Canada Vignettes: Essential Canadiana, eh!
The Canada Vignettes have become a treasure of Canadian nostalgia. Here is how the project came to be.
New HIGHRISE documentary takes form to new heights
by Katerina Cizek I used to dislike highrise buildings. I would drive by them, without much thought, and dread the elevator when I actually had to go inside. These days,...
Toronto: Final Stop on the NFB Tour
NFB head Tom Perlmutter is wrapping up a cross-country tour with one more stop in Toronto. Tom is holding town hall style meetings with Canadians to find out what matters...
Unikkausivut – Sharing our Stories launches in Iqaluit, Nunavut
* Photo, from left to right: Tom Perlmutter, Eva Aariak, Christopher Duschenes, Claude Joli-Coeur and Julie Huguet. On Monday, we launched Unikkausivut – Sharing our Stories, at Nunavut’s Legislative Building in...
Unikkausivut – Sharing our Stories launches in Iqaluit, Nunavut
* Photo, from left to right: Tom Perlmutter, Eva Aariak, Christopher Duschenes, Claude Joli-Coeur and Julie Huguet. On Monday, we launched Unikkausivut – Sharing our Stories, at Nunavut’s Legislative Building in...
Postcard from Iqaluit, Nunavut
On Saturday afternoon, I went for a little stroll around Iqaluit. I love the North, I love walking, and I love taking photos. So you can imagine my delight at...
Tracing the lines of identity: an impromptu conversation about Inuit face tattoos
I’m in Iqaluit. There is snow on the ground and the sun sets around 4, but it doesn’t feel very cold, perhaps because of the very warm people we are...
Soldier Brother creator Kaitlin Jones on siblings and war
I have only one sibling, a younger brother named Paul. I can’t imagine life without him. From our earliest childhood (I remember climbing into his crib at 4 – he...
Inuit audiovisual legacy project Unikkausivut – Sharing our Stories kicks off in Ottawa
On Wednesday November 2, the NFB and its many partners (including the Inuit Relations Secretariat of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Government of Nunavut’s Depatment of Education) launched...
World Premiere of The Van Doos in Afghanistan on NFB.ca
This post is a translation from French. You can see the original post here. *** Edited on November 11, 2011: Due to overwhelming demand, especially on ONF.ca, we have decided...
Tell the stories of objects that surround you with the BARCODE.tv rally
The following is a guest post by Anne-Marie Lavigne. * cet article est aussi disponible en français BARCODE.tv invites you to dive into the world of the objects that surround...
BARCODE.tv – From a Rubik’s cube to the Canadian Space Program
The following is a guest post by Anne-Marie Lavigne * This post is a translation. BAR CODE hinges on the concept of “mining” everyday objects for the stories they harbour....