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.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is marking this year’s Truth and Reconciliation Week with interactive, virtual and in-person events to bring Canadians closer to Indigenous culture, history and its diverse people.
The National Film Board of Canada is making a strong showing at the Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) with six productions or co-productions—one animated short, two documentary features and three virtual reality (VR) works—in the lineup. Two of these projects are world premieres; the remainder have already made their mark on the national and international festival circuits. The 51st Festival du nouveau cinéma takes place in Montreal from October 5 to 16, 2022.
The National Film Board of Canada and the Ocean Frontier Institute’s Ocean School is kicking off the new school year with a new bilingual resource library on its platform that gives students and teachers a wider view of what happens in our oceans.
The 2022 Lunenburg Doc Fest will feature four NFB-produced and co-produced documentaries by Jeremiah Hayes (Dear Audrey, 2021), Tanya Tagaq and Chelsea McMullan (Ever Deadly, 2022), Daniel Léger (The Artisans, 2018) and Melaw Nakehk’o (K’i Tah Amongst the Birch, 2020).
Audiences at the 2022 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will experience powerful and timely Indigenous storytelling across all genres, with four National Film Board of Canada (NFB) produced or co-produced works selected.