animations
NFB Films for Android now available!
Yes, the day has come - our NFB Films for the Android is now available! After the tremendous success of our iPhone app (named one of the best apps of 2009 by The Apple Blog!), we are now releasing the first Canadian film app...
Friday Staff Pick: Pas de Deux
Pas de Deux wasn't the first Norman McLaren film I ever saw. Nor was it the film that tipped me into becoming an animation filmmaker. But when I finally did see it? What animation could be – and how my own fascinations would mesh...
Hothouse 7: Call for submissions
One of the nice things about the NFB is that we don't only make films with established filmmakers, we also help new ones get started. A prime example of this is our Hothouse program, a 12-week paid apprenticeship program which provides emerging filmmakers with...
Friday Staff Pick: My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts
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Oscar season is upon us, and while we don't have any films in the running this year, we do have a few statues under our belt. In fact, the last one was for Torill Kove's The Danish Poet in 2007. But truth be told,...
RSA Animate: awesome illustrated lectures
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The other day, a friend sent me this Youtube video by RSA Animate. I liked it so much I decided to share it with you. I think animation people in particular should get a kick out of this, but curious people who like to...
Animator Dale Hayward directs intro video for Cirque du Soleil’s Safewalls project
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I might already have told you I'm all about young, talented people doing well for themselves. A person who doesn't disappoint in this department is ex-Hothouser and sometime NFB animator Dale Hayward, now of La moustache. Earlier this week, Dale released this spiffy short...
2010 Staff Picks: An unconventional Top 10
We've been posting a lot of lists lately, from ASIFA's best in animation to TIFF's Canada's Top Ten. Feeling all in the spirit, we decided to share our own list. Below you'll find the NFB content team's staff picks for films added to our...
50 films for ASIFA’s 50th anniversary
This blog post was translated from French.
ASIFA (International Animated Film Association) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To celebrate the organization founded half a century ago by Norman McLaren and other animation artists, a list of the 50 best animated films was revealed...
Holiday memories from the NFB Mediatheque
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The holidays tend to be a time for reflection, when we remember past events spent with loved ones and try to regain a bit of childhood whimsy. To get into the spirit, I asked my NFB Mediatheque colleagues to share their favourite holiday-themed NFB...
Toy stories
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If you spend any time in stores, you will have noticed Christmas is apparently coming up. (I saw my first fully lit and decorated Christmas tree in a hardware store on November 6 this year. Seriously!)
Just in time for this holiday season, Montreal's McCord...
The Underground Movie, or Jules Verne knew what he was talking about
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When you were a kid, did you ever dream of going to the centre of the earth? I did. I loved to read adventure books that would take you on spectacular journeys to “hidden” lands buried in the bowels of the earth. Travelling to...
