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TELUS Optik™ Local and NSI bring screen training workshop to Red Deer and Edmonton, April 2-3

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 12:59 PM PDT

The National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI) is pleased to bring its newest training initiative in partnership with TELUS Optik Local to Red Deer and Edmonton, Alberta.

These free workshops, entitled FROM CONCEPT TO CAMERA: Developing Your Story for the Screen, take place in Red Deer at The Radisson, 6500 67 Street on April 2 and in Edmonton at the Union Bank Inn, 10053 Jasper Avenue on April 3, both from 1 to 6 p.m.

Presented by TELUS in association with NSI, the workshops will address the development process from concept to camera. Training is delivered by NSI facilitators Rudy Thauberger, Mike Fly and Angela Heck. The workshop is open to the diverse community of producers and content creators in Red Deer and Edmonton.

Emerging filmmakers and mid-career professionals are encouraged to attend this professional development opportunity to help develop their own projects and network with other filmmakers and content creators. TELUS will also be providing information about its TELUS Optik Local grants and TELUS STORYHIVE.

Training will cover script and story development with Rudy Thauberger, development and production with Mike Fly and marketing and distribution with Angela Heck. The day will conclude with a networking reception.

The workshops are free of charge but registration is required.

To register for the Red Deer or Edmonton workshops, email your name, contact information and the city you’re registering for to: OptikLocal@telus.com by March 31.

About TELUS Optik Local

TELUS Optik Local supports compelling, original stories told by filmmakers from BC and Alberta by providing production funding, training and exposure to new audiences. Programs are distributed for free on TELUS Optik TV on Demand and online.

About the National Screen Institute

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, NSI Drama Prize, NSI New Voices, NSI Features First, Movie Central Script to Screen, Shaw Media Diverse TV Director, NSI Aboriginal Documentary, TELUS STORYHIVE and TELUS Optik™ Local.

NSI also offers exposure through the NSI Online Short Film Festival and provides vast resources and support to those in the film, television, and digital media industry at nsi-canada.ca.

All media enquiries

Laura Friesen, Manager, Communications & Alumni Relations
Tel: 204.957.2999 or email: laura.friesen@nsi-canada.ca

An Islander By Choice from Jenna MacMillan + 3 more films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Fest

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 12:25 PM PDT

Films from Jenna MacMillan, Cal Garingan, Andrés Ignacio Torres and Blake McWilliam in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival.

An Islander By Choice

An Islander By Choice | Documentary, 7:55, English, PEI, 2014 | Director: Jenna MacMillan

After the sudden death of her oldest daughter, Janet Ogilvie moved from Ontario to the tiny community of Birchill, Prince Edward Island to run an alpaca farm.

Some wounds may never heal but in the rolling green hills of Prince Edward Island, and her woolly herd, Janet has found a small slice of peace.

Waiting 4 Goliath

Waiting 4 Goliath | Drama, 13:00, English, BC, 2010 | Director: Cal Garingan

While waiting for his date at a café, Florian bumps into Hassan, a charming but nosy ex-boyfriend who decides to join him on the wait.

What starts as friendly banter quickly turns into a scathing spar of words as the former couple revisit the past and discuss their painful breakup.

Through the Trees

Through the Trees | Drama, 12:37, English, ON, 2015 | Director: Andrés Ignacio Torres

Madison Atwood, an artist struggling with her craft, approaches a breaking point when she develops a nervous tremor. After a fleeting chance encounter with an aspiring young writer, Cliff Harrison, Madison sets off on an unexpected adventure that changes and inspires her.

Glory River

Glory River | Drama, 20:00, English, AB, 2015 | Director: Blake McWilliam

The struggle of a young man named Noah to play the game he loves against the incredible odds of an abusive mother and a town obsessed with winning.

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The NSI Online Short Film Festival is made possible through the support of Festival Partner Telefilm Canada; Supporting Sponsors Entertainment One, Super Channel, Corus Entertainment, Blue Ant Media, Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and Breakthrough Entertainment; Award sponsors A&E Television Networks, the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation, Shaw Media and Blue Ant Media; and Industry Partner Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. NSI Core Funders are Manitoba Tourism, Culture, Heritage, Sport and Consumer Protection and the City of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council.