NFB: Crucible for the Creative Feature Doc
More popular than ever but notoriously hard to finance, the creative feature documentary is flourishing at the National Film Board.
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Moving Pictures for Interesting Times: NFB at Fall Festivals
Astra Taylor's passionate movie essay on imperilled state of democracy is among timely NFB projects on 2018 fall festival circuit.
Film Forward: Five to Watch in ’18
Wondering what we've got cooking this year? We're here to satisfy your appetite! Here's a sneak-peek at 5 of our upcoming projects.
On the Trail of Canada’s Black Pioneers
Growing up in Calgary Cheryl Foggo looked forward to the annual Stampede with excitement, but began wondering why her own ancestors, African-American homesteaders on the Canadian Prairies, were absent from Alberta’s foundation myth. With John Ware Reclaimed, she’s shining a light on the underwritten history of Alberta’s Black pioneers and the remarkable life of John Ware.
Western Gaze: 4 to Watch from North West Studio
The little-known story of Alberta’s Black pioneers, a darkly entertaining animation about the Hudson’s Bay Company and an interactive story shot in Cambodia are among projects currently in the works...
New Voices, Necessary Stories: NFB at Hot Docs 2017
Documentary is Canada’s national art form because the history of our cinema — and, in important ways, the history of our country — has been written in documentary. If you...
Sixties Scoop: The Restorative Power of Documentary
A collaboration between Saskatoon journalist Betty Ann Adam and director Tasha Hubbard, both Scoop survivors, Birth of a Family chronicles an extraordinary gathering in Banff, where Betty Ann and her three siblings come together for the first time as a family unit.
Ways of Seeing at the NFB: 5 to Watch in ’17
Stay up-to-date with the NFB 's current production slate with these 5 titles to watch in 2017.
Ash & Oil: Julia Ivanova’s Short on Post-fire Fort McMurray
Ash & Oil: Fort McMurray After the Fire is the NFB’s first collaboration with the Guardian’s short documentary platform, launched in 2014 under the direction of Charlie Philips, former Deputy Director at the Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Birth of a Family Confronts Legacy of the Sixties Scoop
It’s September 16, 2015, a busy Wednesday afternoon at the Calgary International Airport. A small NFB crew is about to document an extraordinary encounter — a crucial early scene in...
Gil’s Gift
Gil Cardinal — fearless filmmaker and big-hearted mentor to generations of Indigenous artists — has left us. He died in his hometown of Edmonton on November 21, and while scores...
Things Arab Men Say
At a time when mass media often depicts Arab culture in reductive and negative terms, the Edmonton-based Egyptian-Canadian filmmaker Nisreen Baker has set out to fashion a more nuanced portrait...