Friday staff pick: Getting Started
This week’s Friday Staff Pick is Getting Started, Richard Condie‘s awesome animated short about Eugene, a concert pianist who just can’t seem to sit down and finally practice, two days...
Posts Tagged “Animation”
Hothouse 7: Eva Cvijanovic
The following is a guest post by Eva Cvijanovic. Even as s a kid growing up in a land far, far away, I was very fond of animation and I...
Hothouse 7: Tabitha Fisher
The following is a guest post by Tabitha Fisher. Greetings, Blogosphere! My name is Tabitha and I find adventure through drawing and observing other people’s stories. Currently based in Toronto,...
Friday staff pick: Louise
One of my favourite people in the world is Antoinette Godbout née Leblanc aka Mimi, my 95 year-old Acadian grandma. She lives alone in her big house on the south...
Brand New: Hothouse 7 Filmmakers
The following is a guest post by Jason Lee. A fresh new crop of filmmakers from across Canada were selected this past week from a pool of over 140 applications:...
Hothouse 7 Production Blog
The following is a guest post by Jason Lee. Welcome to the Hothouse 7 production blog running March – May 2011. We’ll be sharing snapshots of each filmmaker’s creative process...
Friday Film Staff Pick: Sleeping Betty
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/sleeping_betty This is a guest post from Kate Ruscito, a beloved member of the web team. I don’t know about you, but on Friday, after a long workweek, I’m exhausted....
NFB Producer Michael Fukushima on upcoming Koji Yamamura masterclass at the Toronto Mediatheque
The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. The NFB Mediatheque is thrilled to host a Masterclass and screening on November 13th to celebrate the work of Oscar®-nominated animator...
Animator Dale Hayward talks about getting his foot in the door at the NFB
I love a good feel-good story. You know, the stories where passionate, hard-working people follow their hearts and good things happen and hope triumphs, for a change? This story is...
Behind the scenes: Hothouse 6
oehttp://www.onf.ca/film/hothouse_6_behind_the_scenes/ A while back I published a series of interviews with this year’s 6 Hothouse participants. As much as I believe in the power of words to evoke, I was...
Filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming on mentoring Hothouse animators
Hothouse is a 12-week paid apprenticeship program for emerging filmmakers that has been taking place in the NFB’s Montreal Animation Studio since 2003. Each year, a different filmmaker is chosen...
Pixar holds masterclass in Vancouver, Sept. 24 – 25, 2010
On September 24 & 25, vanarts will be presenting a Masterclass in Animation and Story Development, led by story artist Matthew Luhn and animator Andrew Gordon, both from Pixar Animation...