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Film Training Manitoba Receives a Behind the Scenes View of Assiniboine Community College’s New State of the Art Centre for Creative Media

This past Friday, Film Training Manitoba (FTM)’s Managing Director Adam Smoluk travelled on-site to long-serving partner Assiniboine Community College (ACC) located in the City of Brandon, Manitoba. During the visit, Smoluk provided a workforce development coaching session for ACC students about jobs and careers in the film industry. In early 2021, Smoluk was appointed chairperson to a new Program Advisory …

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The Art of Negotiating with Rachael Stanley

(Held in partnership with The Director’s Guild of Canada – Manitoba District Council)  Saturday December 4, 12:00pm to 4:00pm via Zoom Cost: $20 deposit for DGC members and participants with the MDC Member Apprentice Program* $50 for DGC Permits and non-members *Refund will be issued upon proof of completion of the course. Deadline to register is: Friday, …

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Reel Career Profile Series: Jenni Walder

As of October 2021, only 8% of IATSE 856 members in the Lighting Department are women and only 2% of the Grip Department. FTM is working to attract more underrepresented workers through our various workforce development programs and Jenni is a great success! After attending FTM’s Lighting and Grip Bootcamp in 2018, Jennifer “Jenni” Walder, …

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Film Training Manitoba Meets with New Minister of Economic Development & Jobs Jon Reyes

Manitoba’s newly appointed Minister of Economic Development and Jobs, Jon Reyes, recently invited Film Training Manitoba (FTM)’s Managing Director Adam Smoluk to the MB Legislative Building to discuss FTM’s innovative workforce development programming. As a member of the Manitoba Sector Council Program, FTM provides workforce development for Manitoba’s dynamic film industry.  In 2020-2021, FTM posted the …

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Firearms Safety on Film Productions with Dave Brown and Lesley Oswald

About the course: During this 90-minute ZOOM panel training session, long-serving FTM instructors Lesley Oswald and Dave Brown will engage in an in-depth overview of the best practices of firearm safety during film and television productions.  Often in productions, firearms are used as props to support storytelling but the use of these weapons is contingent …

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Film Training Manitoba Completes the FILM EXPO Lighting and Grip Bootcamp 2021

Manitoba’s film industry workforce development organization, Film Training Manitoba (FTM) completed the latest Lighting and Grip Bootcamp 2021.  Held at William F. White’s Winnipeg rental house, FTM’s course was calibrated to develop new workers for technical positions within the film industry. This two-day intensive training featured veteran film instructors Joao Holowka and Gabriel Daniels “As …

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Staffing Changes at FTM – John Bruce Departs and Sheen Chan Joins FTM

John Bruce, Film Training Manitoba (FTM)’s Special Projects and Marketing Coordinator has departed the organization for a position in the private sector. Since the beginning of 2021, he’s taken on a variety of duties such as facilitating courses to troubleshooting tech issues to writing annual reports. John also developed a new visual graphic style for …

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