NSI Drama Prize films Some Things Won’t Sleep by writer/director Leah Johnston and producer André Pettigrew, When Fish Fly by writer/director Lisa Rose Snow and producer Lora Campbell, and When you Sleep by writer/director Ashley McKenzie and producers Martha Cooley and Nelson MacDonald, headline NSI’s East Coast students and alumni at the Atlantic Film Festival which takes place from September 11 to 18 in Halifax, NS.

“NSI Drama Prize is rocking the East Coast,” said program manager Elise Swerhone. “Not only are these three films by Atlantic artists, but an additional seven films are written, directed or produced by the program’s alumni.”

Check out the other features films, shorts and documentaries by NSI graduates.

Features

We Were Wolves – director/producer/co-writer Jordan Canning (NSI Drama Prize)

Heartbeat – producer Jay Dahl (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television)

Backcountry – producer Thomas Michael (Movie Central Script to Screen)

Relative Happiness – director/co-writer Deanne Foley (NSI Totally Television), co-writer Iain MacLeod (NSI Totally Television/NSI Features First)

The Disappeared – director Shandi Mitchell (NSI Features First, NSI Drama Prize), producer Walter Forsyth (NSI Totally Television)

Documentaries

Code Kids – director, executive producer Greg Hemmings (NSI Global Marketing)

Danny – co-writer/director Justin Simms (NSI Drama Prize)

Santa Quest – producer Edward Peill (NSI Global Marketing)

The Boy Who Was Bullied – co-director and executive producer Greg Hemmings (NSI Global Marketing)

Shorts

The Hold Up – producer André Pettigrew (NSI Drama Prize)

The Toll – producer Angus Swantee (NSI Drama Prize)

Tell Me – director Shandi Mitchell (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First)

NSI Drama Prize is an ambitious training course that provides emerging filmmakers with training in the various stages of filmmaking, $10,000 in cash support; over $20,000 in services; and mentoring from established industry leaders while teams develop and produce a short film. Over 110 films have been produced through the course.

Read more about NSI’s training courses.