Interview tips for documentary filmmaking
For those of you who are thinking of getting into documentary filmmaking or those of you who just want to brush up on your skills, here are some tips for...
Author : Julie Matlin
Julie is a freelance writer who was formerly the Head of Social Media for the National Film Board. Her background in the film industry, her work as a writer and her affinity for connecting with people made her a natural fit for the NFB. Her favourite films include The Big Snit, Strange Invaders, RiP! A Remix Manifesto and the interactive project, Flawed.
Behind the scenes of Guy Maddin’s Night Mayor
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/night_mayor_trailer/ We’ve just added 2 short films to NFB.ca about the making of Guy Maddin’s short film, Night Mayor (see below). The film, about a man who is thwarted in...
A sneak peek inside our 3D lab at the NFB, Part 2
Last Friday, I posted the first half of an interview with Maral Mohammadian. This is Part 2. Julie Matlin: How does the StereoLab work? Do you have people coming in...
A sneak peek inside our 3D lab at the NFB
With the addition of 3D films to NFB.ca, I thought I’d take the opportunity to pull back the curtain and let you all peek inside the NFB’s StereoLab. The StereoLab...
Social media celebrity Juliette Powell speaks in Montreal on Sunday, January 24
Juliette Powell, media entrepreneur and author of 33 Million People in the Room: How to create, influence and run a successful business with social networking will be speaking at the...
3 NFB shorts among Canada’s Top Ten
The Spine, Runaway and Vive la Rose make TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list for 2009. All 3 films will screen in Toronto on Sunday, January 17.
Watch Cordell Barker teach a master class in animation
Animator Cordell Barker talks about the making of The Cat Came Back and Runaway in a master class given during the 2009 Get Animated! cross-country tour.
The NFB joins forces with Cinema Politica
The NFB partners with Cinema Politica to bring politically-themed films to campuses and communities across Canada and abroad.
What the updated NFB iPhone app can do that the old one can’t
Right on the heels of being named the Best Content App of 2009 by the Apple Blog, iTunes has approved version 1.1 of our app. Download it here. One of...
3 animated shorts heading to Sundance
Cordell Barker, Bruce Alcock and David Coquard-Dassault head to the 2010 Sundance Film Festival with their animated shorts.
Join our in-house film experts as they present 2 of their NFB favourites
Albert Ohayon and Marc St-Pierre, our two in-house film experts, will be presenting the NFB archives and 2 of their favourite films (The Railrodder and This is Not Einstein) at...
Paying tribute to Gilles Carle, legendary Quebec film director
Gilles Carle passed away over the weekend. To many people outside the French-speaking population of Quebec, the name might not ring any bells. But it should. Gilles Carle was an...