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Watch Shoot the Messenger series premiere on October 10

Posted: 28 Sep 2016 01:44 PM PDT

Shoot the Messenger, a new TV series from Jennifer Holness (NSI Drama Prize, Telefilm – Canada Spark Plug Program) and Sudz Sutherland (NSI Totally Television) of Hungry Eyes Film & Television, premieres on CBC on October 10.

In Shoot the Messenger, things go sideways for young reporter Daisy when she witnesses a murder she thinks is gang-related, only to find herself slowly drawn into an interconnected web of criminal and illicit sexual activity that reaches into the corridors of corporate and political power.

Watch the series premiere on CBC on October 10 at 9 p.m. (Check your local listings.)

Watch free NSI shorts this Saturday at Nuit Blanche Winnipeg

Posted: 28 Sep 2016 01:11 PM PDT

Keep an eye out for NSI – and a variety of NSI Aboriginal Documentary, NSI New Voices and NSI Drama Prize short films – at the 2016 edition of Nuit Blanche Winnipeg.

Visit us in the courtyard at 201 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg on Saturday, October 1 from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Nuit Blanche Winnipeg is a free, all-night exploration and celebration of contemporary art that takes place on October 1 from dusk to dawn. Held annually since 2010, the events and exhibits attract thousands of people to the three zones of activity in the city: St. Boniface, Downtown and the Exchange District.

Molly McGlynn writes about rejection and feature filmmaking for TIFF

Posted: 28 Sep 2016 12:43 PM PDT

Read a piece from TIFF’s blog by Molly McGlynn (NSI Drama Prize) about getting accustomed to rejection and her forthcoming feature film Mary Goes Round.

Or, in her words:

“…your career will look like this:

No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No

Until, finally, one day: yes.“