Friday staff pick: CBQM
* This is a guest post by NFB intern and emerging Métis filmmaker, Sarah Hager. As the newest intern at the Pacific and Yukon Centre, I’ve decided to completely immerse...
Watch the Annie Awards live on Saturday, Feb. 4 on NFB.ca
On Saturday, February 4 at 7 pm (pacific time), the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, will present the 39th Annual Annie Awards in Los Angeles, California and this year, we’re...
Black History Month: 45 Canadian libraries to offer free screenings of Mighty Jerome
The film Mighty Jerome, by Charles Officer, will be shown at free screenings throughout Black History Month this February at more than 45 libraries across the country. Some of the...
Pink Ribbons, Inc: Breast cancer and cause marketing
Next week our latest doc Pink Ribbons, Inc. opens in theatres across Canada. We’ve written about the film several times here, and we’ve been talking about it for months. It’s...
One Oscar nomination is good, but two is better!
Yesterday, the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards were announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles, and lo and behold, the NFB was nominated twice! Hurray, hurrah! 2012, it turns...
Catch Léa Pool’s Pink Ribbons, Inc. in a theatre near you starting February 3rd, 2012
After premiering at TIFF, where it was named one of the TOP 10 films, Léa Pool‘s much anticipated film on the “industry of breast cancer”, Pink Ribbons, Inc., opens in...
How to make a cardboard tripod for your iPad
Four days after we launched Pixstop, our new and terrific stop-motion application, a reader called Pierre Durand left us a comment on the blog. In his message, Pierre said (in...
Theatrical shorts at the NFB: Cornet at Night
Once upon a time in movie theatres across North America, a short film (or two) would precede the main feature. Sadly, this practice has gone the way of the dinosaur....
Sidebar banners now available for Pink Ribbons, Inc.
[The image above features members of the IV League, a stage 4 cancer support group based in Austin, Texas.] On February 3, our new documentary Pink Ribbons, Inc. opens in...
Pink Ribbons Inc.: The people behind the film
*Photo: Filmmaker Léa Pool (3rd from left) on set. Photo credit: Nancy Guérin. Following is a short bio of each person who appeared in the film Pink Ribbons Inc., a...
Want to create stop-motion films? We made an app for that!
There’s just no stopping the NFB’s web developers. Hot on the heels of the NFB Films iPhone, iPad, Android and PlayBook mobile apps, our devoted developers has come up with...
Making music for animation: A masterclass with Luigi Allemano
A while back, we shared with you a handful of quick tips for making music for your animation films. The tips had been carefully prepared by composer Luigi Allemano, who...