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Introducing the 6 filmmakers participating in Hothouse 8

Introducing the 6 filmmakers participating in Hothouse 8

After a stunning crop of entries for this year's edition of Hothouse (entitled Sheep Dreams), we're thrilled to present the 6 filmmakers who will be joining us in Montreal for the intensive 12-week program. Rosa Aiello is interested in the various types of infinity, chaos,...
Stories From Our Land 2.0: Calling all emerging Nunavut filmmakers

Stories From Our Land 2.0: Calling all emerging Nunavut filmmakers

After the "Stories From Our Land" Iqaluit Workshop last year and "Stories From Our Land 1.5: Stories without Words" - a short film program where 6 Nunavut filmmakers made 5 minute films without interviews or narration, the NFB and the Nunavut...
imagineNATIVE 2011: Call for Submissions

imagineNATIVE 2011: Call for Submissions

imagineNATIVE is an "international Festival that celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples at the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio and new media". This year marks its 12th edition. From October 19-23, 2011 in Toronto, Canada, the...
DOXA Connexions: The Black Market

DOXA Connexions: The Black Market

This post was written by one of the young women participating in the 2011 Kris Anderson DOXA Youth Connexions Forum, as part of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. "Connexions" is an immersive 2-week program where 6 selected emerging female filmmakers create 6 short films...
DOXA Connexions: Justice Forum at DOXA (The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: An Urban History)

DOXA Connexions: Justice Forum at DOXA (The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: An Urban History)

This post was written by one of the young women participating in the 2011 Kris Anderson DOXA Youth Connexions Forum, as part of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. "Connexions" is an immersive 2-week program where 6 selected emerging female filmmakers create 6 short films...
DOXA Connextions: A Mixed Bag of Nuts

DOXA Connextions: A Mixed Bag of Nuts

This post was written by one of the young women participating in the 2011 Kris Anderson DOXA Youth Connexions Forum, as part of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. "Connexions" is an immersive 2-week program where 6 selected emerging female filmmakers create 6 short films...
Kris Anderson DOXA Youth Connexions

Kris Anderson DOXA Youth Connexions

DOXA and the National Film Board of Canada are proud to once again present the Kris Anderson Connexions Youth Forum, an educational program designed to foster documentary filmmaking and storytelling skills in youth between the ages of 19 and 26 who...
Hothouse 7 Production Blog

Hothouse 7 Production Blog

Welcome to the Hothouse 7 production blog running March – May 2011. We’ll be sharing snapshots of each filmmaker’s creative process making a film with the NFB from across the country. Watch as they make 6 awesome short films in 12 weeks - starting...

3 more films from the DOXA Connexions Youth Forum

Following up on yesterday's post, here are the 3 remaining films from the 2010 DOXA Youth Connexions Forum: Love Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HACWxbX817c&feature=related Josephine Anderson is 24 years old, holds a B.A. in English Literature from UBC and is a graduate of the Capilano University ...

3 films from the 2010 DOXA Connexions Youth Forum

A few weeks back, we wrote about the DOXA Connexions Youth Forum with a promise to follow up when the participants' films were completed. Well! The films are now all online. Without further ado, here are the first 3 films along with a brief bio...

Montrealers! Join us on June 30 for a free session on Financing Your Short Film!

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/hothouse_5_orange/ Orange, by Sylvie Trouvé, was one of last year's Hothouse shorts. On June 30, up here at the NFB in Montreal, we’ll be hosting the last knowledge-sharing event of Hothouse 6. It’s a panel we’re calling “Financing Your Short Film!”, because yes, it...
This house is gettin’ HOT: An inside look at the NFB’s emerging animators program

This house is gettin’ HOT: An inside look at the NFB’s emerging animators program

My name is Megan Turnbull and I am lucky enough to have been chosen as one of 6 NFB "Hot House 6" participants, and my luck doesn't stop there! Not only are the other participants terribly gifted and creative, but they are fun! What...