgson + 3 more films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival

Posted: 15 Jan 2019 12:31 PM PST

Four new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Patrick Hodgson, Sunny Mohajer, Gabriel Colome, and Kurt Spenrath and Frederick Kroetsch.

Walter

Walter | Comedy, 13:33, English, ON, 2017 | Director: Patrick Hodgson

A dysfunctional hardware store manager struggles to express his love for an employee.

So Far So Good

So Far So Good | Drama, 10:03, English, BC, 2018 | Director: Sunny Mohajer

Mean. Bored. Apathetic. Three teenagers with a dark secret waste the day away together.

Ma

Ma | Drama, 14:38, English, BC, 2018 | Director: Gabriel Colome

Life is not going as planned for David, who finds himself compelled to return to his childhood home and live with his Ma with whom his relationship is both strained and complicated.

As Real As It Gets: Growing Up Roller Derby

As Real As It Gets: Growing Up Roller Derby | Documentary, 23:30, English, AB, 2017 | Directors: Kurt Spenrath, Frederick Kroetsch

A Canadian roller derby team competes at the first Junior Olympics Roller Derby event in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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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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Tricia Lee makes the 2019 Bitch List of most-liked Bechdel Test-passing scripts

Posted: 15 Jan 2019 11:52 AM PST

Tricia Lee (NSI Diverse TV Director) has made the 2019 Bitch List with her script Spoken. The Bitch List is an annual listing of the most-liked Bechdel Test-passing scripts that have yet to be greenlit for production.

In Spoken an Asian-American college student, who has a tumultuous relationship with her overbearing mother, is informed by the dean of Harvard that she needs to be more well-rounded. She meets a spoken word artist and discovers an affinity for poetry. Along the way, she’s forced to confront family expectations and must dig deep into her own vulnerabilities and get past her Asian stoicism to discover who she really is, what she wants to do and how she will tell her family.

This year’s Bitch List has an emphasis on scripts by and about women of colour.

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