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Theodore Ushev Comes Home

Theodore Ushev Comes Home

In some ways, The Physics of Sorrow is a culmination of Theodore Ushev’s work to date. It’s an epic, pained and deeply personal musing on the wounds of a generation of people in exile—not from their homeland but from themselves.

#MyNFB: Land of the Heads

#MyNFB: Land of the Heads

“There are no ghosts in Canada… The country is too new for ghosts,” proclaimed a character in Susanna Moodie’s 1852 novel, Roughing It in the Bush. You might be tempted to apply the same sentiment to the notion of monsters lurking in the country’s cultural closet: there are no monsters in Canada or, at least, they typically go unnoticed.

This is Not a Movie & Other Cinematic Events: NFB at Canada’s Fall Festivals

This is Not a Movie & Other Cinematic Events: NFB at Canada’s Fall Festivals

The NFB is heading to Canada’s fall festivals with a slate pulsating with contemporary energy and vision, with no fewer than five titles getting world premieres at this year’s edition of TIFF.

#MyNFB: Pugs, Paranoia and Pie!

#MyNFB: Pugs, Paranoia and Pie!

If you’re anything like me, whenever you find yourself staring down the infinite possibilities of a search bar, you inevitably end up typing the word “pug” and hitting “enter.”

Resurrecting Gertie the Dinosaur

Resurrecting Gertie the Dinosaur

Through the combined efforts of the Cinémathèque québécoise and the NFB, with support from the University of Notre Dame, an animated film once thought lost—Gertie, by Winsor McCay—has been brought back to life, adding a new page to the history of animation.

NFB Pause: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski talk Gymnasia

NFB Pause: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski talk Gymnasia

Discover Clyde Henry Productions' GYMNASIA, a VR/Stop-Motion animation experience. Made in collaboration with Felix and Paul Studios and the NFB.

Shannon Amen: Chris Dainty’s Animated Elegy

Shannon Amen: Chris Dainty’s Animated Elegy

Requiem in ice: Ottawa animator Chris Dainty remembers artist Shannon Jamieson.

If These Walls Could Talk: 7 Portraits Of The NFB

If These Walls Could Talk: 7 Portraits Of The NFB

Before our headquarters moves, we wanted to immortalize people and places that shaped the NFB. Explore this series of portraits by Stephan Ballard.

Indigenous Renaissance: 10 to Watch at the NFB

Indigenous Renaissance: 10 to Watch at the NFB

"Canada, are you ready to see what needs to be seen?” Indigenous filmmaking flourishes at the NFB.

Coming in May: Watch 3 New Animated Shorts on NFB.ca

Coming in May: Watch 3 New Animated Shorts on NFB.ca

Get a sneak peek at 3 brand new films from Alexandra Lemay, Chintis Lundgren, and Patrick Bouchard!

Tales of the NFB Cafeteria (with juicy details!)

Tales of the NFB Cafeteria (with juicy details!)

Ever wonder what goes on behind the storied walls of the National Film Board’s Montreal headquarters? Finally, we can show you.

NFB Pause With Foley Artist Karla Baumgardner

NFB Pause With Foley Artist Karla Baumgardner

Ever wonder what a Foley artist does, or how they do their jobs so well? Discover some tricks of the trade on this edition of NFB Pause.