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NFB.ca streams Theodore Ushev’s Oscar-nominated animated short Blind Vaysha free of charge, from Feb. 19 to Oscar night, Feb. 26. Will this Canadian short take home Oscar gold? Watch it and decide for yourself!
As the Academy Awards approach, Canadians will be able to watch Theodore Ushev’s Oscar-nominated National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short Blind Vaysha free of charge at NFB.ca―starting February 19 right up to the Academy Awards on February 26―and then tune in to see if Canada takes home the Oscar.
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Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre’s animated short doc Oscar streams free on NFB.ca starting today.
Oscar, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre’s animated short documentary about the life of acclaimed jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, will be streaming free of charge on NFB.ca starting today. The film will also be screened this afternoon when the Oscar Peterson Award is presented at this year’s Montreal Jazz Festival, with the jazz great’s daughter, Céline Peterson, […]
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Oscar
Mixing animated sequences and archival footage, Oscar is a touching portrait of virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson at the twilight of an exceptional career, as he wistfully meditates on the price of fame and the impacts of the artist’s life on family life. From the young prodigy’s beginnings in Little Burgundy to his triumphs on […]
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THREE NFB FILMS TO SCREEN AT FESTIVAL DE CINÉMA DE LA VILLE DE QUÉBEC (FCVQ). Lineup includes an advance screening of Steve Patry’s Waseskun (NFB) and the Quebec premiere of Oscar, by Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre (MJSTP Films/NFB).
[…] de Québec (FCVQ), this time with an advance screening of the feature documentary Waseskun (NFB), directed by Steve Patry, and the Quebec premiere of the animated short Oscar (MJSTP Films/NFB), by Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre. In addition, Martin Bureau's documentary short L'enfer marche au gaz! (Hell Runs on Gasoline!, Spira/NFB) will screen in one of the […]
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NFB at Fantasia International Film Festival. Carol Beecher and Kevin D. A. Kurytnik’s Skin for Skin gets world premiere at Fantasia, screens in competition. Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre’s Oscar also on the program at this year’s Fantasia fest.
[…] spiritual reckoning in the early days of the North American fur trade, the film offers a new, mythical take on this period of Canadian history. Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre’s Oscar (MJSTP Films/NFB, in collaboration with Télé-Québec), an animated short doc about the great Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, has also been selected to screen at Fantasia—one […]
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Strong NFB lineup of 12 films at 2017 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois includes 9 titles in competition, an Oscar-nominated short, a world premiere and a Quebec premiere
[…] québécois (RVCQ) with 12 films, nine of which will be in competition. They include the animated short Vaysha l’aveugle (Blind Vaysha) by Theodore Ushev, nominated for an Oscar this year; the world premiere of the documentary short La dernière clé (The Last Key) by Julien Capraro, produced as part of the Tremplin competition by […]
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Three NFB co-productions shortlisted for the Best Animated Short Film Oscar. Affairs of the Art, Mauvaises herbes (Bad Seeds) and Comme un fleuve (Flowing Home) among the 15 films shortlisted.
[…] Art by Joanna Quinn and Les Mills (Beryl Productions International Ltd./NFB), Mauvaises herbes (Bad Seeds) by Claude Cloutier (L’Unité centrale/NFB) and Comme un fleuve (Flowing Home) by Sandra Desmazières (Les Films de l’Arlequin/NFB) — are among the 15 films shortlisted for this year’s Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. Link to the Academy press release: osca.rs/OscarsShortlists
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4th nomination for Academy Award winners Alison Snowden and David Fine with NFB animated short Animal Behaviour. 75th Oscar nod for the National Film Board of Canada—streaming free February 11 to 24!
The Vancouver-based Oscar-winning animation duo of Alison Snowden and David Fine has received another Academy Award nomination—for their hilarious new National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short Animal Behaviour, taking us inside a group therapy session for animals who grapple with issues not unlike like our own.
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Streaming on NFB.ca, Facebook and YouTube, NFB animated short Threads by Oscar-winning filmmaker Torill Kove available free online starting September 10.
On September 10, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will begin streaming the award-winning animated short Threads, by Oscar-winning filmmaker Torill Kove, free on-demand at NFB.ca, Facebook, and YouTube. A year after the film was selected to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the NFB is pleased to make this beautiful […]
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Vancouver filmmakers on display with B.C. premiere of Oscar winners Alison Snowden and David Fine’s Animal Behaviour and hometown debut of Jay Cardinal Villeneuve’s Holy Angels. Seven NFB documentary and animated films showcased at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival.
Works from Vancouver-based filmmakers headline a rich National Film Board of Canada (NFB) selection at the Vancouver International Film Festival (September 27–October 12), as Oscar winners Alison Snowden and David Fine’s Animal Behaviour and Jay Cardinal Villeneuve’s Holy Angels join a seven-film NFB lineup.
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78th Oscar nomination for an NFB film—1st for director Nisha Pahuja. Nisha Pahuja’s Notice Pictures/NFB co-production To Kill a Tiger nominated for Academy Award for Documentary Feature Film.
Nisha Pahuja’s Notice Pictures/National Film Board of Canada (NFB) co-production To Kill a Tiger has been nominated for the Oscar for Documentary Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
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US festival premiere of Torill Kove’s Mikrofilm/NFB animated short Maybe Elephants. SoCal audiences get three chances in October to see Oscar winner’s latest.
Oscar winner Torill Kove’s new Mikrofilm/National Film Board of Canada animated short Maybe Elephants makes its much-anticipated US debut this month at three southern California film fests: the Newport Beach Film Festival (Oct. 17–24), Animation Is Film (Oct. 18–20) and AFI FEST in Los Angeles (Oct. 23–27).
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79th Oscar nomination for an NFB film—2nd for the Montreal-based animation duo. Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski’s National Film Board of Canada short The Girl Who Cried Pearls nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
[…] Short Film at the 98th Academy Awards. The Montreal-based animation duo first captured global attention with their 2007 NFB short Madame Tutli-Putli, which earned them their first Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film. Quotes “We’re thrilled to be representing the country of Canada and the National Film Board of Canada at this year’s Academy Awards […]
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NFB SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION AT ANNECY INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL. Lineup includes highly anticipated return of Oscar-winning filmmakers Alison Snowden and David Fine, as well as Justine Vuylsteker’s Étreintes, the first film made using the “Épinette,” a restored French pinscreen-animation device.
[…] psychotherapist. Produced at the NFB by Michael Fukushima. Alison Snowden and David Fine are acclaimed filmmakers and TV-series creators who have won numerous awards and received three Oscar nominations. Bob’s Birthday garnered them the statue for Best Animated Short and led to the acclaimed series Bob and Margaret, one of Comedy Central’s highest-rated series and the highest-rated […]
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NFB excellence in documentary and animation showcased at St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival
[…] in the world. Alethea Arnaquq-Baril's award-winning feature documentary Angry Inuk (NFB/Unikkaat Studios/EyeSteelFilm) and Ann Marie Fleming's Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming (Stickgirl Productions/Sandra Oh/NFB) have been selected along with three NFB animated short films: Janice Nadeau's Mamie (Folimage/NFB), Wanda Nolan's Mystery of the Secret Room and Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre's Oscar (MJSTP Films/NFB).
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