On Screen Manitoba

Check out the 10 teams who made the shortlist for the upcoming NSI Totally Television program year.

• Twin Graves by Aaron Champion and Alejandro (Alex) Alcoba (Toronto, ON)

• The Genius Factory by Kate Green and Jennifer Little (Burnaby and Vancouver, BC)

• Shit, I Live With My Mom by Mike MacMillan, Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart (Toronto, ON)

• Geriatrics by Jessica Cheung and Ian Yorski (Toronto, ON and Winnipeg, MB)

• The Rink by Nathan Brown and Chris Hill (Toronto, ON)

• Genome by Audrey Cummings and Chris Gamble (Toronto, ON and Yellowknife, NT)

• Happily Ever After by Rayne Zukerman and Nadine Valcin (Toronto, ON)

• The Last Nation by Paula Devonshire and David Ray (Toronto, ON and Vancouver, BC)

• Membership by Anthony Del Col and Lee Hoverd (Toronto, ON)

• Nano by Lynn Booth and SB Edwards (Vancouver, BC)

What is NSI Totally Television?

This course provides hands-on series development training for producer/writer teams serious about getting their series concept made.

Each team is paired with execs from major Canadian networks, story editors and executive producers to help hone each concept and make it pitch perfect.

Past execs include Tassie Cameron (Rookie Blue), Vera Santamaria (Community) and David Barlow (King, The Border) and exec producers from Shaftesbury, Temple Street, Breakthrough and Omni.

Success stories

The course gets results: over the past eight years, 12 TV series have gone into development with a Canadian broadcaster. Of those, five have been produced for television, one was piloted for Citytv and one was turned into a feature film.

• Less Than Kind (HBO Canada and Citytv)

• ‘da Kink in My Hair (Global and Showcase)

• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (Space)

• Wapos Bay (APTN)

• This Space For Rent (CBC)

• Crossroads (pilot for Citytv)

• The Odds (feature film premiered at TIFF 2012)