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Upcoming Animation | The Awakening: Meet Barnabe
Here at the NFB, we’re fortunate to work with talented artists who, day in day out, create strong characters and magical universes in the studio. While it is always fun to watch...
Annecy 2016 | Michael Fukushima Explores Annecy!
The NFB’s Michael Fukushima, executive producer of the English program animation studio, was in France recently for the Annecy Festival, the world’s largest event devoted to animation. The NFB had a strong presence at...
The Head Vanishes | An Interview with Animator Franck Dion
* This post is a translation. Read the original French post here. Franck Dion’s The Head Vanishes was part of the official selection of the prestigious Annecy International Animation Film...
Free Animation! | Watch 5 Shorts about Kids and Dads on NFB.ca
This Father’s Day, celebrate dads everywhere with this neat selection of films that explore the joys and challenges of fatherhood. Yay, dads! 1. There are many roads to fatherhood Some of...
Window Horses | Discover the NFB’s First Feature-Length Animation to Screen at Annecy in Almost 20 Years
“Window Horses hits all the things that are important to me: it’s pro-girl, pro-tolerance, pro-diversity and PRO-ART!! My nieces are mixed race and it’s very important to me that they...
The NFB in Annecy | The Lakeshore Awash with Talent!
* This is a translated guest post by French Animation Studio executive producer Julie Roy. Read the original French post here. I have been participating in the Annecy International Animation Film...
New & Free! | Watch 6 Shorts from our Latest Crop of Animation Apprentices
This spring, 6 lucky emerging animators from across Canada participated in the 11th edition of Hothouse, our paid apprenticeship in professional animation. Over the course of 12 short weeks, they each created a short...
Little Animation on the Prairie | Watch 5 Free Shorts About Canadian Prairie Life
With The Grasslands Project launching later this week, we’ve been dreaming of Canada’s big, bold Prairie provinces lately. A production of the North West Studio, Grasslands is a community-inspired initiative to...
So You’re #MovingToCanada, Eh?
Thinking about #MovingToCanada? Here's a mini crash course in a few things you need to know before you trek North.
Puppet School of the Streets: Watch Grant Munro’s One Little Indian on NFB.ca
Learn some basic traffic safety rules with Grant Munro's quirky puppet animation, One Little Indian (1954.)
The Thin Red Line: New Animation from Torill Kove
Few artists mine family lore with such aplomb as NFB animator Torill Kove. Her first short My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts, a fond and finely wrought tribute to her...