Free Socalled show and screening in Parc Lafontaine August 4th
Remember Socalled? If you’re a fan and happen to live in or around Montreal, you’re in for a treat. An outdoors treat at that. (Ah, isn’t summer sweet.) Next Thursday...
Montreal Remix: a film contest for Montreal lovers
Okay so this is cool. After Paris Remix (2008) and Berlin Remix (2009), INA (Institut national de l’audiovisuel) and the NFB, in collaboration with Dailymotion, introduce Montreal Remix, a contest...
Roddy McManus to head NFB Animation Studio
Our English-language Animation Studio will soon have a new executive producer. Starting August 8, Roddy McManus will succeed veteran animation producer David Verrall as head of our Montreal-based animation studio....
Focus on the Prairies: The West TV Series
The story behind the West television series.
3 films to celebrate World Listening Day
A couple weeks back, a person who commented on a film on NFB.ca alerted us to the existence of World Listening Day. (By the way we really love it when...
Get your freak on, Fantasia is here
Freaks and geeks take note, the event Quentin Tarantino once called “the most important and prestigious genre film festival on this continent” is kicking off tomorrow. The Fantasia International Film...
Welcome to God’s Lake Narrows
This is a guest post by Gisèle Gordon, a multimedia artist, writer and programmer (Hot Docs, imagineNATIVE) based in Toronto. In 1996 she co-founded the film production company Urban Nation...
Satellites of the Sun: The Wonders of Earth and Space
What are 1685 Toro and 3753 Cruithne?
Read this post to find out.
Celebrate Canada Day with the NFB
Tomorrow is Canada Day (yay!) and the NFB has a few ideas to celebrate this wonderful place we call home. The first is a Canada Day film selection we put...
The Besnard Lakes to release EP based on Welcome to Pine Point score
Montreal husband-and-wife indie-rock duo The Besnard Lakes announced they will soon release a 12-inch vinyl titled You Lived in the City based on their score for the interactive projet/web doc/”liquid...
NFB wins Award for Excellence in Interactive Programming
Most people know us for our films, but the NFB is increasingly gaining attention for its interactive productions. At the Banff World Media Festival earlier this month, the NFB received...
John Law and the Mississippi Bubble: The Madness of Crowds
When most people think about Richard Condie’s films, his classic Oscar-nominated short The Big Snit (1985) immediately springs to mind. While I agree that it is brilliant, I prefer his...