Six National Film Board of Canada (NFB) produced and co-produced feature-length documentaries and animated shorts are being showcased at this year’s Victoria Film Festival (February 5–14, 2021).
After engaging with the Indigenous participants who appear on screen, the NFB’s Indigenous Advisory Group, and industry partners, the NFB, 90th Parallel Productions and producer Jesse Wente have decided to withdraw Inconvenient Indian from active distribution.
Two National Film Board of Canada (NFB) co-productions directed by unique auteur animators will be screening in the competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival: Affairs of the Art by Joanna Quinn and Les Mills, and HIDE by Daniel Gray.
The holiday feast is overflowing right now on NFB.ca, and there’s no shortage of goodies! Once again this year, Ho Ho Holidays serves up a fun mix of popular classics and new titles for all ages.
The NFB’s 2020–2023 Strategic Plan places creation and audience engagement at the heart of the organization’s objectives. The plan is the NFB’s new roadmap for telling the country’s stories and reaching audiences across Canada and around the world.
The End of Certainties, the latest documentary by Jean-Daniel Lafond, will be launched as a world premiere on NFB.ca on Monday, December 14, the opening day of the International Economic Forum of the Americas (IEFA) Conference of Montreal, which will be presented live online from December 14 to 17, 2020.
On Tuesday, December 15, at 9 p.m. ET, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and TVO present the world premiere of Kevin McMahon’s Borealis—an immersive journey into the heart of Canada’s iconic boreal forest. The film exposes the chorus of life in the forest, offering a portrait of its lifecycles from the perspective of the plants and animals that live there. It will be broadcast on TVO and stream free on NFB.ca and TVO.org.
The astonishing story of Afghanistan’s visionary moviemakers and the films we almost never got to see, Ariel Nasr’s acclaimed feature documentary The Forbidden Reel (Loaded Pictures/National Film Board of Canada) begins an online theatrical run on Friday, December 11.
There are some exciting discoveries in store for December on NFB.ca. Our curated selection of content produced by NFB studios across the country, streaming for free, includes the very latest works from The Curve, the timely and topical collection of projects exploring the pandemic, and documentaries that delve into fascinating subjects, including the world premieres of Borealis by Kevin McMahon and The End of Certainties by Jean-Daniel Lafond.
Julie Roy, Director General, Creation and Innovation, at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), today announced the appointment of Christine Noël to the position of Executive Producer of the French Program Animation Studio.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is set to bring a healthy contingent of films and creators to the 19th Sommets du cinéma d’animation, taking place in Montreal from December 1 to 6, 2020, with a strong NFB presence as well in the festival’s Industry Component, a series of events presented free of charge online and accessible from anywhere in the world.
Now playing at Cinéma du Centre in Caraquet and Cinéma Péninsule in Tracadie, Renée Blanchar’s new feature documentary Le silence (The Silence) will also be shown at Cineplex Cinemas Dieppe, starting Friday, November 20.
Gentille M. Assih’s feature-length documentary Into the Light will be launching free of charge exclusively at NFB.ca on Wednesday, November 25, to coincide with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is back in full force at the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (FICFA) with four productions and co-productions.
Four new works produced and co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be showcased at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), taking place in Amsterdam from November 18 to 29 and online for audiences across the Netherlands from November 18 to December 6.