5 NFB films presented at the Calgary International Film Festival
The Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) is just around the corner. Named “One of the top 25 film festivals in the world worth its entry fee” by MovieMaker Magazine (!),...
Documentary
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4 NFB films selected at the Atlantic Film Festival
Four of our productions have been selected at the Atlantic Film Festival (AFF). Held every September in Halifax, Nova Scotia, AFF is Canada’s 4th major film festival. Presenting itself as “large...
Three NFB films selected at TIFF
The summer is drawing to a close and that means the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is just around the corner. One of the world’s most happening film festivals (film critic Roger...
Tulku director Gesar Mukpo on first-person filmmaking and reincarnation
Tulku is a full-length NFB documentary that tells the story of Western tulkus, young people born in modern Western cultures who were recognized, when they were children, as reincarnations of...
Live Tweeting event w/director Gesar Mukpo during the CBC broadcast of Tulku on Aug. 11 at 10 pm ET
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/tulku_trailer On Wednesday, August 11 at 10 pm, Am I Reincarnated? Tulku will air on the CBC News Network as part of The Passionate Eye. In association with the broadcast,...
Stephen Low’s Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D opens in IMAX theatres today
The apple, the saying goes, doesn’t fall far from the tree. Stephen Low, one of legendary NFB filmmaker and producer Colin Low‘s three sons, is presenting his own latest film...
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...
Up the Yangtze director Yung Chang on local agriculture and film
The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/earth_to_mouth/ On Wednesday July 7th, the NFB Mediatheque will be hosting Homegrown Films, an exciting FREE event as part of its...
3 more films from the DOXA Connexions Youth Forum
Following up on yesterday’s post, here are the 3 remaining films from the 2010 DOXA Youth Connexions Forum: Love Life Josephine Anderson is 24 years old, holds a B.A. in...
Making air waves: Aboriginal filmmaker Dennis Allen on new radio-inspired doc CBQM
Yesterday was National Aboriginal Day, and to mark the occasion NFB.ca launched CBQM, Dennis Allen’s new feature length documentary: oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/cbqm A charming, honest tribute to volunteer-run radio station CBQM (690...
3 films from the 2010 DOXA Connexions Youth Forum
A few weeks back, we wrote about the DOXA Connexions Youth Forum with a promise to follow up when the participants’ films were completed. Well! The films are now all...
The Socalled Movie hits the big screen
After premiering at Hot Docs in May, and becoming available for “rental” on Youtube in the US, The Socalled Movie has come home to roost. The Socalled Movie, Garry Beitel’s...