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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!

Megaphone: Light Up the City with Your Idea

Megaphone: Light Up the City with Your Idea

For the past few years, Montreal has been humming with demonstrations, elections, resignations and commissions. Since the first stirrings of the so-called “Maple Spring,” (Printemps érable) and now that the...

NFB/interactive | How Do You Pray?

NFB/interactive | How Do You Pray?

* This is a guest post by Shiraz Janjua, Associate Producer I admit it: I struggle with prayer. The month of Ramadan is coming up in the Islamic calendar, which...

Guy Maddin to Shoot 12 Films in 13 Days in Montreal

Guy Maddin to Shoot 12 Films in 13 Days in Montreal

After the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris in 2012, Guy Maddin is now setting his sights on the Phi Centre to film and bring to life his Seances, an entirely...

Olympic Swimmer Elizabeth Simmonds Comes Out: She Is an Insomniac

Olympic Swimmer Elizabeth Simmonds Comes Out: She Is an Insomniac

In April 2013, hundreds of confessions collected over several months via the webcam, keyboard and mouse from insomniacs all over the world were assembled into the interactive documentary A Journal...

Hyperlocal Competition: Picking A Winner

Hyperlocal Competition: Picking A Winner

* This is a guest post from NFB Interactive producer Jennifer Moss. Well, we’ve done it. We’ve managed to create 5 interactive stories in 6 weeks, and we’re all still...

Insomnia: What keeps you up at night?

Insomnia: What keeps you up at night?

When I mentioned A Journal of Insomnia in a hat-tip to sleep-deprived moms in my Mother’s Day post, I knew I had to return for a more in-depth exploration. Are...

4 Films for Mother’s Day

4 Films for Mother’s Day

Sifting through the online collection at NFB.ca I discovered 3 films and 1 interactive project which, although completely different from one another, connect beautifully with the theme of mothers and...

Here at Home shines a light on mental health and homelessness

Here at Home shines a light on mental health and homelessness

How does mental health affect you, your loved ones and your community? This week (May 6 – 12) is the Canadian Mental Health Association’s 62nd Mental Health Week. This week...

Hyperlocal | The Big Picture, with Sean Embury & Steve Lindenberg

Hyperlocal | The Big Picture, with Sean Embury & Steve Lindenberg

* This is a guest post from NFB Interactive producer Jennifer Moss. Sean Embury is a digital media guru who runs his own company, Fulscrn. He recently teamed up with...

6 Webby Award Nominations for NFB/interactive

6 Webby Award Nominations for NFB/interactive

It was recently announced that 3 NFB/interactive projects: Bear 71, Sound Ecology and Here At Home were nominated for a total of 6 Webby Awards. Champagne! Sometimes refered to as...

NFB Space School Takes Off April 22

NFB Space School Takes Off April 22

Got kids who love science, space and all things astronaut? Starting April 22, the NFB is inviting all kids aged 11-15 to grab front row seats to Chris Hadfield’s historic...

Hyperlocal: Integrating Past and Present in Interactive Design

Hyperlocal: Integrating Past and Present in Interactive Design

This is a guest post from NFB Interactive producer Jennifer Moss. Paul Shoebridge and Michael Simons are the dynamic creative duo known in the back alleys and coffee shops of...