NFB Films at Rendez-vous de la Francophonie 2011
150 screenings in 62 cities across Canada! Now that’s a full slate of films. From March 4 to 20, the National Film Board is participating in the Rendez-vous de la...
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Ryan Larkin doc Ryan's Renaissance to air on Bravo! as part of Great Canadian Bios series
Equal parts tragedy and triumph, Ryan Larkin‘s life story is the subject of a documentary titled Ryan’s Renaissance premiering tomorrow on Bravo! as part of the Great Canadians Bios biography series....
Ryan Larkin doc Ryan’s Renaissance to air on Bravo! as part of Great Canadian Bios series
Equal parts tragedy and triumph, Ryan Larkin‘s life story is the subject of a documentary titled Ryan’s Renaissance premiering tomorrow on Bravo! as part of the Great Canadians Bios biography series....
Anita Lebeau’s Big Drive to screen in Winnipeg and Vancouver this spring
When I was a kid and my parents would take us on road trips to visit with my cousins, down in the States, my brother and I would always get...
The Astral Media Scholarship Program is giving money to emerging filmmakers – do you qualify?
The Astral Media Scholarship Program has put out it’s call for applications. The program has 3 arms through which they support emerging-level filmmakers in Quebec and British Columbia: The Doc...
The NFB at Sundance
If I could attend only one film festival in my life, it would have to be Sundance in the United States. The annual event takes place in the mountain resort...
7 documentary tweeters to follow on Twitter
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/hd/rip_a_remix_manifesto/ One of our followers on Twitter asked me the other day who I’d recommend he follow for interesting tweets on the doc world. As I sent off my response,...
Stories From Our Land: Iqaluit Log (Part 2)
The following is a guest post by Carrie Haber. Directors Zacharias Kunuk (L), and Sturla Gunnarsson (R) with Northwest Centre’s Executive Producer David Christensen In November, I flew from Montreal...
Stories From Our Land: Iqaluit Log (Part 1)
The following is a guest post by Carrie Haber. In November, I flew from Montreal to Iqaluit as an instructor for the NFB/Nunavut Film Development Corporation’s Stories From Our Land...
Animator Dale Hayward directs intro video for Cirque du Soleil’s Safewalls project
oehttp://vimeo.com/18473436 I might already have told you I’m all about young, talented people doing well for themselves. A person who doesn’t disappoint in this department is ex-Hothouser and sometime NFB...
TIFF announces Canada’s Top Ten of 2010
Because it’s the end of the year and because we love lists at the NFB, I wanted to tell to you about this year’s Top 10 Canadian Films. Put together...
50 films for ASIFA’s 50th anniversary
This blog post was translated from French. ASIFA (International Animated Film Association) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To celebrate the organization founded half a century ago by Norman...