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.
Posts Tagged “film festivals”
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...
Alanis Obomsawin’s Hopeful New Opus
Words have always been precious to Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin who routinely begins production on a film by simply listening, recording quiet conversations with her main subjects. Much of this original audio later occupies a central place on her final soundtrack.
Hot Docs 2017: Catch Our 4 Film Premieres
In Toronto? Don't miss our 4 film premieres at the 24th edition of Hot Docs!
NFB Shines at Canada’s Fall Festivals
Autumn is film festival season in Canada and the NFB English Program is embarking on the busy fall circuit with over a dozen new releases.
The NFB heads to TIFF 2014 with 7 films
We're gearing up for the Toronto International Film Festival with 5 NFB films in the running. Check out some trailers and clips here. See you at the fest!
NFB Education Heads to India!
The NFB Education team heads to India to teach 4 iPad animation workshops at the Chinh India Kids' Film Festival.
DOXA Connexions: The Black Market
This post was written by one of the young women participating in the 2011 Kris Anderson DOXA Youth Connexions Forum, as part of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. “Connexions” is...
DOXA Connexions: Justice Forum at DOXA (The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: An Urban History)
This post was written by one of the young women participating in the 2011 Kris Anderson DOXA Youth Connexions Forum, as part of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. “Connexions” is...
DOXA Connextions: A Mixed Bag of Nuts
This post was written by one of the young women participating in the 2011 Kris Anderson DOXA Youth Connexions Forum, as part of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. “Connexions” is...
6 NFB films selected for Hot Docs 2011
Hot Docs, America’s largest documentary festival, selected and announced the 2011 line-up last week. Some 200 films garnered the attention of the festival’s programmers and the NFB will make a...
imagineNATIVE and the NFB seek proposals for digital media projects
We’ve joined forces with the good people at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival to gather proposals from Canadian Aboriginal artists for outspoken, cutting-edge and socially relevant digital media...