National Screen Institute Podcast

April 2011 marked NSI’s 25th birthday! Who better to take a trip down memory lane with than Jan Miller - the brilliant, effervescent founding member of the National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI).

Award-winning screenwriter, producer, and director, Pen Densham shares some of his knowledge ahead of his presentation at the Toronto Screenwriting Conference in Toronto in April.

NSI Features First alumnus Adam Smoluk speaks about the world premiere of his NSI Features-First-developed film Foodland .  

NSI Global Marketing alumni Joan Prowse and John Bessai talk about their GreenHeroes campaign, a web/TV crossover they created and produced.

Roberta Munroe - short film guru, former Sundance programmer and author of How Not to Make a Short Film - talks about her upcoming Canadian workshop tour, her teaching style and what folks can expect when they attend one of her workshops. It has been said that Roberta knows more about short film than anyone else in the world.

NSI alumnus Jeremy Torrie talks about the premiere of his latest film – A Flesh Offering – at imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival , Friday, October 22, 9 p.m. at the Al Green Theatre in Toronto.

The Gimli Film Festival is looking for a new festival director. NSI alumna and mentor - and Gimli Film Festival board member - Norma Bailey talks about the festival director position, the type of person they’re looking for, and details about the annual July fest on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, in Gimli, Manitoba.