Propaganda cinema at the NFB
Canada Carries On! Just six months after its creation, the National Film Board was faced with a major challenge. With the start of the Second World War, production would...
Q&A with director Garry Beitel on documentary filmmaking
Blogger Julie Matlin interviews director Garry Beitel about the world of documentary filmmaking.
Animator Cordell Barker and the Canada CODE Challenge
Animator/filmmaker Cordell Barker serves as this week's Canada CODE Challenger. To find out what this means, keep reading.
Behind the Camera: The ABCs of Documentary Cinema
Behind the Camera - a website devoted to the ABCs of documentary filmmaking.
WhoWeAre.ca
A quick peek at WhoWeAre.ca, a web-based project intended to show the world what Canada's made of.
Watch: Errol Morris talk about interviewing Robert McNamara
Former US Defense Secretary, Robert McNamara, died this morning at the age of 93. In these clips, Errol Morris talks about what it was like to interview McNamara for his...
A working definition of the “producer” title
Ever wonder what the difference is between an Executive Producer and a Producer? An Associate Producer and a Co-Producer? You have? You're not alone. Read on...
NFB Newsletter
Our newsletters offer hand-picked selections of our finest projects.
How the NFB makes films
An inside look at how the NFB develops and produces films and interactive digital content.
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...