“The Misery of Others”: The Ethics of Filming People on the Edge
* This is a guest post by Oisin Curran, web writer for the web doc Here At Home. More on this topic on the Here At Home blog. In a...
Rent or Download Pink Ribbons Inc.
Our feature documentary about the business of breast cancer fundraising is now available for download and rental. After opening at TIFF, to enthusiastic reviews, and screening across the nation, Léa...
Great Fall for Film in Canada’s Public Libraries
The NFB Film Club has just announced its autumn program and it looks like libraries from coast to coast are poised for a fun and film-filled fall. The Film Club...
Open Casting Call for First Nations/Aboriginal Youth
Our friend and NFB alumnus Aisling Chin-Yee (The Colour of Beauty) is producing a new feature film (alongside John Christou) and you could be in it. The film, titled Rhymes...
What’s Black and White and Shocking All Over?
Either you’re cutting edge or you’re not. A full 10 years (ten years!) before Hollywood deigned to tackle the hot-button issue of interracial marriage with Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,...
Here At Home: An Interactive Window into a Radical Canadian Experiment
Most of us living in cities routinely cross paths with the homeless. Faced with their hardship, we can’t help but wonder: Who are these people? How did they end up...
Annecy 2012: 2 Winners and a Nominee
* This post is a translation. Read the original here. The Annecy International Animated Film Festival is the oldest and biggest event of its kind. Bringing together film professionals from...
Road Movie: An interview with Elle Flanders
*UPDATE (14 June. 2012)* After remarked appearances at TIFF and the Berlinale, Road Movie is hitting the Prairies. From July 6 to August 18, 2012, the film installation will be...
Jets, Floatplanes and Bombers: 15 NFB Films about Planes
I love airplanes. When I was a young and innocent 20-something, I took a job as a flight attendant with Air Creebec, a Native-owned airline that services Cree communities in Northern Quebec and Ontario. It was grand.
What on Earth: Science fiction satire at its funniest
I have a confession to make. I love old science-fiction films from the 1950s. I love the space exploration films. I love the mad-scientist-creates-a-monster films, but most of all I...
Bravo celebrates the cream of Canada’s performing arts crop
Since 2008, the NFB has been producing short film paying tribute to recipients of Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards. Founded in 1992, the Awards are Canada’s most prestigious honour in...
Trippy File: The India Trip
Welcome to Pondicherry, a town rife with yoga tourists and bright-eyed Westerners who've come to settle in neighbouring Auroville, an utopian community guided by the Mother, a 94 year-old woman from France.