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Marta Pajek Concludes Impossible Figures Trilogy at NFB

Marta Pajek Concludes Impossible Figures Trilogy at NFB

A ticking clock. A cataclysmic bang. And then they just disappeared… In one deft flourish Marta Pajek plunges us into the richly imagined universe of Impossible Figures and Other Stories...

Hothouse Catches New Indigenous Wave

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...

Freaks of Nurture: Alexandra Lemay in the Dollhouse

Freaks of Nurture: Alexandra Lemay in the Dollhouse

Alexandra Lemay has a full line of creative hats in her artistic wardrobe — but ‘art director’ is one she wears with particular style and confidence. Currently at work on...

The Thin Red Line: New Animation from Torill Kove

The Thin Red Line: New Animation from Torill Kove

Few artists mine family lore with such aplomb as NFB animator Torill Kove. Her first short My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts, a fond and finely wrought tribute to her...

Bedtime in the Balkans: Animation Goes into the Woods

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...

My Heart Attack: The Beat Goes On

My Heart Attack: The Beat Goes On

It was a case of the World Wide Web unearthing treasure on the doorstep. It was late, after midnight, and Sheldon Cohen was online conducting an increasingly urgent search. Everything...

Want to participate in a 12-week paid animation apprenticeship at the NFB?

Want to participate in a 12-week paid animation apprenticeship at the NFB?

Attention all budding and blooming animators! Hothouse, our very own “12-week paid apprenticeship in full-on professional animation filmmaking” is once again calling for submissions. Things are shaping up to look...

70 Years of Animation, Part 2 – Norman McLaren

70 Years of Animation, Part 2 – Norman McLaren

*This post is a translation from French. You can see the original post here. In Part One, I mentioned that while the NFB initially lacked an animation department, by signing...