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NSI IndigiDocs short Path Without End screens alongside dance performance in North Bay

Posted: 26 Mar 2019 11:42 AM PDT

NSI IndigiDocs film Path Without End from director Cara Mumford and producer/subject Christine Friday screens at an event this Friday in North Bay, Ontario.

Maggie & Me: A Healing Dance happens Friday, March 29 at 1 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Centre in North Bay. Christine is also the choreographer of the dance performance, which honours and continues the legacy of women as healers in our communities and explores traditional practice revealed in a contemporary world.

Buy tickets.

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NSI IndigiDocs provides training, mentorship and up to $16K in cash towards film production. Training includes attendance at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto, and post-production services and mentorship at the National Film Board in Montreal.

NSI IndigiDocs is funded by Program Partners APTN, Manitoba Sport, Culture & Heritage and RBC Emerging Artists Project; Boot Camp Presenting Sponsor Manitoba Film & Music; Strategic Sponsors the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) and documentary Channel; Supporting Sponsors Telefilm Canada, Saskatchewan Media Production Industry Association (SMPIA), Corus Entertainment, Breakthrough Entertainment and the Jim Murphy Filmmakers Bursary; Provincial Sponsors Manitoba Film & Music and Creative BC through the Daryl Duke and William Vince Scholarship Fund; Industry Partners the National Film Board of Canada and the Directors Guild of Canada; Industry Supporters imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival and Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival; and Service Sponsor Line 21 Media. NSI Core Funders are Manitoba Sport, Culture & Heritage and the City of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council.

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Finding Fukue by Daniel Roher, Edmund Stenson + 2 more films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival

Posted: 26 Mar 2019 08:41 AM PDT

Three new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Daniel Roher and Edmund Stenson, Daniel Bear and Jana Stackhouse.

Finding Fukue

Finding Fukue | Documentary, 21:00, English, Japanese, ON, 2018 | Directors: Daniel Roher, Edmund Stenson

They were best friends and then pen pals until, one day, the letters stopped coming. Almost 30 years later, Jessica Stuart returns to Japan to try and solve the mystery of her long-lost friend, Fukue.

Inevitable

Inevitable | Experimental, 2:34, English, MB, 2018 | Director: Daniel Bear

The biggest fear after high school is “what’s next?” but for this young adult “what’s next?” has a darker meaning.

In the Kitchen

In the Kitchen | Comedy, 1:55, English, ON, 2018 | Director: Jana Stackhouse

Rakhee reluctantly attempts to help her aunts clean the kitchen after a dinner party.

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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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