NFB Pause with David Curtis
At the far-flung edge of Canada’s boreal forest, outside the tiny sub-Arctic town of Dawson City, Yukon, a handful of unlikely farmers are growing everything from snow-covered Brussels sprouts to apples.
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NFB Pause: The Procession
The Procession is the first collaboration between illustrator and graphic novel writer Pascal Blanchet and animator and filmmaker Rodolphe Saint-Gelais.
NFB Pause: A Hidden John Coltrane Album, Rediscovered
On June 24, 1964, filmmaker Gilles Groulx was in a recording studio in New Jersey with John Coltrane, recording the music for The Cat in the Bag.
NFB Pause: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski talk Gymnasia
Discover Clyde Henry Productions' GYMNASIA, a VR/Stop-Motion animation experience. Made in collaboration with Felix and Paul Studios and the NFB.
NFB Pause With Foley Artist Karla Baumgardner
Ever wonder what a Foley artist does, or how they do their jobs so well? Discover some tricks of the trade on this edition of NFB Pause.
Regina Pessoa and Autobiographical Animation
Regina Pessoa has been creating touching animated shorts based on her own childhood since 1999. Her new film, Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days, is also autobiographical.
NFB Pause: Meet the Creators of Clit Me
A fun new tool aimed at closing the “orgasm gap,” Clit Me openly explores female sexual satisfaction, with the focus on the only organ designed exclusively for pleasure: the clitoris!
Jenny Salgado pays homage to Haiti and Quebec in her soundtrack for Kenbe La
The music for activist filmmaker Will Prosper’s fourth documentary, currently being completed at the NFB, was written by composer-performer Jenny Salgado, a.k.a. J-Kyll.
NFB Pause: In the animation studios with Eloi and Randall
This week on NFB Pause, we introduce you to Randall Finnerty and Eloi Champagne, two of the technical wizards in our animation department.
NFB Pause: Beecher and Kurytnik Talk Skin for Skin
Skin for Skin is the latest outing for filmmakers Carol Beecher and Kevin Kurytnik. “We wanted to create a contemporary Canadian myth that went further than events and names and dates and numbers.“
NFB Pause with Moïse Marcoux-Chabot
In 2016, Moïse Marcoux-Chabot moved with his family to Mont-Louis, Québec, to begin shooting a documentary on the Gaspé’s “alternative social safety net.”
NFB Pause: East of the Rockies
In this edition of NFB Pause, we look at acclaimed Canadian author Joy Kogawa's new interactive, AR project, East of the Rockies.