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TIFF announces Canada’s Top Ten of 2010

Because it’s the end of the year and because we love lists at the NFB, I wanted to tell to you about this year’s Top 10 Canadian Films. Put together...

Discovering art through film

The following is a guest post from our former editor, Nancy Barr. oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/i_can_make_art_like_maud_lewis Hi! I’m filling in for Carolyne Weldon this week. I worked at the NFB for 10 years...

How to use technology as a tool for social change

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/seven_interventions_of_filmmaker-in-residence/ Today I put a small selection of films online from the Filmmaker-in-Residence box set. This project, which was led by filmmaker Katerina Cizek, is kind of like a modern-day...

Educators – have you tried mind mapping with NFB films?

Mind-mapping is a great way for students to organize ideas and the teaching guide that accompanies our Films for Change playlist explains how this is done. With the aid of...

Propaganda cinema at the NFB

Canada Carries On! Just six months after its creation, the National Film Board was faced with a major challenge. With the start of the Second World War, production would...

The NFB at IDFA

The International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) is the largest and most prestigious of all doc fests. This year, the NFB is showing four films in the Reflecting Images...