documentaries - Archives - Page 8 of 13 - NFB Blog

Posts Tagged “documentaries”

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

This post was written by Aisling Chin-Yee and it also appears on the Work For All website. oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/kanehsatake_270_years_of_resistance/ Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin is about...

RiP! A Remix Manifesto now available for rent at Blockbuster!

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/hd/rip_a_remix_manifesto/ Brett Gaylor’s highly-acclaimed, award-winning film Rip! A Remix Manifesto, about copyright and content creation in the digital age, is now available for rent through Blockbuster. This idea of a...

Doctors Without Residency: Why can’t foreign-trained doctors find work in Canada?

This post was written by Aisling Chin-Yee and it also appears on the Work For All website. oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/doctors_without_residency/ Doctors Without Residency is a short documentary exploring the issue of foreign...

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/...

What makes a great documentary? Tips & advice from our filmmakers

What makes a great documentary? Tips & advice from our filmmakers

Blogger Julie Matlin tries to answer the question, "What makes a great documentary?"

Interview tips for documentary filmmaking

Interview tips for documentary filmmaking

For those of you who are thinking of getting into documentary filmmaking or those of you who just want to brush up on your skills, here are some tips for...

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...

Join our in-house film experts as they present 2 of their NFB favourites

Albert Ohayon and Marc St-Pierre, our two in-house film experts, will be presenting the NFB archives and 2 of their favourite films (The Railrodder and This is Not Einstein) at...

Huffington Post’s Top 10 New Radical Gifts features NFB box set

Julie Moulden of the Huffington Post picks the NFB box set, Filmmaker-in-Residence, as one of her Top 10 New Radical Gifts.

Tying Your Own Shoes wins Golden Dove Award!

The following is a guest post by filmmaker Shira Avni. I am absolutely thrilled to announce that Tying Your Own Shoes has won the Golden Dove – the grand prize...

World premiere of Tying Your Own Shoes!!!!

Shira Avni blogs from the DOK Leipzig festival in Germany.