Montrealers! Win tickets to see Higglety Pigglety Pop
Win tickets to the premiere screening of Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
12-year-old reviews NFB iPhone app on YouTube
This morning, we’re loving this very thorough review of our iPhone app by Max, the enterprising young host of App Store Reviewers. Jump to about 1:50 to see his review,...
The inner workings of the NFB Archives
Many people don’t realize that here at the NFB, our films are the tip of the iceberg. We have thousands of hours of archival footage online and thousands more...
Demystifying Camera Terms: 7 camera moves explained
Last week, I wrote about different camera shots. This week I’m going to cover language that describes how the camera moves. Why the camera moves for a given shot is...
What makes a great documentary? Tips & advice from our filmmakers
Blogger Julie Matlin tries to answer the question, "What makes a great documentary?"
13 short films by Aboriginal filmmakers for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games
The following is a guest post by animation producer Michael Fukushima. oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/vistas_walk-in-the-forest/ For better or worse (you choose your own side ’cause I’ve got mine), the Winter Olympics spectacle only...
CBC interview about Hothouse, the NFB’s animation emerging filmmaker program
Animation producer Michael Fukushima recently did an interview with CBC Newfoundland about the NFB’s Hothouse program – a 12-week intensive paid animation apprenticeship for emerging filmmakers. You can listen to...
Demystifying Camera Terms: How to tell a Master from a Long Shot
Whether you’re walking onto set, reading a shooting script or grabbing a seat in the editing room, there’s a lot of film-specific terminology being thrown around. To that end, here’s...
Interview tips for documentary filmmaking
For those of you who are thinking of getting into documentary filmmaking or those of you who just want to brush up on your skills, here are some tips for...
Behind the scenes of Guy Maddin’s Night Mayor
oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/night_mayor_trailer/ We’ve just added 2 short films to NFB.ca about the making of Guy Maddin’s short film, Night Mayor (see below). The film, about a man who is thwarted in...
Black History Month
The following is a guest post by Aisling Chin-Yee. In celebration of Black History Month, take a look at Sobaz Benjamin‘s short film, Making It. The film looks at the...
Top 10 movies on NFB.ca last week
Here’s a list of our most popular films on the site last week. We finally put the Oscar-nominated animated short Madame Tutli-Putli online last week and it shot right to...