Celebrate Canada Day with the NFB
Tomorrow is Canada Day (yay!) and the NFB has a few ideas to celebrate this wonderful place we call home. The first is a Canada Day film selection we put...
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.
John Law and the Mississippi Bubble: The Madness of Crowds
When most people think about Richard Condie’s films, his classic Oscar-nominated short The Big Snit (1985) immediately springs to mind. While I agree that it is brilliant, I prefer his...
Director Narcisse Blood introduces new Pete Standing Alone documentary
Narcisse Blood is a Blood Indian teacher and filmmaker working and living in Southern Alberta. He recently directed Round Up, a documentary about Pete Standing Alone, a remarkable man who...
2 new ways to explore our online film collection
One thing I learned from working (and pretty much living) online is that having tons of great content is next to useless if people can’t easily find what they want...
NFB Classics: Circle of the Sun
I’m in the middle of transcribing notes from an interview I did last week with Narcisse Blood. Narcisse is a filmmaker and educator living in Southwestern Alberta. He recently directed...
Mighty Jerome to air on CBC Television this Saturday June 18
After screening at Hot Docs and other festivals this spring, Mighty Jerome, a doc about the little-known story of one of Canada’s greatest sprinters, airs on CBC television this Saturday...
Friday staff pick: I Want a Dog
Wouldn’t you love just 10 more minutes to finish preparing supper uninterrupted? Since I started working at the NFB a few months ago, I’ve been rediscovering the huge range of...
YUL 871: A Feature Film for the 1960s
Starting with the release of Drylanders in 1963, both the English and French programs at the National Film Board began to produce modestly priced feature films for the nation’s cinema...
9 films to celebrate Parks Canada’s centennial
Back when I was a young and brazen freelance writer (i.e. 3 years ago), I spent an entire summer travelling across Canada writing a blog for the Canadian Tourism Commission....
David Blackwood retrospective at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Last week, my colleague Julie had lunch with Matt Forsythe, a guy who used to be part of our web team before flying the coop to be an awesome illustrator...
All Shatner All the Time: Paul McNeill on producing William Shatner Sings O Canada
Last Saturday, William Shatner (alongside 7 other notable Canadians) received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Canada’s Governor General. As it has for the past 4 years, the NFB commissioned a...
A gift from Patrick Watson
After a celebrated run at Hot Docs, the documentay St-Henri, the 26 of August opens in theatres in Montreal (Cinéma Parallèle – with English subtitles) and Quebec City (Cinéma Le...