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...
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.
Watch 6 Short Films from the 8th Edition of Hothouse
Every year, come early spring, 6 hand-picked animators descend upon the NFB to participate in Hothouse, the NFB’s program for emerging Canadian filmmakers. Though the “12-week paid apprenticeship in full-on...
Animator Jesse Gouchey on SANDDE and Stereoscopic Spray Painting
This is a guest post by Jesse Gouchey, one of 6 animators participating in this year’s Hothouse program, the NFB’s 12-week paid apprenticeship for emerging filmmakers. Where is it saved?...
Animator Rosa Aiello on Sand and Surrender
This is a guest post by Rosa Aiello, one of 6 animators participating in this year’s Hothouse program, the NFB’s 12-week paid apprenticeship for emerging filmmakers. Notes for a blog...
Animator David Barlow-Krelina on Getting 3D Particle Effects To Do What You Want Them To
This is a guest post by David Barlow-Krelina, one of 6 animators participating in this year’s Hothouse program, the NFB’s 12-week paid apprenticeship for emerging filmmakers. It’s been an intense...
Animator Susan Wolf on After Effects, Fluffy Clouds and Obsessive Tendencies
This is a guest post by Susan Wolf, one of 6 animators participating in this year’s Hothouse program, the NFB’s 12-week paid apprenticeship for emerging filmmakers. Today, I started animating...
Animator Wen Zhang on Connecting Music and Motion and Building Software from Scratch
This is a guest post by Wen Zhang, one of 6 animators participating in this year’s Hothouse program, the NFB’s 12-week paid apprenticeship for emerging filmmakers. On paper, my job...
Animator Carrie Mombourquette on Filmmaking as Child Rearing (and Polar Bears)
This is a guest post by Carrie Mombourquette, one of 6 animators participating in this year’s Hothouse program, the NFB’s 12-week paid apprenticeship for emerging filmmakers. Making a film is...
Introducing the 6 filmmakers participating in Hothouse 8
After a stunning crop of entries for this year’s edition of Hothouse (entitled Sheep Dreams), we’re thrilled to present the 6 filmmakers who will be joining us in Montreal for...
Want to participate in a 12-week paid animation apprenticeship at the NFB?
Attention all budding and blooming animators! Hothouse, our very own “12-week paid apprenticeship in full-on professional animation filmmaking” is once again calling for submissions. Things are shaping up to look...
Hothouse 7: The Last Picnic (Kind Of)
The following is a guest post by Jason Lee. The Hothousers finally convened at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal yesterday to celebrate and showcase their newly finished...
Hothouse7: The Final Countdown.
The following is a guest post by Andrew Hicks. We’re at the end of the homestretch! Final sound mixes are mixing and 3D credits are, umm well… being fixed to...