9 films to celebrate Parks Canada’s centennial
Back when I was a young and brazen freelance writer (i.e. 3 years ago), I spent an entire summer travelling across Canada writing a blog for the Canadian Tourism Commission....
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
David Blackwood retrospective at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Last week, my colleague Julie had lunch with Matt Forsythe, a guy who used to be part of our web team before flying the coop to be an awesome illustrator...
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...
NFB films to screen at Dreamspeakers Film Festival in Edmonton
Dreamspeakers is a film festival based in Edmonton, Alberta, showcasing films made by Aboriginal filmmakers from around the globe. This year’s edition runs June 1-4. The NFB will be presenting...
All Shatner All the Time: Paul McNeill on producing William Shatner Sings O Canada
Last Saturday, William Shatner (alongside 7 other notable Canadians) received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Canada’s Governor General. As it has for the past 4 years, the NFB commissioned a...
A gift from Patrick Watson
After a celebrated run at Hot Docs, the documentay St-Henri, the 26 of August opens in theatres in Montreal (Cinéma Parallèle – with English subtitles) and Quebec City (Cinéma Le...
Montreal: NFB Propaganda films from WWII presented tonight at the CCA
Did you know the NFB started off as a producer and distributor of wartime propaganda films? If you live in Montreal, there is an event in town this evening that...
3 Hot Docs filmmakers on their favourite film (and why you should see theirs)
Toronto’s Hot Docs Festival wrapped up this past Sunday. I hear it was a screaming success. In the spirit of “better late than never”, here are mini-interviews with 3 NFB...
Be a member of the jury for the NFB Short Film Online Contest – Cannes 2011
The Online Short Film Contest is a short film competition organized by the NFB in association with the Cannes Film Festival and YouTube. It features 10 short films previously selected...
Toronto: 3 free panels about how documentaries can change the world presented during Hot Docs
The 2011 edition of Toronto’s Hot Docs Film Festival is in full sway. Amidst all the great things happening there until May 8th, I wanted to bring your attention to...
Quilt: An interview with filmmaker Gayle Thomas
What we, the web team, now lovingly (yet somewhat bewilderedly) refer to as The Quilt Saga started back in February when we innocently published Quilt, a short animated film about...
Tom Perlmutter on accessibility, new forms of storytelling and risk-taking
Earlier this month, NFB President Tom Perlmutter gave an interview to IT in Canada‘s Dave Chapelle. In a piece fittingly titled, NFB embraces technology to tell Canadian stories, Perlmutter discusses...