Night Mayor, the short film Guy Maddin created for the NFB’s 70th anniversary, won Best Experimental Short at SXSW this week.
The film tells the story of an immigrant who attempts to harness the power of the Aurora Borealis and uses it to broadcast images of Canada to Canadians.
Read an interview with Guy Maddin here.
Watch the making of Night Mayor:
Note: This post was taken from our French sister site, ONF.ca, and has been translated into English.
Philippe Baylaucq is back from Tokyo, Japan, where he presented his film A Dream for Kabul at the Canadian Embassy. We asked him to give us his impressions of his trip. (Carolyne Weldon, ONF.ca)
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The morning is…
Note: This post was taken from our French sister site, ONF.ca, and has been translated into English.
Philippe Baylaucq is back from Tokyo, Japan, where he presented his film A Dream for Kabul at the Canadian Embassy. We asked him to give us his impressions of his trip. (Carolyne Weldon, ONF.ca)
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This time, my…
One of the most exciting things happening at SXSW this week is the launch of a new music doc we have coming out about the brilliant Montreal musician and artist, Socalled.
Why is this exciting?
We’ve launched films at SXSW and other major film festivals before – but this is different because instead of launching the…
Waterlife, an interactive web project based on Kevin McMahon’s award-winning film, won the SXSW Interactive Award in the Activism category. The category honours green and non-profit websites that strive to make the world a better place. The winners were announced last night.
Congratulations to the entire team and our partners!
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