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3 NFB films presented at imagineNATIVE

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/vistas_button_blanket/ We are pleased to announce that 3 of our productions have been selected for presentation at the 11th imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. Based in Toronto, imagineNATIVE is...

The NFB Tour continues in Ontario on October 26

oehttp://gdp.nfb.ca/photo-essay/1338/toughing-it-out-in-timmins The above film, Toughing it out in Timmins, is a photo essay from the GDP project about the forestry industry in Timmins. *** Tom Perlmutter, head of the NFB,...

The NFB hits the road – and is coming to a city near you!

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/nfb-tour Tom Perlmutter, the head of the NFB, is heading out on a cross-Canada tour. The tour is meant to allow him, and the NFB, to connect with Canadians. He’ll...

Racing Thoughts in theatres for Mental Illness Awareness Week

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/racing_thoughts_trailer/ Louiselle Noël’s new film, Racing Thoughts is being screened in cities across Canada this week in conjunction with Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 3-9, 2010). In the film, Louiselle...

Royal Journey: The National Film Board’s first major hit

Royal Journey: The National Film Board’s first major hit

The story behind the making of Royal Journey, the NFB's first major box office hit.

Grain Elevator fervour

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/grain_elevator/ Part of my job involves putting films online. There’s a calendar (prepared by our Collection analysts) that I consult every week. It tells me what films are supposed to...

Behind the scenes: Hothouse 6

oehttp://www.onf.ca/film/hothouse_6_behind_the_scenes/ A while back I published a series of interviews with this year’s 6 Hothouse participants. As much as I believe in the power of words to evoke, I was...

7 films at the Vancouver International Film Festival

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/mighty_jerome_8/ This year, the NFB has 7 films showing at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) – 4 features and 3 shorts, including the world premiere of Charles Officer’s (Nurse.Fighter.Boy)...

How to finance your short film

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/hothouse_6_financing/ Back in June, we held a session at our Montreal headquarters on How to Finance Your Short Film as part of the Hothouse 6 emerging filmmaker program. It was...

Introducing Test Tube, NFB’s new interactive project featuring David Suzuki

Introducing Test Tube, NFB’s new interactive project featuring David Suzuki

The NFB recently launched Test Tube, a thought-provoking interactive project featuring David Suzuki. To better understand the project, its goals and its achievements we interviewed Loc Dao, Creative Technologist on...

17 NFB nominations for the 25th Annual Gemini Awards

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television recently announced its nominations for the 25th Annual Gemini Awards and the NFB obtained a whopping 17 nominations. Yippee! Nine distinct productions made...

Mi’gmaq artist Phyllis Grant talks about Waseteg, premiering tomorrow at the Atlantic Film Festival

I told you recently about 4 NFB productions that were selected at the Atlantic Film Festival. Among them was Waseteg, Phyllis Grant’s animated short film about a Mig’maq girl and...