Together, art and science can generate projects of almost limitless potential, mutually nurturing creation and research and pushing back the frontiers of experimentation and knowledge. This is the goal of a new partnership between the National Film Board of Canada’s Montreal-based Interactive Studio and Mila.
We’re very pleased to announce the appointment of Mélanie Brière to the position of Producer at the Montreal office of the Quebec, Canadian Francophonie and Acadian Documentary Studio.
More films than ever will be available for free streaming on nfb.ca in November, with a rich selection from various NFB studios around the country.
Directed by Luc Côté and Patricio Henriquez, the feature documentary Waiting for Raif will open in theatres in Montreal, Quebec City and Sherbrooke on November 4. Other cities may also be added.
The virtual reality work Plastisapiens, written and directed by Miri Chekhanovich and Édith Jorisch in collaboration with Dpt., will have its European festival premiere in the DocLab program at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), taking place in-person from November 9 to 20, 2022.
The NFB will have a strong presence at the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (FICFA), with two world premiere documentary screenings of films by Acadian directors: Phil Comeau’s L’Ordre secret (The Secret Order) and Georges Hannan’s Croque-mort. C’est beau la vie ! (Undertaker for Life!). Lynn Smith’s animated short What Rhymes with Toxic (Ce qui rime avec toxique) will also be presented. Several members of the NFB’s management, production and marketing teams will be available in person to meet with members of the public and francophone media-arts creators. The 36th edition of FICFA runs from November 10 to 18, 2022, in greater Moncton.
The Magical Caresses animated documentary series by Lori Malépart-Traversy, produced by the NFB, will be available free of charge across Canada on nfb.ca starting October 17. Consisting of five animated shorts that take a playful and uninhibited look at solo sexuality, the series has screened to acclaim on the national and international festival circuit.
The NFB returns to the Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (FCIAT) this year with two works: the documentary feature En attendant Raif (Waiting for Raif) by Luc Côté and Patricio Henriquez, co-produced with Macumba Média and having its world premiere at the festival, and the animated documentary series Caresses magiques (Magical Caresses) by Lori Malépart-Traversy. The 41st FCIAT takes place in Rouyn-Noranda from October 29 to November 3, 2022.
Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis’s National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short The Flying Sailor will make its much-anticipated US festival premiere this fall at the New York City Short Film Festival and AFI FEST in Los Angeles.
The feature-length documentary Unspoken Tears, directed by Hélène Magny and produced by the NFB, will be available to stream free of charge at nfb.ca as of today.
An ever-growing number of films will be available to stream for free on nfb.ca this October, including productions from the NFB’s various studios across the country.
The virtual reality experience This Is Not a Ceremony, created by Niitsitapi writer and director Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon), is now touring communities and festivals across Canada, giving more people the opportunity to experience this powerful and cinematic Indigenous VR work.
Audiences in Ontario will soon be able to enjoy Jeremiah Hayes’ powerful feature documentary Dear Audrey, when this acclaimed National Film Board of Canada/Cineflix/Jeremiah Hayes co-production opens at Ottawa’s Mayfair Theatre and Toronto’s Revue Cinema.
The Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (FICFA) has announced its initial selection of films, and among the titles are two NFB documentaries directed by Acadian filmmakers: L’Ordre secret (The Secret Order) by Phil Comeau and Croque-mort: C’est beau la vie! (Undertaker for Life!) by Georges Hannan, both of which will be having their world premieres.
Michelle Shephard’s heart-wrenching and provocative look at journalism, TVO Original The Perfect Story, is launching this fall with screenings in Calgary (September 24) and Toronto (October 5) ahead of a world broadcast premiere on TVO, TVO.org, YouTube and smart TV services on October 18. nfb.ca is also streaming the film for free starting November 1.