7 Webby Award nominations for NFB/interactive
What do a bear, a parable on human language, a Northern reserve, and a brother in the army have in common? Why, they’re the subjects of the 4 NFB/interactive projects...
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Feature film on Canada’s most famous unknown author premieres at FIFA
The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche, our new feature film about enigmatic Canadian writer Mazo de la Roche (author of the Jalna novels), has its world premiere at FIFA...
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.)
Black History Month: 45 Canadian libraries to offer free screenings of Mighty Jerome
The film Mighty Jerome, by Charles Officer, will be shown at free screenings throughout Black History Month this February at more than 45 libraries across the country. Some of the...
Catch Léa Pool’s Pink Ribbons, Inc. in a theatre near you starting February 3rd, 2012
After premiering at TIFF, where it was named one of the TOP 10 films, Léa Pool‘s much anticipated film on the “industry of breast cancer”, Pink Ribbons, Inc., opens in...
Pink Ribbons Inc.: The people behind the film
*Photo: Filmmaker Léa Pool (3rd from left) on set. Photo credit: Nancy Guérin. Following is a short bio of each person who appeared in the film Pink Ribbons Inc., a...
The NFB Web Team’s Top 10 Films of 2011
Part of our daily jobs – we the NFB’s web team – is to make the Film Board’s collection accessible to people online. To this effect, we publish every week...
Enjoy free animation screenings, workshops and master classes in a city near you
Get Animated! is an annual NFB-sponsored animation bonanza that brings public screenings, master classes and workshops to communities all across Canada, all for the fantastic (and unbeatable) price of FREE....
Wiebo’s War hits Canadian theatres this October
*Edited Nov. 23, 2011: Additional theatrical dates have been set for this film. See Wiebo’s War in Montreal starting Dec. 1 at the Montreal CinéRobothèque and in Edmonton at Metro...
The Ottawa International Animation Festival is here
The Ottawa International Animation Film Festival (OIAF) is upon us. The largest animation film festival in North America kicked off this past Wednesday and continues until Sunday, 25 September 2011....
12 sites to watch films online for free
As much as we all nostalgically long for the days we patronized local video stores and supported independent neighbourhood theaters, one of the really cool thing about the age of...
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...