Hothouse 7: Eva Cvijanovic
The following is a guest post by Eva Cvijanovic. Even as s a kid growing up in a land far, far away, I was very fond of animation and I...
Posts Tagged “Montreal”
Rest in Peace, Bad News Brown
On February 11, 2011, Montreal musician, mentor and father Bad News Brown (born Paul Frappier) was found dead in an industrial area near the Lachine Canal. He was 33 years...
Ryan Larkin doc Ryan’s Renaissance to air on Bravo! as part of Great Canadian Bios series
Equal parts tragedy and triumph, Ryan Larkin‘s life story is the subject of a documentary titled Ryan’s Renaissance premiering tomorrow on Bravo! as part of the Great Canadians Bios biography series....
Ryan Larkin doc Ryan's Renaissance to air on Bravo! as part of Great Canadian Bios series
Equal parts tragedy and triumph, Ryan Larkin‘s life story is the subject of a documentary titled Ryan’s Renaissance premiering tomorrow on Bravo! as part of the Great Canadians Bios biography series....
How to Build an Igloo(fest)
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/How_to_Build_an_Igloo In Canada, we get winter. This means two things. It means a) we get it in the sense that it happens here. It also means b) we get it...
Holy Mountain: A city’s landmark or a spirtual experience?
Holy Mountain is a new interactive web documentary that looks at our relationship with the sacred through the city’s landmark, Mount Royal (aka the Mountain). I think it’s safe to...
39th edition of Festival du nouveau cinéma opens in Montreal Oct. 13
The Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) opens in Montreal next Wednesday, October 13. Dedicated to disseminating and developing new trends in the field of cinema and new media, the FNC...
Montreal in the 60s set to the music of Pink Floyd
Our designer, Mivil Deschênes, stumbled upon this little gem on a blog called Montreal State of Mind. It’s a mash up of old NFB archival material set to the music...
The NFB and World Fairs, pt. 1: Montreal and Expo 67
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/In_the_Labyrinth/ This is the first of a 4-part series documenting the NFB’s involvement with World Fairs, from Montreal to Shanghai. It was written by Marc St-Pierre, our French Collection analyst....
The Socalled Movie hits the big screen
After premiering at Hot Docs in May, and becoming available for “rental” on Youtube in the US, The Socalled Movie has come home to roost. The Socalled Movie, Garry Beitel’s...
Black History Month
The following is a guest post by Aisling Chin-Yee. In celebration of Black History Month, take a look at Sobaz Benjamin‘s short film, Making It. The film looks at the...
Social media celebrity Juliette Powell speaks in Montreal on Sunday, January 24
Juliette Powell, media entrepreneur and author of 33 Million People in the Room: How to create, influence and run a successful business with social networking will be speaking at the...