Hothouse sneaks its way into the Top 5
This week, the Hothouse 5 animated short Git Gob took the top spot in our Top 5 Films. The two creatures contemplating the nature of a hole were followed by...
Roadsworth: Crossing the Line clip plays on Boing Boing
Boing Boing Video has a 7-minute excerpt from Alan Kohl’s feature documentary, Roadsworth: Crossing the Line. It’s definitely worth checking out, and if you happen to be in the Austin,...
Guy Maddin and the NFB’s Night Mayor
Guy Maddin started production this week on Night Mayor, a short film he’s created for the NFB’s 70th anniversary. Mr. Maddin was reacquainted with the NFB’s body of work when...
RiP! A Remix Manifesto opens theatrically in Canada
Hot off the heels of a killer festival run, Brett Gaylor’s film RiP! A Remix Manifesto, about copyright and content creation in the digital age, will open theatrically in select...
Orange: Interview with filmmaker Sylvie Trouvé
We have recently posted a Hothouse 5 playlist that showcases the 1-minute animated shorts that resulted from this year’s Hothouse Emerging Filmmaker Program. One film in particular, Orange, is already...
The Strangest Dream goes on tour
Starting on March 4, Eric Bednarski’s documentary The Strangest Dream begins its national tour, showing in select theatres across Canada until April 10. The film is about Nobel Peace Prize-winning...
Heaven on Earth: DVD release and interview with director
Heaven on Earth has been hugely popular on this site since it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last September. Centring around Chand, a young Indian bride who emigrates...
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NFB Chairperson Tom Perlmutter named Person of the Week by La Presse
The popular French Montreal daily newspaper La Presse and Radio-Canada named NFB Chairperson and Government Film Commissioner Tom Perlmutter their person of the week. Each week, La Presse features a...
Battling over the Plains of Abraham
Almost 250 years ago, the fate of America was set during a brief but defining moment in the history of Canada – the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Right...
RiP: A Remix Manifesto screens at Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
Festival favourite RiP: A Remix Manifesto will screen at this year’s Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois as part of a workshop/panel discussion. RiP explores the issues of intellectual property in the...
Top 5 Films on NFB.ca
Over the past week, we’ve seen a couple of surprises in our Top 5 list. Coming in at #5 is John Law and the Mississippi Bubble – this new addition...
The NFB garners 6 nominations for the 2009 Genie Awards
This year, five NFB productions are up for a total of six awards at the 2009 Genies. Theodore Ushev’s Drux Flux and Claude Cloutier’s Sleeping Betty are both up for...