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• Old fashioned interviews get your movie out there too. How retro... and effective.

  Posted by Chris Vajcner on Tuesday, March 02, 2010.

  In this fast-paced, creative funding, digital marketing, YouTube-uploading era of movie making, financing and audience generating, don't forget about an invaluable resource to create buzz for your film: get your stars out to meet the audience.
  

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• Go see Amreeka!

  Posted by Chris Vajcner on Thursday, October 29, 2009.

  NSI's Chris Vajcner attended a sneak peek screening of Amreeka this week - co-produced by NSI alumna Liz Jarvis. Find out what Chris thought of the film.
  

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• NSI/VIFF interviews with Danishka Esterhazy & Kris Booth | Liz Hover

  Posted by Liz Hover on Thursday, September 24, 2009.

  They’ve gone east, now it’s time to head west - the National Screen Institute brings you alumni highlights for the upcoming Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) October 1 – 16.

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• NSI/AFF podcasts from Greg Hemmings and others | Liz Hover

  Posted by Liz Hover on Tuesday, September 15, 2009.

  With festival season well underway, NSI has cooked up some special treats in support of the 2009 Atlantic Film Festival. 

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• A director’s tool for script analysis | E. Jane Thompson

  Posted by E. Jane Thompson on Tuesday, September 01, 2009.

  Director and NSI alumna E. Jane Thompson returns to the NSI website after a long hiatus. And with her return comes a new approach to her blog posts. She's moving away from charting the journey of making her first feature film and instead turning her focus to the craft of directing.

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• Stop thinking and start doing | Eva Madden

  Posted by Eva Madden on Friday, July 03, 2009.

  Eva Madden has advice for screenwriters and bloggers everywhere: just do it.

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• Survey says – NSI works! | Chris Vajcner

  Posted by Chris Vajcner on Thursday, March 12, 2009.

  According to the NSI alumni survey issued in late 2008 – 96% of those who responded are working in the industry. In this latest survey our alumni had the opportunity to share some thoughts about the importance of their NSI training to their career paths.

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• Creating a vision document | E. Jane Thompson

  Posted by E. Jane Thompson on Monday, October 20, 2008.

  Jane begins work on a "vision" document for The Berliner Complex. The document contains a collection of images: photographs, painting references, renderings, and possibly storyboards, used to introduce the film to distributors, potential investors and actors.
  

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• NSI party at TIFF | Polly Washburn

  Posted by Polly Washburn on Friday, September 12, 2008.

  Polly Washburn reports on the party held by the National Screen Institute at the Toronto International Film Festival 2008.

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• Preparing for TIFF | E. Jane Thompson

  Posted by E. Jane Thompson on Wednesday, September 03, 2008.

  E. Jane Thompson and her NSI Features First team prepares to hit the Toronto International Film Festival to shout loudly about their feature film project, The Berliner Complex.

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