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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 Lighting Intensive with Joao Holowka – Sold Out

About the course: This professional development course is for individuals interested in learning and developing their skills in the areas of professional lighting for film and television productions. Through a series of hands-on learning, the instructor will be reviewing aspects of cinematography, which involves basic but effective lighting designs. This course will cover some of the …

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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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Announcing our Super Six Panel Series Line Up for the UWPG Film Festival

Inspired by the popularity of our Reel Careers Profiles, our Super Six panels give Manitoban film professionals a chance to share their experiences with both experienced and aspiring film professionals. We’re presenting our latest Super Six at the UWPG Film Festival on October 21 from 1pm – 2pm. Register for the Zoom panel here and …

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FTM and UWPG Film Festival Launch New Training Partnership

Manitoba’s workforce development and training organization Film Training Manitoba (FTM) and the UWPG Film Festival are set to offer a deluxe Zoom training session as part of the festival on October 21 from 1 pm – 2 pm. FTM’s Super Six Series panel gives Manitoban film industry professionals the chance to share their experiences with both established and aspiring film workers. …

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