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20 Must-Read Blogs for Film Buffs
Films, like food, are one of those things that are almost as nice to take in as they are to read about (as opposed to say, falling in love or winning the lotto.) With this in mind, we decided to compile a list of...
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...
Friday Film Staff Pick: Sleeping Betty
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This is a guest post from Kate Ruscito, a beloved member of the web team.
I don't know about you, but on Friday, after a long workweek, I'm exhausted. Thankfully, I'm at least functional, which is more than I can say for Isabelle in Claude...
Landing in Dresden in a Dash-8
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Filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming is at DOK Leipzig in Germany, presenting her film I Was A Child of Holocaust Survivors. She has graciously agreed to write some guest posts for us from the festival.
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It took a while to get from Vancouver to Leipzig. I...
Animation Open House at the NFB studio in Montreal on October 25
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On Monday, October 25, the NFB will be hosting an Animation Open House. From 1 pm to 5 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...
Guy Maddin wins at SXSW
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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...
So what’s up with the NFB premiering a film on YouTube in the US?
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...
Behind the scenes of the animated short Tying Your Own Shoes
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The Project
The NFB Mediatheque in Toronto is thrilled to present two special events this March Break as part of the launch of the animated documentary Tying Your Own Shoes (TYOS), about four adult artists with Down syndrome.
The film received its world premiere at the...
3 NFB shorts among Canada’s Top Ten
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Every year since 2001, the folks behind the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) get together and select the Top Ten features and shorts of the past year. In 2009, 3 of our films made that list: Runaway, The Spine and Vive la Rose.
All 3...
Do We Need Public Cultural Organizations?
The following is the text of a public address given by government film commissioner Tom Perlmutter to the RIDM conference in Montreal on November 17, 2009
It may seem self-serving at worst and naïve at best for the head of a public cultural agency to...
5 Great Blogs by Filmmakers
Objectified by Gary Hustwit
Gary Hustwit (Helvetica) is great at creating interesting conversation during the lull of preproduction and production and then using the blog to generate awareness of festival screenings once the film is released theatrically. He's really tapped into his community and knows...
