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Amanda Strong, Bracken Hanuse Corlett pop-up artist talk at Winnipeg Art Gallery tonight

Posted: 16 Jan 2018 01:26 PM PST

Amanda Strong and Bracken Hanuse Corlett (both NSI IndigiDocs) present a pop-up artist talk tonight, January 16, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) in support of their work’s inclusion in the WAG’s current Insurgence/Resurgence exhibition.

It happens at 5 p.m. today and covers their multi-media work including animated film Biidaaban and the props (pictured) and puppets used to make it.

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Adventures in Public School hits the road with screenings in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg + more

Posted: 16 Jan 2018 10:48 AM PST

In addition to its Toronto run in Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival, NSI Features First-developed Adventures in Public School (previously known as Public Schooled), from writer/director Kyle Rideout and writer/producer Josh Epstein, hits the road over the next couple of months with screenings across the country.

Catch the film in the following cities:

Adventures in Public School also screens at Fernie Film Festival‘s opening night on January 26 and the Available Light Film Fest in Whitehorse, Yukon on February 4.

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NSI Features First is a development training launch pad for producer/writer teams looking to produce their first or second feature film with strong commercial appeal.

NSI Features First is funded by Presenting Sponsor Telefilm Canada; Supporting Sponsors Entertainment One, Super Channel, Corus Entertainment and Breakthrough Entertainment; Provincial Sponsors Creative Saskatchewan and Creative BC through the Daryl Duke and William Vince Scholarship Fund; and Service Sponsor William F. White. NSI Core Funders are Manitoba Sport, Culture & Heritage and the City of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council.

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Fish by Heather Young + 1 more film in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival

Posted: 16 Jan 2018 09:16 AM PST

Two new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Heather Young and Devin Casario.

Fish

Fish | Drama, 11:33, English, NS, 2016 | Director: Heather Young

A single mother navigates raising three young children while clinging to her fading relationship with their father.

Black Guitar

Black Guitar | Drama, 10:37, English, NS, 2016 | Director: Devin Casario

Black Guitar follows weathered troubadour Anton James through his dark night in a 24-hour period of debauchery and self-destruction.

It’s the type of night that can only end in one of two ways: death or death by epiphany.

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The NSI Online Short Film Festival is made possible through the support of Festival Partner Telefilm Canada; Supporting Sponsors Entertainment One, Super Channel, Corus Entertainment, Blue Ant Media, The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and Breakthrough Entertainment; Award Sponsors A&E Television Networks, The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and Blue Ant Media; and Industry Partner the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

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