Insomniacs Wanted
I’ve never suffered from insomnia (I’m touching wood as I write this), but I did work with a colleague who struggled with it for years. Every night she would go...
As Trippy As It Gets: Series 4
The absurd, it would appear, acts as a tonic for the mind. A recent study published in Psychological Science established that people who had read a particularly absurd and confusing...
How Avant-Garde NFB Filmmaker Arthur Lipsett Influenced Kubrick and Lucas
*The following is a translation. Read the French original here. Behind every work lies at least one source of inspiration – art that comes from a specific time and place,...
We Were Children: 2 Residential School Survivors Share Story in Powerful New Film
The following is a guest post from Lisa Meeches, executive producer of We Were Children. The film had its world premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) in October...
Download Jill Sharpe’s Doc on the Inner Lives of Painters Kahlo, O’Keefe and Carr
After having recently screened at the prestigious Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in New York City, Jill Sharpe’s documentary about the inner lives of 3 important modern painters, Frida...
Watch 6 Short Films from the 8th Edition of Hothouse
Every year, come early spring, 6 hand-picked animators descend upon the NFB to participate in Hothouse, the NFB’s program for emerging Canadian filmmakers. Though the “12-week paid apprenticeship in full-on...
4 Leonard Cohen Films on the Occasion of His 78th Birthday
Celebrate Leonard Cohen's 78th birthday with these 4 Leonard Cohen films.
Where Bear 71 Came From
The following is a guest post from filmmaker and creator Leanne Allison about the interactive documentary Bear 71. *** We’ve all heard of the “elevator pitch”—a 30-second sell of a...
Death of Roman Kroitor: Canada and the Film World Lose a Pioneer
Canadian and world cinema has lost a true giant, with the death yesterday of film pioneer and former NFB colleague Roman Kroitor. Born on December 12, 1926, in Yorkton, Saskatchewan,...
Frog Meets Mouse: Evelyn Lambart’s Mr. Frog Went A-Courting
Check out Evelyn Lambart's superb paper cutout animation about the unlikely entanglements of a frog and a pointy-snouted mouse.
Stunt Family: A Story About Daredevils
Lois Seigel’s documentary Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family (1978) paints a portrait of a family of stunt people working in the film industry. I was fortunate to get a chance to...
2 Films to Help You Quit Smoking (Maybe)
Like an idiot, I started cigarette smoking at 15. Considering the havoc that little habit went on to wreak on both my respiratory tract and financial assets, it would be...