Film & Television School in Toronto & Winnipeg, Canada

National Screen Institute - Winnipeg & Toronto:
The National Screen Institute — Canada (NSI) is a training school for writers, directors and producers in film, television and digital media.

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Short film production:NSI Drama Prize is a short film training program for emerging Canadian filmmakers. Teams apply with a short film script of ten (10) minutes or less. Training is provided in writing, directing and producing. Teams must successfully complete an assignment to be eligible to receive 10-month mentoring from established industry leaders, $10,000 in cash support and, over $30,000 in services toward production of a short film.

Filmmakers on their first or second feature:The NSI Features First curriculum includes script and story development, market research, legal requirements, pitching, financing, distribution and marketing and sales training. Applicants must submit a feature film script.

TV writers & producers:NSI Totally Television is a TV series development program for writer/producer teams who go on to attend the Banff World Television Festival to pitch their projects.

TV series marketing:NSI Global Marketing provides training and professional development for producers with TV projects ready to sell internationally.

Introduction to film and television:NSI New Voices is a full-time program for young Aboriginal adults aged 18 to 35 offering skills development training and a paid internship in an industry setting.

Filmmakers:The NSI Online Short Film Festival shows short films year-round plus filmmaker interviews and discussion. NSI calls for films four times a year.

Narrative designers in the gaming industry:NSI playWRITE gives writers an opportunity to break into the video game industry as narrative designers and the chance to earn an internship with a Canadian game developer.

Aboriginal TV series development:NSI Storytellers in 2007/08 provides training for emerging Aboriginal writers, producers and directors in partnership with APTN.

Aboriginal feature film development:The Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program, launched by Telefilm Canada, in partnership with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) and the National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI) encourages established Aboriginal audiovisual professionals to move into feature film.