Short film receives NSI Drama Prize

Woke up today to the exciting news that our upcoming short film, ‘Some Things Won’t Sleep’ has been given the National Screen Institute Drama Prize for 2013. Every year, four teams are given training, mentorship and 10k in cash funding + 25k in in-kind services, to make their short film through NSI. My producer Andre Pettigrew and I are so honored to be one of the teams selected this year to participate in this program. I literally cannot wait to make this movie!

Stay tuned for lots of updates. I will be in Manitoba from March 12-24 to train and prep for the upcoming shoot!

Here is the article as it was released in the Chronicle Herald and Truro Daily News:
“Truro filmmakers Andre Pettigrew and Leah Johnston are one of four teams to win the National Screen Institute 2013 Drama Prize.

The drama prize gives emerging film­makers $10,000 cash and up to $25,000 in services toward the development and production of a short film of up to 10 minutes in length.

Teams receive training by industry ex­perts from across Canada in writing, direct­ing and producing at the institute’s headquarters in Winnipeg. They will continue to receive guidance and mentor­ing over the next year in their home com­munities.

New Waterford filmmaker Ashley McK­enzie won an NSI Drama Prize for her short film When You Sleep, which was screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and was part of Telefilm’s Not Short on Talent program at the 2012 Cannes Film Market.”