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Strong NFB presence at the 2009 Hot Docs Festival

This year, the NFB has an impressive eight films being presented at Hot Docs, along with the Spotlight on the NFB at 70 program and the Outstanding Achievement Award Retrospective for Canada's leading Aboriginal filmmaker, Alanis Obomsawin.

Cordell Barker’s Runaway heading to Cannes

Cordell Barker’s latest animated short, Runaway, is heading to Cannes for the 48th International Critics’ Week (May 14-22). The same man who brought us (my favourite) Strange Invaders and (everyone’s...

Paris 1919 heads to Hot Docs

Director Paul Cowan talks about the making of Paris 1919 as the films heads to Hot Docs 2009.

Roadsworth: Crossing the Line clip plays on Boing Boing

Boing Boing Video has a 7-minute excerpt from Alan Kohl’s feature documentary, Roadsworth: Crossing the Line. It’s definitely worth checking out, and if you happen to be in the Austin,...

RiP: A Remix Manifesto screens at Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois

Festival favourite RiP: A Remix Manifesto will screen at this year’s Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois as part of a workshop/panel discussion. RiP explores the issues of intellectual property in the...

Six NFB Films Featured at the 2008 Whistler Film Festival (WFF)

The Whistler Film Festival (WFF) kicks off this week and the NFB is proud to have six titles featured this year. Winner of the 2008 Dioraphte Audience Award at IDFA,...

Remixing Girl Talk

Brett Gaylor’s open-source documentary, RiP: A Remix Manifesto, on copyright and culture premiered last week in Montreal. The screening was an unqualified success and now the film is headed for...

Toronto International Film Festival Spotlight

This week is the opening of the Toronto International Film Festival. Not all of us are lucky enough to be there, but let’s take a look at what the NFB...