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imagineNATIVE Celebrates 20 Years of Visual Sovereignty

imagineNATIVE Celebrates 20 Years of Visual Sovereignty

ImagineNATIVE is turning 20 this year and the NFB, a long-time friend of the festival, is heading to the anniversary edition with nine projects — a slate that includes four world premieres.

Mobilize! NFB Puts Truth & Reconciliation Onscreen

Mobilize! NFB Puts Truth & Reconciliation Onscreen

“Stories are wondrous things. And they are dangerous,” says Thomas King. King knows a thing or two about storytelling and its cultural clout. Born to a Cherokee father and Greek/German...

NFB x ImagineNATIVE 2017

NFB x ImagineNATIVE 2017

ImagineNATIVE 2017 kicks off today in Toronto, and we’re thrilled to have 13 projects at the festival this year.

Animation News: Sharp Shorts for a New Millennium

Animation News: Sharp Shorts for a New Millennium

The idea that animation can serve as a vehicle for important public messages is embedded in the very foundations of the NFB animation tradition. Back in 1941, when John Grierson...

Pacific Animation: Three to Watch

Pacific Animation: Three to Watch

Three. Count ‘em. It’s barely a year since Shirley Vercruysse assumed duties as executive producer of the Pacific & Yukon Studio, and she’s already stickhandling an ambitious troika of animated...