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Beyond National Aboriginal Day

FilmmakersAboriginal Filmmaker Fellowship, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, CBC Docs, Danis Goulet, documentary, imagineNATIVE, Initiative for Indigenous Futures, Jeff Barnaby, National Aboriginal Day 2016, Pinnguaq, TIFF, virtual reality, WFF Industry Summit, Whistler Film Festival, Whistler Film Festival (WFF)

National Aboriginal Day 2016 (June 21st) saw announcements of several initiatives that will work to give more of a voice, through film and other media, to the First Nations of this country. CBC Docs (via

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Days to Remember

Today's Top Stories19 Days, Asha and Roda Siad, Chanie Wenjack, Heritage Minutes, Historica Canada, Krystal Nutarak, Mittimatalik, Naskumituwin (Treaty), National Film Board, NFB, Oceans North, Savannah Killiktee, Shane Belcourt, Siad sisters, Siad sisters Asha and Roda, Tallurutiup Tariunga, Wabunganung Film Company

19 Days, a short (half-hour) documentary about refugees at at the  Margaret Chisholm Resettlement Centre in Calgary, is streaming free at the NFB site, the ever well-informed Eric Volmers of The Calgary Herald reports. The

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The Recently Chosen

AwardsAmy Jo Johnson, Brooklyn, Comedienne, Corus Diverse TV Director, Derek Vermillion, Élise Beaudry-Ferland, Eric Janvier, Film Circuit People's Choice Awards, gods acre, James Pickering, Jessica Adams, Jon Ornoy, kelton stepanowich, Lucas Frison, My Heart is in My Head, NSI, Shanghai International Film Festival, Talent Lucas Frison, Telefilm's Micro-Budget Production Program, The Imitation Game, The Road Behind, The Space Between, TIFF, Whistler Film Festival's Feature Project Lab

The Road Behind, just named a finalist in Telefilm’s Micro-Budget Production Program for 2016-2017, is directed by Kelton Stepanowich (the Alberta-based team also includes Derek Vermillion [writer)], Eric Janvier [producer]). When we talked to him

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Micro-Budget, Proud to Be, and New Rules for Local News

Today's Top Storiescanada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Canadian Race Relations Foundation, CRTC, local news, Lovely Witches Club, Proud to Be, Telefilm, Telefilm's Micro-Budget Production Program, tv, web series, Why Good People Do Bad Things

(Via CNW) The 18 finalist teams have been named for Telefilm’s  Micro-Budget Production Program for 2016-2017. They represent every region of the country and include web content (a new category this year) like Lovely Witches

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