Documentary filmmaking from the inside out
Since I started this series, I’ve been asked a lot of questions about making documentary films, which makes sense considering the NFB is very fertile stomping ground for many well-known...
Inside the Vault Part 2: How the NFB restores and digitizes its collection
Blogger Julie Matlin explains how the NFB restores and digitizes its collection.
How To: Making a Great Animation Channel
NFB animation producer Michael Fukushima reviews Clare Kitson's book, British Animation: The Channel 4 Factor.
How to watch our films on Boxee
We are on Boxee The National Film Board of Canada now has a Boxee channel. That’s over 1000 NFB animated and documentary films, clips and trailers you can watch through...
Inside the Vault: How the NFB preserves its collection
Blogger Julie Matlin goes on a tour of the NFB vaults to answer questions about how the NFB film collection is preserved.
How to break into the film business
Updated to add: This post was written a decade ago, and while the information below is still 100% valid, other options have entered the field that help emerging filmmakers, like...
5 Great Blogs by Filmmakers
Objectified by Gary Hustwit Gary Hustwit (Helvetica) is great at creating interesting conversation during the lull of preproduction and production and then using the blog to generate awareness of...
An Insider’s Guide to the Canadian Film Industry
Before joining the NFB Web team, I worked in the feature film industry for close to 15 years. I started at the very bottom, doing free production assistant (PA) work...
Waterlife: Catch the wave
Waterlife opens in theatres today in Toronto at the Varsity and Canada Square. Celebrate World Environment Day by watching this film about the last great fresh water supply on earth.
Vote for the next NFB T-shirt design
Have you seen our Retro NFB T-shirts and Street Musique t-shirts? We’re going to make more… Our designers came up with 8 T-shirt designs but we’re only going to print...
Exploring the CODE
The NFB is one of the partners of Canada CODE, this grassroots digital collection of thoughts and photographs by Canadians about their daily lives and experiences. Since I work for...
6 Blogging Tips for Filmmakers
Blogging is an excellent tool for filmmakers, both to generate interest in the early stages of production and to publicize the film upon its release. Here are a few tips...