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Frederick Kroetsch’s Last of the Fur Traders premieres November 17

Posted: 31 Oct 2017 12:53 PM PDT

Last of the Fur Traders, a new documentary from Frederick Kroetsch (NSI Business for Producers), premieres on AMI-tv on November 17.

The documentary follows a former Hudson’s Bay Company engineer, Hugh Kroetsch, as he retraces his steps through the Arctic with his filmmaker son by his side.

Hugh is 85 years old and it’s been 64 years since he left Canada’s North with enough stories and memories to last a lifetime – many of which he documented on 8mm film.

This forgotten footage inspired Hugh’s son Frederick to share his father’s legendary stories, providing a unique account of this historic period that helped shape the nation.

Produced for AMI-tv by Open Sky Pictures, Last of the Fur Traders will air November 17 at 8 p.m. The full documentary will be available to stream online after the initial broadcast.

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Farm is a Four-Letter Word by Ryan Couldrey + 2 more films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival

Posted: 31 Oct 2017 08:44 AM PDT

Three new films in this week’s NSI Online Short Film Festival from directors Ryan Couldrey, Greg Jeffs and Joffre Faria Silva.

Farm is a Four-Letter Word

Farm is a Four-Letter Word | Comedy, 10:04, English, ON, 2016 | Director: Ryan Couldrey

[LANGUAGE WARNING]

When a TV documentary crew visits The MacIntyre Farm for a story on a floundering industry, they discover a couple at the end of their rope with no fucks left to give.

It’s All in Your Head

It’s All in Your Head | Comedy, 5:49, English, AB, 2016 | Director: Greg Jeffs

A bedtime story about the monster in the closet.

Famílias

Famílias | Drama, 11:20, Portuguese with English subtitles, ON, 2017 | Director: Joffre Faria Silva

Upon the conversion of one of its members to a radical Christian Church, a family spirals out of control and breaks apart.

Famílias proposes a discussion about tolerance, mutual understanding and inclusion.

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Call for films / submit by December 13

We’re accepting films through FilmFreeway until Wednesday, December 13, 2017.

If your film is programmed, you have a chance of winning over $3K in cash awards. We accept films released after January 1, 2012.

All NSI Online Short Film Festival winners receive a complimentary Friend membership for the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and non-acting award winners are qualified to be nominated for a Canadian Screen Award (if award criteria are met).

See the most recent winners.

Your film must be less than 30 mins long. Drama, comedy, animation, documentary, sci-fi, horror, music video and experimental are all eligible and must be made by a Canadian writer, director or producer.

Submit your film

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, The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and Breakthrough Entertainment; Award Sponsors A&E Television Networks, The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and Blue Ant Media; and Industry Partner the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

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