The National Film Board of Canada returns to Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival with the world premieres of two hilarious and highly entertaining films by award-winning Quebec graphic novelists: Chroniques du Centre-Sud (Centre-Sud Chronicles), by Richard Suicide, and Le syndrome de la tortue (The Turtle Syndrome), by Samuel Cantin.
Among the offerings by NFB studios across the country is Ellie Yonova’s feature documentary Luben and Elena, a new online release. In addition to the Parliament virtual experience, thematic channels mark Canada Day and the start of summer.
With June 28 marking the anniversary of the passing of Bill C-31 into Canadian law in 1985, Google Canada is recognizing this historic day with a Google Canada Doodle collaboration by Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) artists Star Horn and Courtney Montour honouring Mary Two-Axe Earley—the subject of Montour’s National Film Board of Canada short documentary Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again.
Starting July 2, The Rooms in St. John’s is presenting The NFB at The Rooms, a free summer-long program of short films from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) running in a continuous loop in its theatre, with a special theme for each day of the week.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) today presented an overview of key results from the 2020–2021 fiscal year, which saw the NFB complete acclaimed new documentary, animation and interactive works, and take important steps in our commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Affairs of the Art, by Joanna Quinn and Les Mills (Beryl Productions International/NFB), has won the Jury Distinction "Special Distinction for Direction" at the prestigious Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21), Kevin Settee’s four-part series of short films, The Lake Winnipeg Project, is premiering online at Indigenous Cinema, the NFB’s rich online collection of Indigenous-made films.
Premiering June 16 on NFB.ca, acclaimed Canadian artist and creative coder Matt DesLauriers’ Wayfinder is a relaxing and contemplative web-based generative art game.
The NFB, Canada’s public producer, has recently greenlit a dozen new productions and co-productions—documentary and interactive works that got underway between January and March 2021.
Offerings from NFB studios across the country include the feature documentary Standing on the Line, by Paul Émile d’Entremont; the web-based generative art game Wayfinder, by Matt DesLauriers; and a series of four documentary shorts called The Lake Winnipeg Project, by Kevin Settee.
The National Film Board of Canada is back at the REGARD – Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay with a strong and diverse crop of titles: four productions and co-productions, including works that have screened to acclaim at prestigious festivals around the world.
The selection of productions from NFB studios across Canada includes two new must-see feature-length documentaries launched online: Santiago Bertolino’s Freelancer on the Front Lines, and Mirjam Leuze’s The Whale and the Raven.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be at the 39th annual Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (RVQC) with 14 productions and co-productions, including the Quebec premiere of Renée Blanchar’s feature-length documentary Le silence (The Silence). The film will also be competing in the category of best French-Canadian film, along with Monique LeBlanc’s feature-length Plus haut que les flammes (Higher Than Flames Will Go).
Vancouver and Calgary creators explore powerful themes of love, identity and human rights in four National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentaries premiering at the 20th-anniversary edition of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, streaming online across Canada from May 6 to 16.
Powerful non-fiction stories will be showcased online across Alberta from May 6 to 16 during Edmonton’s NorthwestFest 2021, where four feature-length National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentaries have been selected to screen.