Top 20 Movies on NFB iPhone App
Since we released our iPhone app last year, we’re getting an increasing amount of mobile traffic watching NFB films. Here’s a snapshot of the top 20 films people are watching...
Nina Paley: A ‘Free’ Distribution Case Study
People talk a lot about the economics of giving content away for “free”, but only a few put that into action. And fewer still share their experiences with everyone so...
Beta site is live – Please let us know what you think…
Version 2.0 of the NFB website is now live. We’d love it if you could have a look at it and send us your feedback. For the user, the biggest...
16 Free iPhone Wallpapers from NFB Films
We made a bunch of free iPhone wallpapers from images from the NFB archives. Here they are… Note: To download an image on your iPhone, press and hold on the...
On Common Ground: Eliminating Child Poverty is something we can all agree on
The following is a guest post by Amy Stewart Gallant. Whenever I’m overwhelmed by contrast, by conflict, I contemplate one of my favourite lines, a string of words conjured...
Buster Keaton rides the rails in Canada
The production of The Railrodder starring Buster Keaton, Hollywood silent film icon.
3 animated shorts heading to Sundance
Cordell Barker, Bruce Alcock and David Coquard-Dassault head to the 2010 Sundance Film Festival with their animated shorts.
The NFB wins at the Canadian New Media Awards
The NFB was honoured this week with two awards at the Canadian New Media Awards which celebrates accomplishments of individuals and companies in the Canadian digital media industry. The NFB...
How to sell your content on the Web
The following is a guest post by Marie-France Côté. While at IDFA, I attended a WDE (world doc exchange) seminar with Wendy Bernfeld of Rights Stuff. Raised in Montreal but...
Join our in-house film experts as they present 2 of their NFB favourites
Albert Ohayon and Marc St-Pierre, our two in-house film experts, will be presenting the NFB archives and 2 of their favourite films (The Railrodder and This is Not Einstein) at...
Paying tribute to Gilles Carle, legendary Quebec film director
Gilles Carle passed away over the weekend. To many people outside the French-speaking population of Quebec, the name might not ring any bells. But it should. Gilles Carle was an...
Past NFB Heads Discuss the Purpose of the NFB
A really great and candid short film that interviews past Government Film Commissioners about what the NFB means to them. What is a Government Film Commissioner? From Wikipedia: As stipulated...