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Here we feature updates, tips, and other useful information for creators in the film and media industries, including interviews with practitioners and discussion of emerging technologies, forms, and audiences.

A look inside the Toronto Mediatheque’s animation workshops for adults

A look inside the Toronto Mediatheque’s animation workshops for adults

The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. On July 13, the NFB Mediatheque held a sold-out animation workshop, Demystifying the Reel, where adults of all ages had a...

How to create sound for a 1-minute animated short

The following is a guest post from Fred Casia. The sound composition for my Hothouse 6 film, Marvin Parson’s Inner Wild Wilderness, has always been a huge component, but in...

4 things about Hothouse animator Greg Labute

This post is part of a series of interviews with this year’s Hothouse participants. Created in 2003, Hothouse is a 12-week paid apprenticeship program for emerging filmmakers that takes place...

4 things about Hothouse animator Kiarra Albina

This post is part of a series of interviews with this year’s Hothouse participants. Created in 2003, Hothouse is a 12-week paid apprenticeship program for emerging filmmakers that takes place...

4 things about Hothouse animator Megan Turnbull

This post is part of a series of interviews with this year’s Hothouse participants. Created in 2003, Hothouse is a 12-week paid apprenticeship program for emerging filmmakers that takes place...

4 things about Hothouse animator Fred Casia

This post is part of a series of interviews with this year’s Hothouse participants. Created in 2003, Hothouse is a 12-week paid apprenticeship program for emerging filmmakers that takes place...

Up the Yangtze director Yung Chang on local agriculture and film

The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/earth_to_mouth/ On Wednesday July 7th, the NFB Mediatheque will be hosting Homegrown Films, an exciting FREE event as part of its...

NFB Mediatheque’s Jennifer Krick on creating sets and characters for animation films

NFB Mediatheque’s Jennifer Krick on creating sets and characters for animation films

The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. NFB Mediatheque Customer Service Agent Jennifer Krick has one of the most fun jobs in the world – she creates the...

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...

Making air waves: Aboriginal filmmaker Dennis Allen on new radio-inspired doc CBQM

Yesterday was National Aboriginal Day, and to mark the occasion NFB.ca launched CBQM, Dennis Allen’s new feature length documentary: oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/cbqm A charming, honest tribute to volunteer-run radio station CBQM (690...

3 films from the 2010 DOXA Connexions Youth Forum

A few weeks back, we wrote about the DOXA Connexions Youth Forum with a promise to follow up when the participants’ films were completed. Well! The films are now all...

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...