Imagine… David Suzuki in YOUR classroom!
No need to rent a bus, we’re bringing David Suzuki right to you… The NFB and the David Suzuki Foundation are pleased to present the David Suzuki Virtual Classroom on...
Author : Carolyne Weldon
Carolyne Weldon is a writer and photographer living in Montreal. Her interests include storytelling, music, martial arts, language, and spirituality. Contact her at c.weldon@nfb.ca
Andrea Dorfman’s animated short Flawed airs on PBS tonight
Flawed 1. (of a substance or object) Blemished, damaged, or imperfect in some way. 2. (of something abstract) Containing a mistake, weakness, or fault. — Once in a while a...
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...
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...
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...
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),...
Funny films for Just for Laughs
Whether we like it or not, the Just for Laughs Festival is already wrapping up in Montreal this weekend. Instead of getting all bummed out about it, we decided to...
Free Socalled show and screening in Parc Lafontaine August 4th
Remember Socalled? If you’re a fan and happen to live in or around Montreal, you’re in for a treat. An outdoors treat at that. (Ah, isn’t summer sweet.) Next Thursday...
Montreal Remix: a film contest for Montreal lovers
Okay so this is cool. After Paris Remix (2008) and Berlin Remix (2009), INA (Institut national de l’audiovisuel) and the NFB, in collaboration with Dailymotion, introduce Montreal Remix, a contest...
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....
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...
3 films to celebrate World Listening Day
A couple weeks back, a person who commented on a film on NFB.ca alerted us to the existence of World Listening Day. (By the way we really love it when...