Posted on Monday, August 24, 2009.
News release: August 24, 2009
NSI is now accepting films for its
NSI Online Short Film Festival. Submit films for free by 4:30 P.M. CST, Friday, October 23, 2009. Films must be no longer than 30 minutes. Drama, comedy, animation, short documentaries and experimental films are all eligible and must be Canadian.
New films are solicited four times a year.
Get details and a submission form here.
The NSI Online Short Film Festival is a year-round 100% Canadian short film showcase with new films added every week. All NSI website content can be accessed for free.
“We’re pleased with the way the festival has grown in its first year,” says Liz Janzen, Director of Programming for NSI. “We continue to receive high quality film submissions from filmmakers across Canada and the numbers continue to grow. It’s fabulous that more people are discovering and watching the festival online – it will help to build audiences for Canadian film, which is what we hoped to do!”
Adds Liz Hover, NSI Website Manager, “In addition to the films we add weekly, we have a great library of archived films that can be viewed. We hope that the NSI Online Short Film Festival will become a 'go to' site to enjoy Canadian short film.”
The NSI website also features the
NSI Online Industry Centre with professional development resources including blogs, industry articles and video and audio interviews with writers, directors, producers and actors from the film, television and digital media industries.
The NSI Online Short Film Festival has been made possible through the support of Presenting Sponsor Canwest, and A&E Television Networks which has generously funded the A&E Short Filmmakers Award. The latest winner of the
A&E Short Filmmakers Award will be announced in early September.
The NSI Online Industry Centre has been made possible in part through the support of Presenting Sponsor Telefilm Canada. We also gratefully acknowledge the ongoing financial contributions of our additional Founding Site Sponsors: Rogers, Canwest, Insight Film Studios, and MANITOBA FILM & MUSIC.
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