Director General of Creation and Innovation Julie Roy announced today that Chanda Chevannes is joining the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as Executive Producer of the Ontario Studio in Toronto.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has greenlit five new productions and co-productions.
One of the highlights of the upcoming slate of works is Jenny Cartwright’s feature-length documentary film La Course, which will follow four candidates through the 2022 Quebec general election, right up to election day on October 3.
From reconnecting with old friends, to getting new clothes and supplies, to having a new teacher, back to school can be an exciting time for students. This fall, the National Film Board of Canada is adding to that excitement with Media School—a new online filmmaking program for students between the ages of 13 and 18 to tell their story.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is saddened to learn of the death of filmmaker Gerald Potterton (1931–2022), who died at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital in Cowansville, Quebec, on the evening of Tuesday, August 23, at the age of 91.
The 2022 FIN Atlantic International Film Festival will showcase a stellar selection of five National Film Board of Canada (NFB) films, packed with emotion, courage and wonder.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has put together a diverse and exciting range of content for audiences going back to work and school! Besides the new projects streaming for free on nfb.ca starting in September, including the world premiere of the Alambic animated shorts collection, several documentaries will be screening free of charge at Montreal’s Maisons de la culture as part of the ONF à la Maison (NFB at les Maisons) program, a new digital work will be available to experience in person, and students all over Canada will be able to try their hand at digital storytelling with the online Media School workshop. This wide-ranging offer is in addition to the more than 5,500 titles already available on nfb.ca, along with our collection of some one hundred interactive works, almost all of which are available for free online viewing. Dive in today!
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) selection at this year’s Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF) will feature an impressive array of Alberta filmmakers and stories, and works by Indigenous creators.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) selection at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), taking place September 8 to 18, will feature compelling documentary and animated storytelling from some of Canada’s most distinguished creators.
This August, nfb.ca is featuring the free online premiere of six one-minute animated shorts produced through its Hothouse program, which brings together emerging animation talents from across Canada.
The National Film Board of Canada will take part in the International First Peoples Festival with five short films by talented directors that showcase the diversity of Indigenous cultures in Canada. The festival runs from August 9 to 18 in Montreal.
Jeremiah Hayes’ powerful documentary Dear Audrey is coming to cinemas in Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver beginning August 19 and to Edmonton on August 27. The film was co-produced by the NFB, Cineflix Media and Jeremiah Hayes.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Tubi have signed a new distribution deal, which will bring acclaimed NFB films to Tubi, FOX’s free ad-supported video-on-demand platform, across Canada, the U.S. and Australia.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) returns to Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival with six world premieres of animated shorts produced through its Hothouse program, which brings together emerging animation talent from across Canada.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) today presented an overview of key results from the 2021–2022 fiscal year, which saw the NFB complete new documentary, animation and interactive works, and make continued progress on its key commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is participating in this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which runs from June 13 to 18, with three short films in competition: the much-anticipated The Flying Sailor, by acclaimed filmmakers Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis, which will have its world premiere at the festival; Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics, by award-winning Orkney Cree Métis artist Terril Calder; and Magical Caresses: Sweet Jesus by young director Lori Malépart-Traversy.