NFB Films for Android now available!
Yes, the day has come – our NFB Films for the Android is now available! After the tremendous success of our iPhone app (named one of the best apps of...
Posts Tagged “animations”
Friday Staff Pick: Pas de Deux
Pas de Deux wasn’t the first Norman McLaren film I ever saw. Nor was it the film that tipped me into becoming an animation filmmaker. But when I finally did...
Hothouse 7: Call for submissions
One of the nice things about the NFB is that we don’t only make films with established filmmakers, we also help new ones get started. A prime example of this...
Friday Staff Pick: My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/my_grandmother_ironed_the_king_shirts Oscar season is upon us, and while we don’t have any films in the running this year, we do have a few statues under our belt. In fact, the...
RSA Animate: awesome illustrated lectures
The other day, a friend sent me this Youtube video by RSA Animate. I liked it so much I decided to share it with you. I think animation people in...
Animator Dale Hayward directs intro video for Cirque du Soleil’s Safewalls project
oehttp://vimeo.com/18473436 I might already have told you I’m all about young, talented people doing well for themselves. A person who doesn’t disappoint in this department is ex-Hothouser and sometime NFB...
Cordell Barker on animating the documentary Cat Crazed
Cordell Barker (Runaway, The Cat Came Back) recently did some animation for a new documentary by Bountiful Films entitled Cat Crazed. After posting the trailer for the film on our...
2010 Staff Picks: An unconventional Top 10
We’ve been posting a lot of lists lately, from ASIFA’s best in animation to TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten. Feeling all in the spirit, we decided to share our own list....
50 films for ASIFA’s 50th anniversary
This blog post was translated from French. ASIFA (International Animated Film Association) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To celebrate the organization founded half a century ago by Norman...
Holiday memories from the NFB Mediatheque
The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/sweater/ The holidays tend to be a time for reflection, when we remember past events spent with loved ones and try...
Toy stories
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/Toys/ If you spend any time in stores, you will have noticed Christmas is apparently coming up. (I saw my first fully lit and decorated Christmas tree in a hardware...
The Underground Movie, or Jules Verne knew what he was talking about
Travel to the center of the Earth on board Old Chucknose in this comical animated film.