5 NFB films presented at the Calgary International Film Festival
The Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) is just around the corner. Named “One of the top 25 film festivals in the world worth its entry fee” by MovieMaker Magazine (!),...
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4 NFB films selected at the Atlantic Film Festival
Four of our productions have been selected at the Atlantic Film Festival (AFF). Held every September in Halifax, Nova Scotia, AFF is Canada’s 4th major film festival. Presenting itself as “large...
Enter the Celebrate Parks video contest
What’s your favourite Canadian national park? I got several. This is a photo I took in one of them last summer – Georgian Bay Islands National Park, on Ontario’s Lake...
Three NFB films selected at TIFF
The summer is drawing to a close and that means the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is just around the corner. One of the world’s most happening film festivals (film critic Roger...
6 films in competition at the Hiroshima International Animation Film Festival
This year, we’ve got 6 films in competition at the Hiroshima Animation Film Festival, which takes place from August 7 – 11. As an added bonus, Theodore Ushev (Lipsett Diaries,...
One Day On Earth: Help Document the World’s Story on 10/10/10
If you only had one day to document the world, what story would you tell? This is the question the One Day on Earth project would like you to ponder...
Stephen Low’s Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D opens in IMAX theatres today
The apple, the saying goes, doesn’t fall far from the tree. Stephen Low, one of legendary NFB filmmaker and producer Colin Low‘s three sons, is presenting his own latest film...
Pitch your cross-media project for a chance to win the ARTE Pixel Pitch Prize
This October, The Pixel Market is hosting a 2-day marketplace in London, England and will showcase 20 of the best international cross-media projects to financiers and decision-makers from across the...
The NFB Films iPad app is now available!
Drum roll, please…. The NFB Films iPad app is now available through iTunes. With this app, you can watch over 1000 movies – documentaries, animations and feature films – free...
3 more films from the DOXA Connexions Youth Forum
Following up on yesterday’s post, here are the 3 remaining films from the 2010 DOXA Youth Connexions Forum: Love Life Josephine Anderson is 24 years old, holds a B.A. in...
Montrealers! Join us on June 30 for a free session on Financing Your Short Film!
On June 30, up here at the NFB in Montreal, we’ll be hosting the last knowledge-sharing event of Hothouse 6. It’s a panel we’re calling “Financing Your Short Film!”, because yes, it is possible to finance short films in Canada...
The Socalled Movie hits the big screen
After premiering at Hot Docs in May, and becoming available for “rental” on Youtube in the US, The Socalled Movie has come home to roost. The Socalled Movie, Garry Beitel’s...