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Film Training Manitoba’s office will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, for Remembrance Day. Our office will reopen on Thursday, November 12, 2024. FTM is a non-for-profit charity and member of the Province of Manitoba’s Sector Council program funded through the Department of Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation. FTM builds a highly skilled …
October 21, 2026 – Film Training Manitoba is hosting a conference and workshop series to help grow the local film industry. The sold-out Supporting Women in Film Trades (SWIFT) Conference 2026 takes place on Oct. 24 at the University of Winnipeg. The event is exclusively for women and non-binary crew members, performers, filmmakers and people …
Work as long as Pam Grier, and you’ll have stories. And does Pam Grier ever have stories. There’s the one about Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini, who wanted her to teach him to make fried chicken but all they had on hand was squab. “I made fried pigeon for him, and the rest of my life …
CTV News Winnipeg’s Daniel Halmarson interviewed legendary cinematographer Mark Irwin CSC, ASC, and Film Training Manitoba’s Executive Director Adam Smoluk ahead of FTM’s Manitoba Film Master Series on October 31 and November 1, 2026. The Master Series included a lecture, one-on-ones with Mark Irwin CSC, ASC, and a roundtable session. FTM is a non-for-profit charity …
SWIFT Champions Award recognizes RBC’s longstanding commitment to supporting women and gender-diverse professionals in Canada’s film industry WINNIPEG, MB — October 28, 2026 — Film Training Manitoba (FTM) concluded the fifth annual Canada’s Supporting Women in Film Trades (SWIFT) Conference at the University of Winnipeg’s Riddell Hall on October 24 with the presentation of the inaugural SWIFT …
The deadline to register for the Manitoba Film Master Series Lecture with Mark Irwin CSC, ASC, is October 30, 2026, at 3:30 PM. No registrations will be accepted after the deadline has passed. FTM urges anyone interested to register immediately to secure their spot before it sells out or the deadline passes. You can read …