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NSI alumni selected for OMDC’s International Financing Forum at TIFF

Posted: 01 Sep 2017 08:15 AM PDT

Congratulations to producers Corey Marr (NSI Totally Television), Joe Balass (NSI Features First), Jordan Walker (NSI Totally Television), Borga Dorter (NSI Totally Television) and Marc Almon (NSI Drama Prize) who were selected for Ontario Media Development Corporation’s International (OMDC) Financing Forum (iff) at TIFF, September 10 and 11.

Corey will attend the forum with his film Death of a Ladies Man, Joe with Calorie – to be directed by Eisha Marjara (NSI Features First) – Jordan with A College Girl’s Guide to Pornography, Borga with All the Rage and Marc with Sharp Corner.

Participants will meet one-on-one with industry execs from companies including Netflix, Amazon Studios, Fox Searchlight and Bleecker Street Films.

Twenty Canadian and 19 international producing teams were selected for the forum.

Now in its 12th year, over 75 projects launched at the forum have been successfully financed and produced.

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Entanglement by Jason Filiatrault screens at San Diego Film Fest

Posted: 31 Aug 2017 10:58 AM PDT

Entanglement, a feature film developed through Movie Central’s Script to Screen in association with the National Screen Institute, will screen at the San Diego International Film Festival.

The film was written by Jason Filiatrault in 2014. Amber Ripley (NSI Drama Prize) is co-producer and Jason James (NSI Totally Television) is the film’s director and co-producer.

Juggernaut by executive director Ben Silverman (NSI Features First) and Room For Rent by producer Kyle Bornais (NSI Features First) also screen at the fest which runs from October 4 to 8.

If we missed your film, let us know!

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