2 Ways to Experience Bear 71 at DOXA
Early this May, Vancouver’s DOXA Documentary Film Festival will offer 2 different ways to experience our Webby-nominated project, Bear 71 . On Friday, May 4th – DOXA’s opening night – Bear...
Interactive
Here’s you’ll find all the info you need about the NFB’s extensive and acclaimed interactive content, including interviews with media-makers, behind-the-scenes footage, launches, calls for projects, and reports on the progress and results of our digital stories. Have your say—interact!
7 Webby Award nominations for NFB/interactive
What do a bear, a parable on human language, a Northern reserve, and a brother in the army have in common? Why, they’re the subjects of the 4 NFB/interactive projects...
Corner stores and the immigrant experience
How many times a week do you go to the corner store? You may pick up milk or a coffee, buy a case of beer or a lottery ticket, or...
Want to create stop-motion films? We made an app for that!
There’s just no stopping the NFB’s web developers. Hot on the heels of the NFB Films iPhone, iPad, Android and PlayBook mobile apps, our devoted developers has come up with...
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,...
Soldier Brother creator Kaitlin Jones on siblings and war
I have only one sibling, a younger brother named Paul. I can’t imagine life without him. From our earliest childhood (I remember climbing into his crib at 4 – he...
Tell the stories of objects that surround you with the BARCODE.tv rally
The following is a guest post by Anne-Marie Lavigne. * cet article est aussi disponible en français BARCODE.tv invites you to dive into the world of the objects that surround...
BARCODE.tv – From a Rubik’s cube to the Canadian Space Program
The following is a guest post by Anne-Marie Lavigne * This post is a translation. BAR CODE hinges on the concept of “mining” everyday objects for the stories they harbour....
BARCODE.tv – NFB animator Theodore Ushev tells the story behind his favourite pen
The following is a guest post by Anne-Marie Lavigne * This post is a translation. Read the French original here. BAR CODE hinges on the concept of “mining” everyday objects...
BARCODE.tv – Designer Denis Gagnon’s glasses
The following is a guest post by Anne-Marie Lavigne. * This post is a translation. Read the French original here. BAR CODE hinges on the concept of “mining” everyday objects...
Introducing Barcode.tv, a new interactive doc about the objects that surround us
The following is a guest post by Anne-Marie Lavigne. The interactive documentary Barcode.tv is now online! Co-produced with ARTE France, the project explores our relationship to the objects that surround...
NFB Interactive…A rich resource for students to explore
This post was written by guest blogger Carol Arcus, a former educator with the Toronto District School Board. *** Watching HIGHRISE, I am reminded of Marshall McLuhan, who warned us...