National Screen Institute CEO Joy Loewen will present The Power of Story – a virtual event with the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce – on Friday, October 15.
Joy will share her thoughts on the importance of story in daily life, how to use story as a marketing/networking tool to meaningfully connect with your community and tips on how to develop your own story.
The event is free to attend. It will be hosted on Microsoft Teams from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. CT.
Learn more about Joy, her passion for storytelling and how she encourages others to connect with their own stories. Register now!
The Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival runs from December 1 to 5 and is produced by the Winnipeg Film Group. The festival includes master lectures, workshops and special screenings – all intended to provide filmmakers and audiences alike with the opportunity to discuss creative, ethical and technical issues related to the documentary form.
If you have a documentary film completed in the last two years that you would like to submit for consideration in this year’s festival, please fill out this online application form.
Deadline to submit your documentary is October 22.
The program provides creators, who have not had the opportunity to create an original work for a network or streamer, with access to WarnerMedia’s powerful suite of creative talent and resources. Participants will receive mentorship to create original animated short films for adult audiences, learn about the business of animation and various pathways to a career in the field.
The Canadian component will seek out seven Indigenous artists, selected through a key collaboration between imagineNATIVE and WarnerMedia Access Canada.
The theme of the program is ‘Only You,’ as HBO Max is eager to discover artists who bring their distinctive lens to their creations and are unafraid to push the boundaries of primetime animation and creative storytelling.
Selected participants will be provided with a comprehensive production budget, resources and a dedicator mentor to develop and execute their original one- to five-minute animated short. In addition to a WarnerMedia mentor, all projects will be overseen by a seasoned producer who will guide participants through the production process, from start to finish.
Completed projects will stream exclusively on HBO Max.
