About NSI Drama Prize
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Program description
NSI Drama Prize is an ambitious training program. It provides emerging filmmakers with a year of professional support and training in the various stages of filmmaking while they develop and produce a short film (up to 10 minutes). Up to four teams of aspiring Canadian filmmakers will be selected to receive customized training delivered by industry experts in writing, directing and producing.
Next call for applications
Fall 2012.
2012 shortlisted projects
Following the most recent call for applications for NSI Drama Prize, these projects have been shortlisted.
Up to four teams are accepted into the program each year. Successful teams will be chosen by mid-January, 2012.
- Beautiful Gun by Jordan Carew and Gabriel Correa (Vancouver, BC)
- Cockroach by Marcia Nickerson and Michelle Latimer (Toronto, ON)
- Computer Potato by Marc Vandergraaf and Todd Kipp (Calgary and Canmore, AB)
- Floodplain by Jeremy Lutter and Daniel Hogg (Vancouver and Victoria, BC)
- Green Green Grass by Arthur Maughan and Mona Grenier (Vancouver, BC)
- Land of the Sun by Melissa Flagg and Brie Koniczek (Vancouver, BC)
- Late Bloomer by Simona Atias and Cameron Grierson (Vancouver, BC)
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Promise by Dion Telesky, Cory Quinn and Holly Marchuk (Lorette and Winnipeg, MB)
- The Dame And The Game by Sandra Paolucci and Chris Agoston (Toronto, ON)
- The Elastic Collector by Sebastien Croteau and Carlo Ghioni (Montreal, QC)
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The Goodbye Girl by Amber Ripley and Michelle Kim (Vancouver and Surrey, BC)
- With Truelove Showers by James Musselman, Georgina Lopez and Jeremy Beal (Toronto and Georgetown, ON)
How much does it cost?
- $100 application fee per team.
- NSI is introducing tuition into its training programs: if your
team is selected to the NSI Drama Prize program, each team member is
required to pay $1,000.
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What is NSI Drama Prize?
- Market-driven film training program for emerging Canadian filmmakers. Up to four teams are selected each year.
- Three phase program: (1) training; (2) assignment; and (3) production.
- Writer, director and producer training sessions. Teams access professional industry contacts.
- Assessed assignment is completed after training.
- Successful teams receive $10,000 in cash and up to $30,000 in services to produce a quality short film (under 10 minutes) under the guidance and mentorship of senior industry professionals (after assignment evaluation).
- Not all teams will necessarily make their film.
NSI Drama Prize is not full-time. You can keep your day-job while training and don't have to move away from home – short-term intensive training happens in Winnipeg and you return home to work with a mentor for the rest of the program.
All training is delivered by senior industry experts.
Who are the NSI Drama Prize faculty?
Elise Swerhone and Sean Garrity.
Who are the NSI Drama Prize experts?
Our associate faculty is made up of experts from the Canadian film industry who generously share their experiences and knowledge with NSI Drama Prize participants.
What are the objectives of NSI Drama Prize?
- To provide successful applicants with training opportunities that will enhance their knowledge base and skill sets they will need to make their short film.
- To work closely with filmmakers to help them from pre-production and production through to completion of their films and to prepare them to launch their films in the marketplace.
How many NSI Drama Prize films have been made?
Through the NSI Drama Prize training program, 104 short films have been produced by 226 writer/director/producer graduates. These films have screened at hundreds of festivals and won awards around the world.
Previous productions
Watch the NSI Drama Prize short film Gravity Boy about a boy obsessed with comics who believes nothing is impossible, even the control of gravity. Created by writer/director Scott Burton and producer Calum MacLeod in 2005.
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