Hothouse 7 Production Blog
The following is a guest post by Jason Lee. Welcome to the Hothouse 7 production blog running March – May 2011. We’ll be sharing snapshots of each filmmaker’s creative process...
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Turning 32: An interview with director Robbie Hart
The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. What are the universal characteristics we humans share? Robbie Hart and Luc Côté explore this intriguing question in their new feature-length...
Stories From Our Land: Iqaluit Log (Part 2)
The following is a guest post by Carrie Haber. Directors Zacharias Kunuk (L), and Sturla Gunnarsson (R) with Northwest Centre’s Executive Producer David Christensen In November, I flew from Montreal...
Stories From Our Land: Iqaluit Log (Part 1)
The following is a guest post by Carrie Haber. In November, I flew from Montreal to Iqaluit as an instructor for the NFB/Nunavut Film Development Corporation’s Stories From Our Land...
Holiday memories from the NFB Mediatheque
The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/sweater/ The holidays tend to be a time for reflection, when we remember past events spent with loved ones and try...
Discovering art through film
The following is a guest post from our former editor, Nancy Barr. oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/i_can_make_art_like_maud_lewis Hi! I’m filling in for Carolyne Weldon this week. I worked at the NFB for 10 years...
NFB Producer Michael Fukushima on upcoming Koji Yamamura masterclass at the Toronto Mediatheque
The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. The NFB Mediatheque is thrilled to host a Masterclass and screening on November 13th to celebrate the work of Oscar®-nominated animator...
Filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming talks about how to tell someone else’s story
The following is a guest post by Ann Marie Fleming. oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/i_was_child_holocaust_survivors_clip_2/ This is the second post from Ann Marie Fleming, who is at DOK Leipzig with her film I Was...
Get Animated: Hothouse 6 in 3D at the NFB Mediatheque
The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. oehttp://www.onf.ca/film/hothouse_6_behind_the_scenes/ The fourth edition of Get Animated!, the NFB’s annual celebration of International Animation Day, is right around the corner, and...
Landing in Dresden in a Dash-8
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/playlists/i-was-child-holocaust-survivors/viewing/i_was_child_holocaust_survivor_clip_1/ 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...
A look inside the Toronto Mediatheque’s animation workshops for adults
The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. On July 13, the NFB Mediatheque held a sold-out animation workshop, Demystifying the Reel, where adults of all ages had a...
How to create sound for a 1-minute animated short
The following is a guest post from Fred Casia. The sound composition for my Hothouse 6 film, Marvin Parson’s Inner Wild Wilderness, has always been a huge component, but in...