News Archive: National Screen Institute

National Screen Institute – Canada Alumni Films Screen at imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival 2011

The Best of Hot Docs Celebrates Works by Two of Manitoba’s Unique Filmmaking Talents and Much More: Lauren MacDiarmid, National Screen Institute

Hot Docs and partners the National Screen Institute, On Screen Manitoba and DOC Winnipeg are pleased to present The Best of Hot Docs, a weekend of documentary screenings on Friday, November 11 through to Sunday, November 13 at the Winnipeg Film Group’s Cinematheque, 100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba. [Click on Pic to learn more]

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National Screen Institute – Canada Alumni Films Screen at imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival 2011

Thoughts & Tips from the First Week Crowdfunding for a Feature Film

If you’re thinking about launching a crowdfunding campaign for a feature film project, pick up some cool tips from Koo, the creator of Man-child. Koo has written up a huge post reflecting on the first week of his funding campaign to raise $115,000 on Kickstarter for his film. [Click on Pic to learn more]

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National Screen Institute – Canada Alumni Films Screen at imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival 2011

Aboriginal Students Graduate from NSI New Voices Program

“It’s been an incredible 14 weeks,” said NSI New Voices Program Co-Manager Ursula Lawson. “These amazing students came to the program with such strong resumes and the program added the opportunity to learn from the experts in the field and have a full time internship within the industry, and then they came back together to create and produce three short films which will premiere at the graduation.” [Click on Pic to learn more]

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National Screen Institute – Canada Alumni Films Screen at imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival 2011

Fancy an original Power Rangers suit? Donate a few dollars to Matt Austin’s NSI Drama Prize film (and learn about Crowd Funding)

Up until I was awarded the 2011 NSI Drama Prize, making my short film, One Day You Will Paint a Sunset, would have been a fantasy. Now, it’s a reality but one that exists in a world where corners would need to be cut and visions sacrificed to make it work within the budget we have. I don’t want to do either, so I turned to IndieGoGo. [Click on Pic to learn more]

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