Gone Curling: A Winter Tale | Curator’s Perspective
Two National Film Board of Canada films on Curling are highlighted including the hilarious Gone Curling directed by John Howe.
Posts Tagged “Saskatchewan”
Now Online: Watch Ride, a portrait of a future rodeo champion
Watch young Liam Marshall as he trains to become a bareback bronc champion as he carries the tradition of rodeo into the next generation.
Giv’em a Half Turn | On the Road with Swift Current’s Infamous 3-Ton Buffalo
Follow a 3-ton wooden buffalo sculpture as it makes its way across Saskatchewan in the summer of 1977 in Giv'em a Half Turn, a charming 10-min doc about eccentric Prairie artist Russell Yuristy.
Photo Friday | All Eyes on the Prairies
The Canadian Prairies are just stunning, and it’s no wonder the NFB has enjoyed trailing its cameras over its grassy lands decade after decade. Check out some of the finest Prairie pictures in...
Little Animation on the Prairie | Watch 5 Free Shorts About Canadian Prairie Life
With The Grasslands Project launching later this week, we’ve been dreaming of Canada’s big, bold Prairie provinces lately. A production of the North West Studio, Grasslands is a community-inspired initiative to...
Back at the Ranch: The Grasslands Project
Few motorists speeding along the straight stretch between Regina and Calgary ever venture off the Trans Canada Highway to explore the grasslands to the south. “It’s off the beaten track,...
Saskatchewan as seen through the NFB lens
Discover films produced by the National Film Board of Canada on Saskatchewan and its people including Joe Fafard, Andrew Suknaski and Tommy Douglas.
By the Time We Get to Radville
The Prairies called — and the NFB answered. A small team from the Northwest Studio recently completed an 8-day road trip across the southern prairie grasslands — a journey that...
Curling Fever | Watch Gone Curling on NFB.ca
Sweep! Sweep! Sweep! Travel to Eston, Saskatchewan, with this vintage comedy short that zooms in on a unique and truly Canadian sport: curling.
The NFB’s 5 Biggest Box Office Successes
I am absolutely fascinated by the nuts and bolts of film distribution. I am doubly interested in theatrical distribution and why some films do well while others do not. So...
Focus on the Prairies: The West TV Series
The story behind the West television series.
NFB Tour – Regina
We were driven from Saskatoon to Regina by a very nice man called Amin (“You know, like when you’re praying,” he said, gently covering his face with both palms. I...