Girls Learning Code at HIGHRISE
*This is a guest post by Kat Cizek, creator of HIGHRISE, a multi-year, multi-platform documentary about vertical living in the global suburbs. Find the original – and much more –...
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Great Fall for Film in Canada’s Public Libraries
The NFB Film Club has just announced its autumn program and it looks like libraries from coast to coast are poised for a fun and film-filled fall. The Film Club...
Open Casting Call for First Nations/Aboriginal Youth
Our friend and NFB alumnus Aisling Chin-Yee (The Colour of Beauty) is producing a new feature film (alongside John Christou) and you could be in it. The film, titled Rhymes...
Annecy 2012: 2 Winners and a Nominee
* This post is a translation. Read the original here. The Annecy International Animated Film Festival is the oldest and biggest event of its kind. Bringing together film professionals from...
Bravo celebrates the cream of Canada’s performing arts crop
Since 2008, the NFB has been producing short film paying tribute to recipients of Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards. Founded in 1992, the Awards are Canada’s most prestigious honour in...
Celebrating 65 Years of Cannes
The 2012 Cannes Film Festival is here. The high mass of cinema, which celebrates its 65th edition this year, opens Wednesday night with Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, the story of...
imagineNATIVE 2012: Call for Submissions
Are you an Indigenous artist involved in film, video, radio or new media? If so, here’s your chance to get your work seen in an international festival. Until June 1,...
The Sweater Gets Symphonic Treatment in Toronto
Roch Carrier’s The Hockey Sweater, a story about a young Montreal hockey fan who is mistakenly sent the wrong jersey and forced by his mom to wear it, is being...
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...
Colin Low: Special screenings at Montreal’s Cinémathèque québécoise
Starting tomorrow and running until Saturday, April 14, the Cinémathèque québécoise and Hors Champs will present an hommage to veteran NFB filmmaker Colin Low. Each night boasts a different program,...
Feature film on Canada’s most famous unknown author premieres at FIFA
The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche, our new feature film about enigmatic Canadian writer Mazo de la Roche (author of the Jalna novels), has its world premiere at FIFA...
20 Must-Read Blogs for Film Buffs
Films, like food, are one of those things that are almost as nice to take in as they are to read about (as opposed to say, falling in love or winning the lotto.)