Gilles Groulx at 90 | Curator’s Perspective
Filmmaker Gilles Groulx was born in 1931 and would have turned 90 on August 30. The anniversary of his birthday is an opportunity to reflect on the significance of this director and his work.
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Watch The Candid Eye, Our Seminal Documentary Series | Curator’s Perspective
The seminal NFB Candid Eye television series was one of the first direct cinema series where filmmakers filmed events as they were happening, unscripted.
Innovation, Eh? | Watch 3 Films on Canadian Inventions
Canada is known for many important innovations. Watch 3 films about 3 different Canadian inventions - insulin, IMAX and direct cinema.
Michel Brault (1928-2013)
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of one of the founders of Québec cinema, the great Michel Brault. He succumbed to a heart attack on...
Nobody Waved Good-bye: The Little Film That Could
In 1984, the Toronto International Film Festival ranked Nobody Waved Good-bye number 9 on their list of the top 10 Canadian feature films of all time. Read about how the film evolved and how it became such a seminal work.