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Be a Star! | The #GIFnTAKE Summer Tour Kicks Off in Canada Place

Be a Star! | The #GIFnTAKE Summer Tour Kicks Off in Canada Place

After successful appearances at various winter festivals and Quebec City libraries, the #GIFnTAKE is embarking on its 2016 summer tour across Canada. Inspired by the classic photobooth, the #GIFnTAKE is...

NFB XP: The Future is Here, and It’s Female

NFB XP: The Future is Here, and It’s Female

* This is a guest post by Joseph Elfassi. Read the original French post here. The NFB has decided to implement gender parity in the creation of its works: from...

Public Libraries: NFB Film Club Reveals Fall 2016 Programming

Public Libraries: NFB Film Club Reveals Fall 2016 Programming

This fall, the NFB Film Club is offering filmgoers another season chock-full of recent releases that capture the remarkable diversity of the Canadian experience. The lineup of 6 programs—5 for general...

Making Movie History | New iPad App Brings Together Portraits of 61 Iconic NFB Figures

Making Movie History | New iPad App Brings Together Portraits of 61 Iconic NFB Figures

A new iPad app exploring the NFB’s unique place in Canadian cinema is now available on the iTunes Canada App Store. GET APP The app, Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61...

Colin Low (1926-2016) | The NFB and Canada Lose a True Pioneer of Cinema

Colin Low (1926-2016) | The NFB and Canada Lose a True Pioneer of Cinema

Canada has lost a giant of cinema with the passing of Colin Low, who died in Montreal on February 24 at the age of 89. Born on July 24, 1926,...

Annies 2016: Follow If I Was God… and Carface to the “Oscars of Animation”

Annies 2016: Follow If I Was God… and Carface to the “Oscars of Animation”

Cordell Barker’s If I Was God and Claude Cloutier’s Carface have both been nominated for an Annie Award! Sometimes known as the “Oscars of Animation,” the Annie Awards are the highest honor...

The #GIFnTAKE Goes on Tour!

The #GIFnTAKE Goes on Tour!

Exciting news, Canadians! The NFB’s #GIFnTAKE is coming to a city near you. Be a star with the #GIFnTAKE Inspired by the classic photobooth, the #GIFnTAKE is a type of “video...

3 NFB Apps to Download During the Holidays

3 NFB Apps to Download During the Holidays

Santa received your letter and brought you the tablet of your dreams? You woke up to find an Apple TV under the tree? Make these gifts even more special and...

Welcome to Canada! The NFB Gives the Gift of Film to Syrian Refugees

Welcome to Canada! The NFB Gives the Gift of Film to Syrian Refugees

As you may have heard, the Canadian government is preparing to welcome 25,000 refugees from Syria over the next few months. Upon arrival, they will be provided with permanent resident status, a social insurance...

A Cardboard Revolution

A Cardboard Revolution

Sometimes, technology takes such a massive leap forward that it starts looking like magic. Sometimes, the revolutionary element is obvious — think “iPhone launch” — but other times, the revolution...

Good News! You Can Now Download the NFB Films App for Apple TV

Good News! You Can Now Download the NFB Films App for Apple TV

The new Apple TV is here and we've made a superb new NFB Films app for it. Download it today!

Vancouver | 2 Ways to Experience Circa 1948 this Fall

Vancouver | 2 Ways to Experience Circa 1948 this Fall

Launched at Tribeca's Storyscapes, the Circa 1948 installation will be displayed twice in Vancouver this fall. Don't miss it!