NFB Tour: Saskatoon
There was something wrong with the plane we were supposed to take to Saskatoon, so our pre-dawn flight turned out being a somewhat civilized mid-morning flight, except we’d all gotten...
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Get Animated! kicks off Oct. 28 with free screenings and animation workshops across Canada
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/higglety_pigglety_pop_trailer/ Next Thursday is International Animation Day and the NFB is marking the occasion with a series of free screenings, master classes and activities – from coast to coast. Get...
The NFB Tour continues in Ontario on October 26
oehttp://gdp.nfb.ca/photo-essay/1338/toughing-it-out-in-timmins The above film, Toughing it out in Timmins, is a photo essay from the GDP project about the forestry industry in Timmins. *** Tom Perlmutter, head of the NFB,...
The NFB hits the road – and is coming to a city near you!
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/nfb-tour Tom Perlmutter, the head of the NFB, is heading out on a cross-Canada tour. The tour is meant to allow him, and the NFB, to connect with Canadians. He’ll...
Glimpses/Impressions opens at Expo 2010 Shanghai
It’s a go! The 2010 World Fair was launched this weekend in Shanghai, China, under the theme “Better City – Better Life”. Canada’s exhibition, titled “The Living City: Inclusive, Sustainable,...
Runaway wins a Genie
Congratulations to Cordell Barker (Runaway, The Cat Came Back) for his Genie Award win in the Best animated film category. Congratulations also to the NFB films Vive la Rose (Bruce...
4 films nominated for a 2010 Genie Award
We’re ecstatic to announce that 4 of our films have been nominated for a 2010 Genie Award. The films are: Best Feature Length Documentary: oehttp://nfb.ca/hd/rip_a_remix_manifesto/ Best Animated Short: oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/runaway_trailer oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/vive_la_rose_trailer/...
On Common Ground: Eliminating Child Poverty is something we can all agree on
The following is a guest post by Amy Stewart Gallant. Whenever I’m overwhelmed by contrast, by conflict, I contemplate one of my favourite lines, a string of words conjured...
Buster Keaton rides the rails in Canada
The production of The Railrodder starring Buster Keaton, Hollywood silent film icon.
From documentary to fiction: The story behind the NFB’s first feature film
The genesis and production of the NFB's first feature film.
Filmmaker Bonnie Sher Klein asks, “What’s your greatest talent?”
This week's Canada CODE challenge is issued by filmmaker Bonnie Sherr Klein.
Propaganda Cinema at the NFB – The World in Action
The story behind the World in Action theatrical series of propaganda films