The Animation Studio Production Blog!
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Production
With 6 production studios across the country, the NFB’s English Program has about 100 projects underway at any given time in our core genres – documentary, animation and interactive. Check out this space for information about projects currently underway and news from our production teams.
Canada: Cuadro a Caudro, the first Spanish-language book devoted entirely to NFB animation
Did you know that the NFB's animation productions had a huge influence on artists and filmmakers in Argentina? A new book aims to explore this relationship. Find out more!
Who’s who? Meet the animators in our 10th annual Hothouse animation apprenticeship
Meet the 8 emerging animators who will immerse themselves in our 12-week paid apprenticeship in hands-on animation. Who will make what—and how?!
Listen up, emerging animators: now’s your time to shine in the 10th season of Hothouse
The tenth annual edition of this 12-week full-time apprenticeship for emerging animators is now underway. Get all the details about the call for proposals here. Animators: start your engines!
Explore “Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts”, a new web doc series
Want to know more about how and why Canadian film culture came to be the way it is? Go straight to the source in our new interactive web doc! Interviews with poets, dreamers, and pioneers reveal the history of the NFB... and maybe even a bit about what movies mean to Canadians today.
Hothouse 9 | The Hidden Side of Digital Animation in 4 Geeky Graphs
Kyler Kelly, participant in the NFB's 9th annual Hothouse apprenticeship, offers a look at the hidden side of digital animation in 4 geeky graphs.
Hothouse 9 | Hands full of clay
*This post is a short haiku from our Hothouse intern Su-An Ng. Taking a short break Processing thoughts frame by frame Both hands full of clay
Hothouse 9 | The Life of a Film Idea
* This post was written by Hothouse 9 intern Kyler Kelly. Whenever a film is made, it has to follow some pathway from the very first sliver of an idea...
Hothouse 9 | Paloma in Ottawa
* This post was written by Hothouse 9 intern, Paloma Dawkins. So this past weekend was the Ottawa International Animation Festival, and me and most of the Hothouse 9 crew...
Hothouse 9 | Week 1 Recap: Intense and Amazing
* This post was written by Hothouse 9 intern Su-An Ng. It is so surreal being here in Montreal for the first time, working at the NFB and walking the...
Hothouse 9 | Meet Our 6 New Apprentices
This year’s Hothouse review team deliberated and debated 99 submissions from across the country, in the process also re-imagining the many permutations and understandings of what abstract art is and...
Hothouse 9: Come Make a Short Animation Film With Us!
Always dreamed of making your own short animation film at the NFB? This is your chance. If you are an emerging (young or not-so-young) Canadian filmmaker or artist intrigued by...