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Congratulations to this year’s winners at the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) awards.

Inconvenient Indian, directed by Michelle Latimer (NSI Drama Prize), won the Alan King Award for Excellence in Documentary.

Beans, directed and co-written by Tracey Deer (NSI Storytellers, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program), won the DGC Discovery Award.

The DGC received over 300 submissions this year in both film and television from across the country. The ceremony was held online from October 24 to 27.

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Trish Dolman (NSI Features First), Tom Cox (NSI DramaLab) and Orlando Braun (NSI Business for Producers) have announced projects which will be shared with audiences across North America.

CTV sitcom Jann will stream across the US on Hulu starting in 2021. Produced by Tom Cox, the show follows Jann Arden as she tries to rebuild her career and personal life.

Citizen Bio, directed by Trish Dolman, will be available on Showtime and on demand Friday, October 30. The documentary investigates the world of biohacking and follows a community trying to bring gene-editing technology into people’s homes.

Orlando Braun’s latest project alongside director Jorge Requena Ramos entitled Ode to My Father will air on CBC on October 31. The 30-minute documentary is a personal story about Jorge’s life after his father’s suicide.

Congratulations to our alumni!

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Monkey Beach by Loretta Todd (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and Jason James (NSI Totally Television) will be showcased in movie theatres across Canada starting Friday, October 30.

Currently playing in multiple BC cities, Monkey Beach is set to open in Cineplex theatres in Halifax, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Oakville, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Calgary.

Based on the novel by Edith Robinson, Monkey Beach follows a young woman as she attempts to save her brother from a terrible vision she’s had since childhood. The supernatural film opened in September at Vancouver International Film Festival to a sold-out audience. The film also screened at Calgary International Film Festival and imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.

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