Soccer in NFB Films: More Than a Game | Curator’s Perspective
This instalment of Curator’s Perspective reviews NFB films that have used the subject of soccer as a means to address a variety of Canadian social issues.
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The Man Who Wanted to Be an Animator: Claude Cloutier | Curator’s Perspective
Today I’ll be looking back at the works of Claude Cloutier, a virtuoso illustrator who uses a traditional animation technique—drawings on paper in India ink—but whose imagined worlds are anything but conventional.
Saturday Night: “People are my true homeland”
A short documentary essay on solitude, filmed in Spanish and narrated by filmmaker Rosana Matecki, Saturday Night (2021) offers a poetic and bittersweet snapshot of aging in an urban setting, viewed through the lens of dance.
Unspoken Tears: Trauma Through Words | Director’s Notes
Making Unspoken Tears immersed me in the violence of war and the trauma it inflicts on people. I wanted to use the integration of young refugees into Quebec’s school system as a way into this subject.
77 Years of Latinx-Canadian Cinema at the NFB (1945-2022) | Curator’s Perspective
This instalment of Curator’s Perspective aims to introduce readers to the different phases of NFB films made in Latin America or by Latin Americans, from the mid-1940s until today.
Someone Like Me: Big Risk, Big Reward
It’s 2017 and we’re meeting Chris Morrissey, the founder of Rainbow Refugee, at an Italian cafe on a Tuesday afternoon in East Vancouver.
Perfecting the Art of Longing: A Journey Through Memory, Family and Faith
Using footage from security cameras, as well as video-call footage and home-video archives, Perfecting the Art of Longing is acclaimed filmmaker Kitra Cahana’s powerful collaboration with her father, Rabbi Ronnie Cahana, who suffered a devastating brainstem stroke that left him “locked in”.
The Jewish Community as seen by the NFB | Curator’s Perspective
Two National Film Board of Canada documentaries are highlighted to celebrate Canadian Jewish Heritage Month.
White Noise: From Despair to Revolution
As I write these words, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just published its latest report. Unsurprisingly, its predictions, like those of the previous report, are absolutely terrifying.
The Lady and the Owl: Rehabilitating Injured Birds | Curator’s Perspective
The 1975 National Film Board documentary The Lady and the Owl highlights a retired couple rehabilitating injured owls in Ontario.
Star Wars Kid: “This is the story of a man marked by an image from his childhood”
Overnight, Ghyslain’s digital doppelgänger was drawn out of the shadows and into harsh light. That stolen moment even gave rise to a modern myth that, almost 20 years later, has taken control of part of his life story.
Inuit Cinema at the NFB | Curator’s Perspective
This week’s NFB.ca debut of the documentary Evan’s Drum (2021), by Inuit filmmaker Ossie Michelin, provides an opportunity to give an overview of Inuit cinema at the NFB.