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2018 CBC New Indigenous Voices students announced Posted: 11 Apr 2018 11:08 AM PDT The National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI) is pleased to announce the students selected to this year’s CBC New Indigenous Voices training course. The 2018 CBC New Indigenous Voices students are: Cynthia Murdock (Winnipeg) Adeline Bird (Winnipeg) Rhonda Lucy (Toronto) Joe Courchene (Winnipeg) Jon Berg (Burnaby) Diandre Thomas-Hart (Winnipeg) Damian Frazee (Winnipeg) Daniel Bear (Winnipeg) Shauntelle George (Winnipeg)“I’m happy to welcome these new students to the course and excited to see them get into the classroom when training launches later this month,” said Ursula Lawson, CBC New Indigenous Voices program manager. “They’ve shown a lot of promise in order to be selected to the program, and NSI is proud to offer them this opportunity to build on that and help launch their careers in screen-based storytelling.” Workshops and seminars in the classroom phase are led by industry experts. Students also intern full-time with a broadcaster or independent production company giving them firsthand knowledge of the business. Training includes the production and screening of three short films made by the students. Minimum wage is provided throughout the course. CBC New Indigenous Voices begins with a traditional feast on Monday, April 30. The feast is the first of the traditional Anishinaabe spiritual components that continue throughout the 14-week course. Graduates have gone on to work with companies including CBC, Media RendezVous, Animiki See Digital Production Inc., Manito Ahbee and APTN. They have worked on numerous film, television and web productions, developed their own projects and screened them at national and international film festivals. CBC New Indigenous Voices is led by Ursula Lawson alongside NSI Indigenous programs & administrative assistant Kaya Wheeler, NSI Indigenous training programs advisor Lisa Meeches and Elder Colin Mousseau. CBC New Indigenous Voices is funded by: Title, Presenting and Tuition Sponsor CBC; Program Partners Manitoba Sport, Culture & Heritage, the Centre for Aborginal Human Resource Development (CAHRD) and Telefilm Canada; Supporting Sponsors Corus Entertainment and Breakthrough Entertainment; Provincial Sponsor Manitoba Film & Music; Industry Partner the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC); Industry Supporter imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and Service Sponsor William F. White. NSI Core Funders are Manitoba Sport, Culture and Heritage and the City of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council. About the National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI)Renowned for having given many emerging filmmakers, television writers and producers their first breaks, the National Screen Institute provides training and production support through courses like NSI Totally Television, CBC New Indigenous Voices presented by NSI, NSI Features First, NSI Business for Producers, NSI IndigiDocs and TELUS STORYHIVE Web Series and Digital Shorts. NSI also offers exposure through the NSI Online Short Film Festival and provides resources and support to those in the film, television and digital media industries at nsi-canada.ca All media enquiriesLaura Friesen, Manager, Communications & Alumni Relations The post 2018 CBC New Indigenous Voices students announced appeared first on National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI). |
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