Sneak a Peek at Rae Spoon’s My Prairie Home
We’re releasing a documentary-musical about transgender musician and author Rae Spoon this fall and we have a wee excerpt to share with you. The film, titled My Prairie Home, is a...
Horse Drawn Magic: Open-Air Theatre in Western Canada
Imagine travelling through the countryside on wagons pulled by a team of Clydesdale horses and stopping in small towns to perform a play. This is the premise of Horse Drawn...
Guy Maddin Discusses Montreal, Dreams and His New Seances Project
Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin arrived in Montreal earlier this month to tackle an ambitious feat: the filming of 12 short films in 13 days. The shoot was part of Seances,...
Under the Midnight Sun: Watch 3 Films About Inuit Summer Life
The Canadian Arctic is not a place most of us know too well. What’s up there, really? We imagine vast white expanses, ice floes bobbing around, the odd snowmobile or...
Watch 4 Films About Kids and Music
Everyone knows music is good for kids. Music helps children develop language skills, listening skills and even math skills. Music promotes children’s self-esteem, helps stimulate brain connections and relieves stress....
Megaphone: Light Up the City with Your Idea
For the past few years, Montreal has been humming with demonstrations, elections, resignations and commissions. Since the first stirrings of the so-called “Maple Spring,” (Printemps érable) and now that the...
NFB/interactive | How Do You Pray?
* This is a guest post by Shiraz Janjua, Associate Producer I admit it: I struggle with prayer. The month of Ramadan is coming up in the Islamic calendar, which...
Stampede Fever Forever: Watch 3 Films About Cowboys and Rodeos
Despite the fact its grounds and racetrack were recently under water, the 101st edition of the Calgary Stampede opened today as planned. Even as floodwaters from the nearby Elbow River...
The Hell Years: 4 Vintage NFB Films About Teenagers
These days, society has figured out pretty much all there is to figure out about teenagers. Sure, teens are reckless, awkward, sloppy and brimming with attitude. Sure, they’re a significant...
Guy Maddin to Shoot 12 Films in 13 Days in Montreal
After the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris in 2012, Guy Maddin is now setting his sights on the Phi Centre to film and bring to life his Seances, an entirely...
Flash William: A One-Man Movie Industry
One of the greatest aspects of my job is that I get to see pretty much every NFB film ever made. There is no better feeling than discovering a long-lost...
Hot Topics | Lighting Wizard Dedo Weigert Discusses Lighting for Documentary, Part 2
Recently, celebrated cinematographer and lighting system inventor Dedo Weigert dropped by the NFB’s Montreal headquarters for a day-long workshop on a topic dear to his heart: film lighting. During lunch,...