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Happy Place by producer Elise Cousineau

St. John’s Women’s International Film Festival runs from October 14 to 18. Tickets can be purchased to watch the films online from anywhere in Canada.

Shorts

• êmîcêtôsêt: Many Bloodlines (developed through NSI IndigiDocs) – writer/director Theola Ross, producer Alex Bailey

• What About Our Future? – writer/co-director Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos (TELUS STORYHIVE)

• 4 North A – writer/director Jordan Canning (NSI Drama Prize)

Features

• Queen of the Morning Calm – writer/director/producer Gloria Ui Young Kim (NSI Diverse TV Director). RBC Closing Night Film.

• Happy Place – producer Elise Cousineau (NSI Drama Prize).

Film industry forum

Forum panels go live on October 14 and are free to watch.

• 50/50 for the Future – panelist Tracey Deer (NSI Storytellers, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)

• In Conversation with Queen of the Morning Calm – panelist Gloria Ui Young Kim (NSI Diverse TV Directors)

• In Conversation with before/during/after – moderator Deanne Foley (NSI Totally Television, NSI Features First)

• Storytelling Through Animation – panelist Jordan Canning (NSI Drama Prize)

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French Exit, by producer Trish Dolman and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, is the closing night film at New York Film Festival on October 10

Highlights from a busy month for our alumni – from funding to festival screenings.

Harold Greenberg funding

• First to second draft: Glo in the Dark – producer Borga Dorter, writer/director Rachel Cairns (both NSI Totally Television)

• Polish and packaging: Let’s Do This – director/producer Lora Campbell (NSI Drama Prize)

Visit the website for more information.

In production

• Season 4 of Burden of Truth (TV series, CBC/CW) – executive producer Kyle Irving (NSI Global Marketing); co-executive producer Lisa Meeches (NSI Storytellers); director Michelle Latimer (NSI Drama Prize); third assistant director Tyshana Hobson (CBC New Indigenous Voices)

• A Starlight Christmas (TV movie, Hallmark) – director Gary Yates (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First)

• Bitter Harvest (TV movie, Lifetime) – production coordinator Justina Neepin (NSI IndigiDocs, CBC New Indigenous Voices)

International distribution

• Detention Adventure now streaming on HBO Max in the US. Available in Canada on CBC Gem – co-creator/writer/director/executive producer Joe Kicak (NSI Drama Prize), executive producer Lauren Corber (NSI Totally Television) and producer/executive producer Ryan West (NSI Features First)

• Trickster has secured sales to Sky in the UK (SyFy), NITV and SBS On Demand in Australia, Globoplay in Brazil and KinoPoisk (Yandex) in Russia by Abacus Media Rights (AMR), a member of the Amcomri Media Group. The series debuts on CBC and CBC Gem October 7 – writer/director/executive producer Michelle Latimer, writer Zoe Leigh Hopkins (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and associate producer Jenna Neepin (NSI IndigiDocs)

• Hunter Hunter was acquired by IFC Midnight for the North American rights. Set for release on December 18, 2020 – developed through NSI Features First by writer/director/producer Shawn Linden

• So What Do You Think is now available on Amazon Prime in the UK and soon in the US – writer/director Jeff Eyamie (NSI Totally Television), boom operator/sound recordist Cody Blacksmith (CBC New Indigenous Voices), script supervisor Melva McLean (NSI Drama Prize)

Heading to festivals

• French Exit – world premiere as closing night film at New York Film Festival October 10 – producer Trish Dolman (NSI Features First)

• Hyper-Distracted – plays in the virtual screening room at Stareable Fest October 14 to 18 in New York City. Q+A on Friday, October 16 at 2 p.m., ET – a web series by Damien Ferland (NSI IndigiDocs)

• Bible Camp Memories – plays virtually at the San Francisco Independent Short Film Festival from October 9 to 18 – a short documentary by Damien Ferland

• The Book of Distance – plays at the Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, online from October 7 to 31 – a virtual reality production by Randall Okita (NSI Diverse TV Director)

Randy Bachman doc on documentary Channel

Bachman will be broadcast on documentary Channel October 13 at 9 p.m. ET – feature length documentary by writer/director John Barnard, producer Kyle Bornais and executive producer Chris Charney (all NSI Features First).

New show on TVOKids

Zamzoom’s Animal Adventures, the mixed-media wildlife series, is now available on TVOKids – by director/producer Ari A. Cohen (NSI Features First).

Reef Rescue wins best conservation film

Reef Rescue – producer Merit Jensen Carr (NSI Global Marketing) won best conservation long form film at the Jackson Wild Media Awards. This media competition is considered the equivalent to the Oscars® in the natural history filmmaking industry. Reef Rescue follows an international team of scientists unlocking the secrets of how coral has evolved over millions of years.

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Films, panelists and award recipients: NSI alumni are well represented at the 20th Reelworld Film Festival which takes place from October 14 to 19.

Feature films

• The Corruption of Divine Providence by writer/director/producer Jeremy Torrie (NSI Aboriginal Cultural Trade Initiative, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program), producer Tanya Brunel (NSI Global Marketing); streams October 14 to 19 with a Q+A on October 16 at 9 p.m., ET

• The Curse of Willow Song (pictured) by writer/director Karen Lam (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television); streams October 14 to 19 with a Q+A on October 16 at 11 a.m., ET

Short films

• Idols Never Die by Jeremy Yoo (TELUS STORYHIVE); streaming October 14 to 19 with a Q+A on October 18 at 11:30 a.m., ET

• Somnius: Pilgrims of Centauri by Denver Jackson (TELUS STORYHIVE); streaming October 14 to 19 with a Q+A on October 16 at 7:30 p.m., ET

Industry sessions

• A Conversation with Clement Virgo – moderated by Tonya Williams, founder and executive director of Reelworld Film Festival (NSI Global Marketing); Friday, October 16 at 3 p.m., ET

• Get on that Roster and Direct in BC – panelists Sudz Sutherland, Nimisha Mukerji (both NSI Totally Television); Saturday, October 17 at 3 p.m., ET

• Canada Media Fund case study, Tokens (2019) – panelist Trinni Franke (NSI Features First); Sunday, October 18 at 2 p.m., ET

2020 Emerging 20 Participants

• Jarret Twoyoungmen (NSI IndigiDocs)

Reelworld Trailblazer Award recipients

• Anand Ramayya (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television, NSI Global Marketing) and Lisa Meeches (NSI Storytellers and NSI Indigenous training programs advisor) will both receive a Reelworld Trailblazer Award which recognize outstanding achievements by racially diverse professionals in the Canadian entertainment industry. Anand and Lisa are two of six remarkable 2020 recipients who inspire others and blaze a trail of excellence through their constant efforts to improve and diversify the vibrant film and television industry.

Visit Reelworld’s website for more information.

If we missed your film, panel or other involvement in Reelworld, please let us know in the comments below.

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