Revisit WWI’s History Through Rose’s Notebook (7/10)
Discover Rose’s Notebook. This historical series follows Rose Dubois, a young French Canadian archivist. She describes her daily life and her thoughts as World War I is unfolding.
Posts Tagged “Newfoundland”
Photo Friday | Colin Low’s Fogo Island In Colour
Travel to magical Fogo Island with these never-seen-before photos shot by legendary NFB filmmaker Colin Low in 1967.
Photo Friday | High Tide in Newfoundland
Photo Friday! Discover a series of stunning black-and-white photographs documenting the fishing industry in Newfoundland in the mid-1950s.
Watch 5 Newly Released Docs on NFB.ca
Good news! You can now watch over 60 new films on NFB.ca for free!
Photo Friday | Young, Wild and Free: Hanging Out With Fogo’s Children
Fogo is an island that lies off the northeast coast of Newfoundland, in the Atlantic Ocean. Though only about 25 km long and 14 km wide, the island has always...
Welcome to Canada: Based on the real story of Tamil refugees in 1986
A look at the feature film Welcome to Canada which is based on the real story of Tamil refugees found adrift off the coast of Newfoundland in 1986.
A Newfoundland Cinema?
Newfoundland is a place with history, and lots of it. In the same way that Canada saw the need to produce its own cinema as a way of resisting assimilation by its neighbour to the south, Newfoundlanders felt compelled to tell their own big screen stories.
Interactive Gets Fresh: Newfoundland’s Local Food Scene
Living on an isolated island in the North Atlantic tends to foster a degree of resourcefulness, and Newfoundlanders know a thing or two about food self-sufficiency. Long before there was...
Canadian Band Hey Rosetta! Release Fogo Sessions
Discover and watch Fogo Sessions, Canadian band Hey Rosetta's new performance video inspired by the NFB's trailblazing Fogo Process films.
Hard Light now available for download
This week, the film Hard Light, based on Michael Crummey’s book of the same name, was released on NFB.ca as a digital download. Michael Crummey, for those who might not...
David Blackwood retrospective at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Last week, my colleague Julie had lunch with Matt Forsythe, a guy who used to be part of our web team before flying the coop to be an awesome illustrator...
Fogo Island Adventure!
It was with much excitement and curiosity that fellow workshop facilitator Gilles Roy and I left Toronto and Montreal, respectively, embarking on a journey of two flights, one car trip...