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• NSI alumna Norma Bailey screening The Pastor's Wife in Winnipeg this Wednesday

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Monday, February 06, 2012.

  NSI alumna Norma Bailey and a few good friends invite you to an exclusive screening of her latest film, The Pastor's Wife, this Wednesday, February 8 at 7:30 PM at the IMAX theatre.

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• NSI Drama Prize 2012 teams announced

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Friday, January 27, 2012.

  The National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI) announces the teams selected to the 2012 NSI Drama Prize program.
  

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• Trevor Anderson's film The Man That Got Away premiering at Berlin International Film Festival

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Friday, January 20, 2012.

  The Man That Got Away, a new short film written, directed and produced by Trevor Anderson and produced by Katie Weekley, will have its world premiere at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February.

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• NSI alumna/staffer Elise Swerhone's doc Surviving:) The Teenage Brain premieres Jan 19

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Friday, January 13, 2012.

  NSI DramaLab alumna Elise Swerhone (who also happens to be our NSI Drama Prize and NSI Features First program manager and co-manager, respectively) has teamed up with Merit Motion Pictures for the CBC Nature of Things doc Surviving:) The Teenage Brain premiering Thursday, January 19.
  
  

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• Karen Lam's Curio Media presents Viscera Film Festival screening Jan 13

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Friday, January 13, 2012.

  The Viscera Film Festival brings their thrilling, chilling lineup of horror films to the Rio Theatre in Vancouver tomorrow, January 13 – rather appropriate timing for a horror festival! NSI Drama Prize alumna Karen Lam’s company Curio Media hosts the event, which includes Karen’s short film Doll Parts.

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• New series Bomb Girls by NSI grad Michael MacLennan premieres January 4

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Saturday, December 17, 2011.

  Bomb Girls, the new six-part series executive produced by NSI grad Michael MacLennan, will launch on Global January 4. MacLennan is also head writer on the series.
  

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• NSI grads make TIFF's top ten Canadian films list

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Friday, December 09, 2011.

  Three films by NSI grads made the Toronto International Film Festival’s top ten list of Canadian shorts and features, announced this week.

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• NSI Drama Prize grad Smita Acharyya's latest short film online

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Saturday, December 03, 2011.

  Thin Pink Line, a short film by NSI Drama Prize grad Smita Acharyya, is now online as part of The Baby Cliff, an innovative web project inviting collaborations with writers, casting directors and actors.

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• NSI grad Eva Madden gives artist talk Dec. 1, Halifax

  Posted by Liz Hover on Tuesday, November 29, 2011.

  Eva Madden, NSI Drama Prize grad and current Filmmaker in Residence at the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative (AFCOOP), will give the first in a series of artist talks this Thursday, December 1 at AFCOOP headquarters in Halifax.
  

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• NSI grad Danishka Esterhazy's web series Bullies: Not Cool! premieres December 6

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Saturday, November 26, 2011.

  Comedy web series Bullies: Not Cool! directed by Danishka Esterhazy (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First) will premiere on the internet December 6.

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• Karen Lam scoops up two awards and Doll Parts screens online

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Friday, November 25, 2011.

  NSI Drama Prize alumna Karen Lam had a most successful run at the Horror Quest Film Festival in Atlanta last month and her short film Doll Parts screens online throughout the month of December.
  

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• NSI grads Katie Weekley and Geoff Redknap win a spot in Praxis fall workshop

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Monday, November 21, 2011.

  Katie Weekley and Geoff Redknap (NSI Drama Prize and NSI Features First) have won the prestigious honour of a spot in the Praxis Fall Screenwriting Workshop.
  
  

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• TutuMUCH wins feature doc award at Chicago International Children’s Film Festival

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Monday, November 21, 2011.

  TutuMUCH by NSI DramaLab alumna (and NSI staffer) Elise Swerhone won the Adult Jury Prize for Documentary feature film at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival in October.

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• The Corridor continues to scare and impress audiences

  Posted by Chris Vajcner on Sunday, November 06, 2011.

  The Corridor directed by Evan Kelly, written by Josh MacDonald, production managed by Shauna Hatt and and with cinematography by Christopher Ball had its Toronto Premiere at the After Dark Film Festival.
  

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• NSI grad Shandi Mitchell wraps production on The Disappeared

  Posted by Liz Hover on Friday, November 04, 2011.

  Production wrapped earlier this month on The Disappeared - the first feature directed by NSI Features First and NSI Drama Prize grad Shandi Mitchell. NSI Totally Television grad Walter Forsyth is a producer on the project.

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• Karen Lam's films Stained and Doll Parts continue to horrify

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Saturday, October 29, 2011.

  NSI Drama Prize grad Karen Lam’s horror films Stained and Doll Parts continue their successful festival run – an appropriate Halloween alumni update, non?

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• NSI Drama Prize film The Closer You Get To Canada on CBC Sunday October 16

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Friday, October 14, 2011.

  NSI Drama Prize film The Closer You Get To Canada, written and directed by John Bolton and produced by Les Lukacs, screens on CBC's Canadian Reflections this Sunday, October 16 at midnight.
  

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• NSI Drama Prize film Distilled Love touring the North American festival circuit

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Friday, October 07, 2011.

  NSI Drama Prize film Distilled Love, directed by Joe Kicak, written by Heli Kennedy and produced by Harold Gay, has been (and will be) screening across our fair continent this fall.

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• NSI Drama Prize film Hangnail making the festival rounds

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Friday, October 07, 2011.

  NSI Drama Prize short Hangnail, written and directed by Cavan Campbell and produced by Norma Mendoza, is making the rounds at film festivals and winning awards!

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• NSI alumni screenings at Vancouver International Film Festival 2011

  Posted by Lauren MacDiarmid on Thursday, October 06, 2011.

  We’re bursting with pride at our alumni accomplishments! The 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) will feature screenings by several members of our distinguished alumni including Tracy D. Smith, Shelagh Carter, Polly Washburn, Josh Epstein and Kyle Rideout.

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