Industry
For those working in the industry, this section covers film festival news, tips for filmmakers, calls for proposals and more.
Want to participate in a 12-week paid animation apprenticeship at the NFB?
Attention all budding and blooming animators! Hothouse, our very own "12-week paid apprenticeship in full-on professional animation filmmaking" is once again calling for submissions.
Things are shaping up to look mighty exciting for this 8th edition. I mean, let's be real for a second: how great would it be...
5 (quick) tips for making music for animation
During Get Animated!, our yearly animation bonanza, composer extraordinaire Luigi Allemano gave a workshop called Making Music for Animation at the Mediathèque in Toronto.
Luigi being Luigi (read awesome), he also whipped up a series of "web tips" for us to share on our social media platforms.
Here they are....
Animation Open House taking place Monday, September 26 in Montreal
On Monday, September 26, the NFB will be hosting its annual Animation Open House. From 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, the studio will open its doors to the public at our Montreal headquarters (3155 Cote de Liesse Road).
The animation studios were founded in 1941, 2 years after the...
Pink Ribbons, Inc. premieres at TIFF to a packed house
Yesterday afternoon saw the world premiere of our feature documentary, Pink Ribbons, Inc. at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The film probes into the world of cause-marketing and breast cancer in an attempt to get people to think critically about what is involved in corporate fundraising and how the...
NFB Images – A Trove of Treasures Old and New
This post is a translation. To read the French original, click here.
Did you know that you can watch, edit, share and download high-quality (HD) archives directly from NFB.ca/images free of charge?
Today I’d like to tell you about the “Web destination for stock footage professionals,” which is largely unknown...
Sorry, Rabbi selected at TIFF
It is official, Sorry, Rabbi, a comedy short by Mark Slutsky will have its world premiere at TIFF. This is cool for a number of reasons, of which I will list 9:
1- The film is set in Montreal's Mile-End neighbourhood, which looks oh-so darling in film.
2- The film...
ORA: Innovative thermal 3D dance film to premiere at TIFF
The word is out: our brand-new dance film ORA will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this fall. We are very excited.
A terrific collision between dance and cinema, the film was directed by NFB Filmmaker-in-Residence Philippe Baylaucq with the collaboration of dancer and choreographer José...
Léa Pool doc on the breast cancer industry set to debut at TIFF
Almost everyone has bought (or at the very least seen) pink products and ribbons sold to fund breast cancer research. Socks, coffee mugs, lipstick, rubber bracelets, magnets, earrings, party supplies - you name it. And most of us have friends, relatives or neighbours who have run, jumped, biked...
FNC: Calling all crossmedia artists and women with phones
Montreal's Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) is celebrating its 40th anniversary this October. Aside from the programming and special events (which we'll tell you everything about as opening night approaches), the Festival has put out 2 calls for submissions I thought you should know about.
3 x 3 x...
Roddy McManus to head NFB Animation Studio
Our English-language Animation Studio will soon have a new executive producer. Starting August 8, Roddy McManus will succeed veteran animation producer David Verrall as head of our Montreal-based animation studio.
McManus has been producing animation for the Canadian and international markets in both English and French for 20 years.
Most...
CFC Features: finance, market and produce your feature film
There are different ways to fund a feature film in this day and age and one you should consider if you are Canadian and have the first draft of a feature you'd like to make is the Canadian Film Center's Features program.
For those new to this wondrous institution,...
Power to the Pixel’s Pixel Market now open for applications
If you’re an international producer with a strong track record and have a cross-media project at an advanced stage of development, The Pixel Market is your chance to win £6,000 courtesy of ARTE.
Held at Power to the Pixel’s Cross-Media Forum for a second year, the 2-day...
