The brilliance of Canadian women animators today and in the past is being recognized at the 50th Annie Awards in Hollywood.
Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis’s acclaimed National Film Board of Canada (NFB) production The Flying Sailor has been nominated for Best Animated Short Subject.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) was saddened to learn that long-time NFB employee and animation champion Hélène Tanguay died on January 7, 2023.
Vancouver filmmaker lori lozinski’s short doc A Motorcycle Saved My Life will make its Vancouver Island premiere at the 2023 Victoria Film Festival, February 3 to 12.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just announced that Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis’s acclaimed National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short The Flying Sailor is one of 15 films shortlisted for this year’s Oscar for Animated Short Film. Link to the Academy press release: bit.ly/3hLytV0
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be part of the prestigious Young Audience competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival with the brand-new film HARVEY, directed by Janice Nadeau.
Tanya Tagaq and Chelsea McMullan’s National Film Board of Canada (NFB) feature-length documentary Ever Deadly is screening in Canadian cinemas beginning January 20, distributed by the NFB.
Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis’s multi-award-winning animated short The Flying Sailor is headed to the 2023 Sundance Film Festival (January 19–29), as this National Film Board of Canada (NFB) production continues a stellar festival run.
Three works by National Film Board of Canada (NFB) filmmakers have been named to this year’s edition of Canada’s Top Ten—an annual list of the country’s finest short and feature-length films, announced by the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on December 8.
Nathalie Cloutier, Executive Producer at the NFB’s Quebec, Canadian Francophonie and Acadian Documentary Studio, is pleased to announce that Calgary-based Marie-France Guerrette Dempsey has been appointed to the position of Canadian Francophonie Producer.
Soon entering its second week at Cineplex Cinemas Dieppe, where it opened on December 2, Phil Comeau’s latest feature documentary, L’Ordre secret (The Secret Order), will open at five other theatres in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on Friday, December 9.
From December 9 to 12, 2022, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Telefilm Canada are joining forces to present Green Space, a series of film screenings, virtual reality (VR) experiences and panel discussions, all free of charge, as part of the official cultural programming of COP15 in Montreal.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) would like to congratulate Quebec women’s film pioneer Mireille Dansereau on winning the 2022 Albert Tessier Award.
In December and January, more films than ever will be available free of charge on nfb.ca, with a captivating selection from various NFB studios across the country, just in time for the holidays—and for a while after
The unveiling of SPHERES (2020) took place at the NFB on Wednesday, November 23. This work of public art was created by famed industrial designer Michel Dallaire, in honour of animation master Norman McLaren.
We are delighted with the appointment of Suzanne Guèvremont as the new Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada, following an announcement by the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage.