Runaway wins a Genie
Congratulations to Cordell Barker (Runaway, The Cat Came Back) for his Genie Award win in the Best animated film category. Congratulations also to the NFB films Vive la Rose (Bruce...
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Climate change and The Arctic Circle: Have we already passed the point of no return?
The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. On Wednesday April 7, the Toronto Mediatheque is screening The Arctic Circle as part of the Green Screens series. The entire...
26 films on science for children
This post originally appeared on our sister site, ONF.ca, and was translated into English. *** Marc Bertrand, a producer with the NFB’s French Program, looks back on the time he...
Flawed: A little film about big ideas
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/flawed_clip_1/ We’ve got this brand new film from Andrea Dorfman that I’m really excited about called Flawed. It’s an animated short about a woman who meets a man who turns...
Amateurs try their hand at film animation
The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. On Tuesday evening, a group of film buffs and aspiring filmmakers took film into their own hands, literally, at the NFB...
Behind the scenes of the animated short Tying Your Own Shoes
The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/tying_your_own_shoes_trailer The Project The NFB Mediatheque in Toronto is thrilled to present two special events this March Break as part of...
4 films nominated for a 2010 Genie Award
We’re ecstatic to announce that 4 of our films have been nominated for a 2010 Genie Award. The films are: Best Feature Length Documentary: oehttp://nfb.ca/hd/rip_a_remix_manifesto/ Best Animated Short: oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/runaway_trailer oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/vive_la_rose_trailer/...
Announcing Hothouse 6 Participants
The following is a guest post by animation producer Michael Fukushima. After a record-breaking number of submissions and several days of enthusiastic review and heated debate, we have our “Hothouse...
Hey, Toronto! Spend March Break at the Mediatheque
In Toronto? Spend March Break at the Toronto Mediatheque.
Montrealers! Win tickets to see Higglety Pigglety Pop
Win tickets to the premiere screening of Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
13 short films by Aboriginal filmmakers for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games
The following is a guest post by animation producer Michael Fukushima. oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/vistas_walk-in-the-forest/ For better or worse (you choose your own side ’cause I’ve got mine), the Winter Olympics spectacle only...
CBC interview about Hothouse, the NFB’s animation emerging filmmaker program
Animation producer Michael Fukushima recently did an interview with CBC Newfoundland about the NFB’s Hothouse program – a 12-week intensive paid animation apprenticeship for emerging filmmakers. You can listen to...