Hothouse Catches New Indigenous Wave
The latest incarnation of Hothouse, the NFB’s world-renowned animation mentorship program, kicks off on February 18, fuelled by all the dynamism and vision of a new wave of Indigenous storytellers...
Posts Tagged “Jelena Popovic”
In the Frame: Five NFB Projects to Watch in 2019
2018 ended on a high note for the NFB. Two NFB productions have made it onto TIFF’s prestigious Top Ten list — Patrick Bouchard’s masterful stop motion animation The Subject...
Watch Bone Mother, Dale Hayward & Sylvie Trouvé’s gothic animation
What Baba Yaga wants: Animators Dale Haywood and Sylvie Trouvé craft gothic 3D-printed animation.
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.
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...
Animation sans frontières: Annecy and the NFB
The year was 1960. The place: Annecy, a historic town in the French Alps, where a group of local cinephiles were mounting the first competitive edition of the Annecy International...
Caterpillarplasty | The Botched and the Beautiful
Discover Caterpillarplasty, a mesmerizing and meticulously crafted tale of body modification, medical technology and transcendence by David Barlow-Krelina.
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...
Naked Island | PSAs for a New Era
Discover Naked Island, a series of 14 new super-short and incisive films that expose the dark underbelly of modern-day society.
Bedtime in the Balkans: Animation Goes into the Woods
“Through deep dark forest all day long, Hedgehog Hedge roams, proud and strong.” Like anyone who grew up in Sarajevo, NFB producer Jelena Popović and filmmaker Eva Cvijanović know Hedgehog’s...
Celebrate 100 Years of Women in Animation
We created a mini retrospective that highlights 100 invaluable years of work by women in animation, here at the NFB and abroad.
Producing Producers
Producing the Animation Studio producers is only a bit different from producing films - and perhaps even a bit more fun and interesting!