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...
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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...
Download NFB films? Now you can!
This post is a translation. Find the French original here. Until now, you could only watch NFB.ca films via streaming. However, over the past few months, my web team colleagues...
The NFB and Vimeo: a match made in video heaven
It’s official. After Youtube and Daily Motion, the NFB is launching its very own Vimeo channel. I don’t know about you but we, the NFB’s web team, are big fans...
The Ottawa International Animation Festival is here
The Ottawa International Animation Film Festival (OIAF) is upon us. The largest animation film festival in North America kicked off this past Wednesday and continues until Sunday, 25 September 2011....
Final farewell to prolific NFB filmmaker and producer Tom Daly
Distinguished Canadian film director and producer Tom Daly has died this past Sunday, September 18, 2011, after a long illness. He was 94. Daly’s contribution to the NFB is rich...
Animation Open House taking place Monday, September 26 in Montreal
On Monday, September 26, the NFB will be hosting its annual Animation Open House. From 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, the studio will open its doors to the public at...
The NFB Tour resumes in October
In late 2010, we launched the NFB Tour, a series of town-hall style meetings across the country during which Tom Perlmutter, head of the NFB, met with a variety...
Pink Ribbons, Inc. premieres at TIFF to a packed house
Yesterday afternoon saw the world premiere of our feature documentary, Pink Ribbons, Inc. at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film probes into the world of cause-marketing and breast cancer...
Cinemagraphs or Good ol’ Graphics Interchange Format
This post was translated from French. Last week, this post by Belinda Lanks on fastcodesign.com was widely shared and re-shared on social networks. That shouldn’t come as a surprise, since...
12 sites to watch films online for free
As much as we all nostalgically long for the days we patronized local video stores and supported independent neighbourhood theaters, one of the really cool thing about the age of...
Andrea Dorfman’s animated short Flawed airs on PBS tonight
Flawed 1. (of a substance or object) Blemished, damaged, or imperfect in some way. 2. (of something abstract) Containing a mistake, weakness, or fault. — Once in a while a...