Rock Pockets screens in the NSI Online Short Film Festival
April 4, 2011
Rock Pockets by filmmaker Trevor Anderson has been selected for the NSI Online Short Film Festival. The festival is hosted by the National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI) a national training school widely known for its prestigious training programs for Canadian writers, directors and producers working in film and television.
Rock Pockets is a sugar rush of sex, politics, and rock’n’roll, as seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy at the fair. A musical meditation on public displays of affection, it is a personal documentary disguised as meta-music video. Featuring members of Canadian bands Shout Out Out Out Out and The Wet Secrets, with music by The Vertical Struts (r.i.p.)
The NSI Online Short Film Festival is the only year-round, 100% Canadian online film festival. New films are added to the NSI website weekly and over 140 Canadian short films are available to watch in the growing archive of short film. All NSI website content can be accessed for free.
Anderson says, “It’s great to be included in the NSI Online Short Film Festival with Rock Pockets, especially right now during this 2011 federal election when the word ‘coalition’ is being sold to the Canadian public as a dirty word.”
Anderson participated in the NSI Drama Prize Program in 2007/2008, to make his third short film DINX. Lauren MacDiarmid of the NSI says, “NSI is very pleased to be able to screen one of Trevor’s short films in our Online Short Film Festival because he’s a program alumnus. Having Rock Pockets in particular is special as it has such a unique and important message.”
Watch Rock Pockets online here.
All films selected to play in the festival are automatically considered for the A&E Short Filmmakers Award which recognizes excellence in filmmaking and awards $2,500 to the winner.