Program status:
Past program offered by the National Screen Institute
Past program offered by the National Screen Institute
The Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program (FASP) was offered to Indigenous media professionals across Canada. It was an initiative of Telefilm Canada in partnership with APTN for which the training was delivered by the National Screen Institute.
FASP was created to encourage established audiovisual professionals to move into feature film and to enable Indigenous filmmakers to more easily access the main funding programs of Telefilm’s Canada Feature Film Fund. Solo writers and writer/producer teams with projects at the outline, treatment, first draft or subsequent draft stages were eligible.
Participants received a development advance, administered by Telefilm Canada, in addition to the training delivered by the National Screen Institute. The program was open to both English and French participants.
Creators including Marie Clements, Michelle St. John, Laura Milliken, Shelley Niro, Dennis Jackson, Shane Belcourt, Zoe Hopkins, Tracey Deer and Lisa Jackson all began or further developed feature film projects through FASP.
Producer Michelle St. John (North Vancouver, BC), writer/producer Marie Clements (Galiano Island, BC)
Tombs
Producers Jason Brennan, Carole Thibeault (Gatineau, QC), writer Jean-François Martel (Toronto, ON)
The Belcher Island Killings
Writer/producer Coleen Rajotte (Winnipeg, MB)
Concrete Indian
Writer Cara Mumford (Peterborough, ON)
Endangered Hero
Producer Laura Milliken (Toronto, ON), writer Tasha Hubbard (Saskatoon, SK)
The Hidden Children
Writer/producer Shelley Niro (Brantford, ON)
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw
Writer Jim Compton (Winnipeg, MB)
Lucky
Writer Lisa Jackson (Vancouver, BC)
Mush Hole
Writer Dennis Allen (Whitehorse, YK)
Shawnee’s Place
Writer Adam Garnet Jones (Toronto, ON)
Wild Medicine
Writer Renae Morriseau (North Vancouver, BC)
The World of Trickster
Writers Micheline Marchand, Daniel Marchildon (Penetanguishene, ON)
Au naturel
Writer/producer Rachel-Alouki Labbé (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC)
Kahnesatake, mon amour
Writers Shane Belcourt, Duane Murray (Toronto, ON)
A Better Place
Producer Paula Devonshire (Toronto, ON), writer Ian Barr (Edmonton, AB), production company Devonshire Productions
Backwater
Producer Jim Compton, writer/producer Jeremy Torrie, production company High Definition Pictures Inc. (Winnipeg, MB)
Killing the Shamen
Producers Loretta Todd, Rajvinder Uppal, writers Andrew Duncan, Johnny Darrell, production company Mama-OO Pictures (Vancouver, BC)
Monkey Beach
Writer/producer Joe Thornton, production company EagleCreek Entertainment (Calgary, AB)
Red River Max
Writer Abraham Côté (Maniwaki, QC)
Renaissance
Writer Zoe Leigh Hopkins (Vancouver, BC)
Running Home
Producer Marie Clements (Galiano Island, BC), writers Evan Adams (Vancouver, BC), Michelle St. John (North Vancouver, BC)
Stonefaces
Producers Brian Francis (Elsipogtog, NB), Timothy M. Hogan, Rick LeGuerrier, writer Mark Ennis, production company Bear Paw Productions Inc. (Moncton, BC)
The Point
Producers Ernest Webb, Catherine Bainbridge (Montreal, QC), writers Tracey Deer (Kahnawake, QC), Cynthia Knight (Montreal, QC) production company Rezolution Pictures International
Untitled Tracey Deer Project
Producers Camille Beaudoin, Eric Rebalkin, writer Matt Alden Dykes, production company Mosaic Entertainment Inc. (Edmonton, AB)
White Mask
Writer Evelyne Papatie (Val-d’Or, QC)
Enfant du temps
Writer Micheline Marchand (Penetanguishene, ON)
Martine ma muse
Writer Kevin Papatie (Val-d’Or, QC)
Nibi et Kigôs – Deux frères
Writer Line Rainville (Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, QC)
Saisons Atikamekw
Writer Kulchera Matson (Vancouver, BC)
The Anthony Walsh Story
Producer/writer Richard Story, Footpath Productions Inc. (Toronto, ON)
The Hidden Path
Writer Andrew Genaille (Hope, BC)
In Dios
Producer Laura Milliken, Big Soul Productions Inc., writer Adam Garnet Jones (Toronto, ON)
The Last Place
Writer Lisa Jackson (Vancouver, BC)
Mush Hole
Producer Melanie Jackson, writer/producer Dennis Jackson, writer Trevor Cameron, Dark Thunder Productions Inc. (Saskatoon, SK)
Repatriation
Producer Evan Adams (Vancouver, BC), writer/producer Marie Clements (Galiano Island, BC)
Tombs
Producer Tanya Brunel, Chaotik Kreative Inc., writer/director/producer Jeremy Torrie (Winnipeg, MB)
Lost in La Mancha
Producer Rachel-Alouki Labbé (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC), writer Dave Jennis (Montreal, QC), Alouki Films Projeks Inc.
Chaman
Writer Micheline Marchand (Penetanguishene, ON)
Ma Lignée
Writer Anne-Claire St-Onge (Montreal, QC)
Légendes
These teams also attended the 2008-2009 Jump Start to Film Immersion
Producer Brian Francis (Elsipogtog, NB), writer Peter Murphy (Charlottetown, PEI)
Seven Bullets for Seven Brothers
Writer Mike Gosselin (Saskatoon, SK)
Shot
Producer/writer Ken Schaffer, Metcom Productions Inc. (Regina, SK)
Aurora