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Montrealers! Join us on June 30 for a free session on Financing Your Short Film!

On June 30, up here at the NFB in Montreal, we’ll be hosting the last knowledge-sharing event of Hothouse 6. It’s a panel we’re calling “Financing Your Short Film!”, because yes, it is possible to finance short films in Canada...

Behind the scenes of the animated short Higglety Pigglety Pop!

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/higglety_pigglety_pop_clip_1/ Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life is an animated short based on the book by renowned children’s author, Maurice Sendak. The film, directed by Chris...

The Socalled Movie hits the big screen

After premiering at Hot Docs in May, and becoming available for “rental” on Youtube in the US, The Socalled Movie has come home to roost. The Socalled Movie, Garry Beitel’s...

Art and Design: The Process for Claire Blanchet’s “The Interview”

This guest post was written by Claire Blanchet, director and animator of the latest Work For All film, The Interview. I loved Jean-Hervé Désiré’s concept for the film, rooted in...

How amendments to the Canadian Copyright laws affect you

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/rip-remix-manifesto/ There’s been a lot of talk lately about Bill C-32, the DMCA and all things having to do with copyright. For obvious reasons, it’s a very hot button issue,...

10 NFB films selected for Zagreb’s Animafest

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/the_trenches_trailer_3/ 10 of our animation films have been selected for competition at the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Short Film which starts tomorrow in Zagreb, Croatia, and will last until...

The Tree That Remembers: Hope Wins Out Over Everything

I recently had the chance to talk to filmmaker Masoud Raouf about his documentary The Tree That Remembers, a film that I feel everyone should see.

Lunch with Colin Low

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/children_of_fogo_island/ The NFB, in partnership with the Shorefast Foundation, will soon launch an e-cinema on the Atlantic island of Fogo, northeast of Newfoundland. An all-digital community theatre, the Fogo Island...

A Time There Was: Using documentary film to come to terms with your past

This guest post was written by filmmaker Donald McWilliams. oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/time_there_was_stories_from_the_last_days/ On June 1st, Kenyans throughout the world celebrate Madaraka Day, a commemoration of that day in 1963 when Kenya won...

5 films at the Worldwide Shorts Festival in Toronto

The Worldwide Short Film Festival takes place in Toronto from June 1 – 6. This year, the NFB has 5 films screening at the festival, including Runaway, which is included...

Everything you need to know about using copyrighted material in your documentary film

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/hd/rip_a_remix_manifesto/ The Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) released a set of guidelines last week that help filmmakers make sense of how to use copyrighted materials in their films. The Guidelines...

Playing It Safe wins Rosie Award

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/playing_it_safe_circles/ The NFB’s Playing it Safe web documentary project won a Rosie for Best Digital Program or Project at the 2010 Alberta Film & Television Awards, held on May 15th....