NFB Tour: Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
On Thursday afternoon, we left Windsor and made our way to Kitchener, a couple hours away by car. The evening meeting was to be held at the Tannery District’s digital...
NFB Tour: Windsor, Ontario
Against all odds, our pre-dawn flight left Timmins on time. The previous night, the taxi driver who drove me to my motel told me that the weather forecasts were so...
Filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming talks about how to tell someone else’s story
The following is a guest post by Ann Marie Fleming. oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/i_was_child_holocaust_survivors_clip_2/ This is the second post from Ann Marie Fleming, who is at DOK Leipzig with her film I Was...
imagineNATIVE and the NFB seek proposals for digital media projects
We’ve joined forces with the good people at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival to gather proposals from Canadian Aboriginal artists for outspoken, cutting-edge and socially relevant digital media...
Get Animated! kicks off Oct. 28 with free screenings and animation workshops across Canada
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/higglety_pigglety_pop_trailer/ Next Thursday is International Animation Day and the NFB is marking the occasion with a series of free screenings, master classes and activities – from coast to coast. Get...
Get Animated: Hothouse 6 in 3D at the NFB Mediatheque
The following is a guest post by Tanya Koivusalo. oehttp://www.onf.ca/film/hothouse_6_behind_the_scenes/ The fourth edition of Get Animated!, the NFB’s annual celebration of International Animation Day, is right around the corner, and...
Landing in Dresden in a Dash-8
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/playlists/i-was-child-holocaust-survivors/viewing/i_was_child_holocaust_survivor_clip_1/ Filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming is at DOK Leipzig in Germany, presenting her film I Was A Child of Holocaust Survivors. She has graciously agreed to write some guest posts...
Animator Dale Hayward talks about getting his foot in the door at the NFB
I love a good feel-good story. You know, the stories where passionate, hard-working people follow their hearts and good things happen and hope triumphs, for a change? This story is...
The NFB’s Highrise project unveils its new interactive web documentary, Out My Window
Note: This post was written by guest blogger and director Kat Cizek. It will also appear at the IDFA DocLab blog. *** Today we launch our major NFB HIGHRISE project,...
Holy Mountain: A city’s landmark or a spirtual experience?
Holy Mountain is a new interactive web documentary that looks at our relationship with the sacred through the city’s landmark, Mount Royal (aka the Mountain). I think it’s safe to...
Animation Open House at the NFB studio in Montreal on October 25
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/my_grandmother_ironed_the_king_shirts/ On Monday, October 25, the NFB will be hosting an Animation Open House. From 1 pm to 5 pm, the studio will open its doors to the public at...
A coffee shop chat with filmmaker Paul Cowan
Paul Cowan is a Canadian filmmaker who spent many years working at the NFB. He retired from the Film Board in 2009, after directing Paris 1919, a film adaptation of...