#MyNFB: Pugs, Paranoia and Pie!
If you’re anything like me, whenever you find yourself staring down the infinite possibilities of a search bar, you inevitably end up typing the word “pug” and hitting “enter.”
Resurrecting Gertie the Dinosaur
Through the combined efforts of the Cinémathèque québécoise and the NFB, with support from the University of Notre Dame, an animated film once thought lost—Gertie, by Winsor McCay—has been brought back to life, adding a new page to the history of animation.
A Fine Day in Masset: Christopher Auchter Revisits Crucial Moment in Haida Renaissance
It was a fine day in Masset: August 22, 1969. For the first time in living memory a traditional totem pole was being raised in the community. Surrounded by their...
Director’s Notes: Robert Moberg and Way of the Hunter
I grew up in the 1960s in rural Alberta, on a small farm near the town of Rocky Mountain House. My father had to provide for a large family of four adults and seven kids, and hunting in the nearby woods was a large part of how he did it.
NFB Pause: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski talk Gymnasia
Discover Clyde Henry Productions' GYMNASIA, a VR/Stop-Motion animation experience. Made in collaboration with Felix and Paul Studios and the NFB.
Shannon Amen: Chris Dainty’s Animated Elegy
Requiem in ice: Ottawa animator Chris Dainty remembers artist Shannon Jamieson.
If These Walls Could Talk: 7 Portraits Of The NFB
Before our headquarters moves, we wanted to immortalize people and places that shaped the NFB. Explore this series of portraits by Stephan Ballard.
#MyNFB: Call for Blog Posts
Are you passionate about cinema and interactive projects and are fond of the NFB? Again this year we're seeking one-off contributing authors for our blog.
Blake, The Hobo of the Skies | Curator’s Perspective
The 1969 Oscar nominated short film Blake follows Blake James, a free spirit who flies in his homebuilt biplane across Canada.
Eight participants chosen for Otherly—the NFB and POV Spark’s new program for innovative non-fiction Instagram Stories
The NFB and POV Spark have announced the eight participants in Otherly—a partnership that sets out to help define creative non-fiction storytelling in the age of mobile and ephemeral media.
Call for Applications | New identities: An Israel/Canada international coproduction partnership in digital creation
The Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, the Makor Foundation for Israeli Films, the Canada Media Fund, the National Film Board of Canada, the Haifa International Film Festival, Hub Montréal and Xn Québec wish to push the limits of new forms of narration and foster new conversations about identity.
The First Indigenous-made Film I Ever Saw
The very first Indigenous-made film I saw was Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child by Alanis Obomsawin, and it was the first time I felt that a filmmaker could understand Indigenous social-political issues.