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Writer/producer teams working on first or second feature: apply now for NSI Features First

Posted: 22 Jul 2016 09:42 AM PDT

The National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI) is now accepting applications for its NSI Features First course, presented in association with Telefilm Canada.

NSI Features First is a renowned development training launch pad for writer/producer teams working on their first or second feature film. Teams meet with top-level experts throughout the program and receive $7,500 towards the final development and packaging of their feature film project.

“The strong track record of projects developed through NSI Features First continues with the production of The Sun at Midnight from Kirsten Carthew,” said Joy Loewen, interim NSI Features First program manager. “I look forward to seeing projects from this year’s applicants and helping them make the next step toward getting their films made.”

Applications must be received by 4:30 p.m. CT on Friday, September 16, 2016. The selection committee is looking for projects with strong commercial appeal.

Apply now.

The course gets results: 19 feature films developed through the program have been produced since the course launched. Most recently, two features have been made, including the 2014 TIFF best Canadian first feature-winning Bang Bang Baby and The Dark Stranger, which recently made its Canadian theatrical debut and will be available on VOD on July 26.

Other films developed through NSI Features First include Two 4 One, I Declare War, Every Emotion Costs, Foodland, Love and Other Dilemmas, Fetching Cody, 7 Times Lucky, On the Corner, Goldirocks, Turning Paige, Flower & Garnet, Leaving Metropolis, Inertia, My Father’s Angel, Violet and The Bend.

NSI Features First 2015 was funded by Presenting Sponsor Telefilm Canada; Program Partner The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation; Supporting Sponsors Entertainment One, Super Channel, Corus Entertainment and Breakthrough Entertainment; and Industry Partner Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. 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, NSI Drama Prize, NSI New Voices, NSI Features First, Movie Central Script to Screen, Corus Diverse TV Director, NSI Aboriginal Documentary, TELUS STORYHIVE Web Series and Digital Shorts, 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 industries at nsi-canada.ca.

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