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2 films, 2 filmmakers honoured at 2009 Hot Docs festival

Two NFB films and two filmmakers were honoured at tonight’s awards ceremony at the 2009 Hot Docs film festival in Toronto. Invisible City, Hubert Davis’ documentary about two boys crossing...

Alanis Obomsawin Box Set Giveaway

In honour of Alanis Obomsawin’s Outstanding Achievement Award Retrospective at the 2009 Hot Docs festival tonight, we’re giving away two box sets of her seminal work on the Oka Crisis...

The NFB celebrates Asian Heritage Month

The NFB is celebrating Asian Heritage Month by screening Asian-themed films across the country throughout the month of May. In addition to screenings of Tiger Spirit in Toronto and They...

The Strangest Dream screens at the UN

The Strangest Dream, a documentary about Joseph Rotblat and his efforts to halt nuclear proliferation, will be shown for the first time in New York at the UN today on...

Strong NFB presence at the 2009 Hot Docs Festival

This year, the NFB has an impressive eight films being presented at Hot Docs, along with the Spotlight on the NFB at 70 program and the Outstanding Achievement Award Retrospective for Canada's leading Aboriginal filmmaker, Alanis Obomsawin.

The NFB teams up with Margaret Atwood

This week we’re featuring Michael Rubbo’s film, Margaret Atwood: Once in August all week in the online Screening Room. The film explores what shapes Atwood’s writing and what motivates her...

The NFB celebrates Earth Day

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/st_lawrence_stairway_to_the_sea April 22 is Earth Day. One billion people around the world celebrate by engaging in projects or events designed to address environmental issues. It’s a day for us to...

NFB.ca launches The Champions Series

Today we’re launching The Champions, Parts 1, 2 and 3, Donald Brittain’s seminal documentary series on the lives of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque. The online release of these...

Ladies and Gentlemen…Mr. Leonard Cohen, a tribute to a Canadian legend

Today we’re featuring a classic NFB documentary in the online Screening Room, Ladies and Gentlemen…Mr. Leonard Cohen. We’ve timed the launch of this film to coincide with CBC Radio 2’s...

Paris 1919 heads to Hot Docs

Director Paul Cowan talks about the making of Paris 1919 as the films heads to Hot Docs 2009.

Boing Boing Video remixes RiP!

Boing Boing Video remixes Bretty Gaylor's documentary, RiP! A Remix Manifesto, about copyright and content creation in the digital age.

RiP! A Remix Manifesto now online

"A forceful, vibrant and immensely entertaining call to action ... This highly sampled film flows seamlessly." - The Globe and Mail