Canada Vignettes: Essential Canadiana, eh!
The Canada Vignettes have become a treasure of Canadian nostalgia. Here is how the project came to be.
Films
Here you’ll find musings, histories, critiques, and behind-the-scenes info on some of the more than 2,000 films (animations, documentaries, fiction) and interactive projects we’re streaming on NFB.ca.
New HIGHRISE documentary takes form to new heights
by Katerina Cizek I used to dislike highrise buildings. I would drive by them, without much thought, and dread the elevator when I actually had to go inside. These days,...
Unikkausivut – Sharing our Stories launches in Iqaluit, Nunavut
* Photo, from left to right: Tom Perlmutter, Eva Aariak, Christopher Duschenes, Claude Joli-Coeur and Julie Huguet. On Monday, we launched Unikkausivut – Sharing our Stories, at Nunavut’s Legislative Building in...
Unikkausivut – Sharing our Stories launches in Iqaluit, Nunavut
* Photo, from left to right: Tom Perlmutter, Eva Aariak, Christopher Duschenes, Claude Joli-Coeur and Julie Huguet. On Monday, we launched Unikkausivut – Sharing our Stories, at Nunavut’s Legislative Building in...
Inuit audiovisual legacy project Unikkausivut – Sharing our Stories kicks off in Ottawa
On Wednesday November 2, the NFB and its many partners (including the Inuit Relations Secretariat of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Government of Nunavut’s Depatment of Education) launched...
World Premiere of The Van Doos in Afghanistan on NFB.ca
This post is a translation from French. You can see the original post here. *** Edited on November 11, 2011: Due to overwhelming demand, especially on ONF.ca, we have decided...
Friday staff pick: Getting Started with downloads
One of the nice feature we added to NFB.ca recently is the possibility to buy the digital version of some of our films. You can find more about this feature...
Friday staff pick: RiP! A Remix Manifesto
Hi everyone! My name’s Kate Ruscito and I’m the newly minted English Community Manager for the NFB. I was asked to do another Friday Cinema post, so I humbly present...
Heat-sensitive: a behind-the-scenes look at our thermal 3D film ORA
This morning on the bus I found myself reading an argument by a Hindu scholar, somewhere online, about how some people are poets and others scientists. According to this man,...
Wiebo’s War hits Canadian theatres this October
*Edited Nov. 23, 2011: Additional theatrical dates have been set for this film. See Wiebo’s War in Montreal starting Dec. 1 at the Montreal CinéRobothèque and in Edmonton at Metro...
Wiebo’s War hits Canadian theatres this October
*Edited Nov. 23, 2011: Additional theatrical dates have been set for this film. See Wiebo’s War in Montreal starting Dec. 1 at the Montreal CinéRobothèque and in Edmonton at Metro...
Bush Pilot: Canada’s History Comes Alive
Bush Pilot: Reflections on a Canadian Myth was originally to be a film on the fabled Noorduyn Norseman bush plane.