Following its March world premiere online at the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), the documentary short Open Sky: Portrait of a Pavilion in Venice, directed by Katerine Giguère, will be available for viewing free online at NFB.ca starting on October 5, to mark World Architecture Day.
The National Film Board of Canada’s acclaimed English Animation Studio in Montreal is launching the second edition of NFB XP, a program to encourage more experimentation by animators as well as creators and innovators from related disciplines, with a deadline for applications on October 14, 2020.
Later this month and throughout October, a wealth of new content will continue to be made available on NFB.ca.
Starting Sunday, September 27, the full version of Félix Rose’s feature documentary Les Rose (The Rose Family, Babel Films/NFB) can be viewed online free of charge in Canada on NFB.ca.
Audiences across Atlantic Canada will be able to experience powerful feature documentaries and deeply personal animated works by National Film Board of Canada (NFB) creators on FIN AIFF Stream (September 17–24), as the 2020 Atlantic International Film Festival goes online.
Taking poetry to another dimension, the feature film Plus haut que les flammes (Higher Than Flames Will Go) by Acadian director Monique LeBlanc (NFB) is a moving and powerful cinematic adaptation of Louise Dupré’s acclaimed book of poetry Plus haut que les flammes.
Three more National Film Board of Canada works, including the hometown premiere of Vancouver filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming’s new animated short, Old Dog, have been added to an already impressive NFB lineup at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), taking place September 24 to October 7.
Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia, a short documentary directed by Josiane Blanc and produced by the NFB’s Canadian Francophonie Studio in Toronto, will be available for free at NFB.ca beginning September 21.
Audiences everywhere will be able to discover unique visions and power personal stories from acclaimed National Film Board of Canada (NFB) auteur animators at the Ottawa International Animation Festival (Sept. 23–Oct. 4) as OIAF 2020 goes online worldwide, with single tickets or passes available now.
The world premiere of a feature documentary on a vital piece of Alberta’s history joins a stellar lineup of National Film Board of Canada (NFB) produced and co-produced documentary and animation at the 2020 Calgary International Film Festival, taking place September 24 to October 4.
The feature documentary Les Rose (The Rose Family) by Félix Rose (Babel Films/NFB) has been an unqualified hit with audiences since its release on August 21. As of Monday, September 7, the film’s box office (compiled by Comscore) totalled $112,606. The doc’s success is all the more remarkable considering the ongoing social distancing measures that prevent theatres from filling to capacity.
Loin de Bachar (Far from Bashar), a feature documentary by Pascal Sanchez produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), will open in Montreal at the Cinémathèque Québécoise on Friday, September 25, in its French-subtitled version.
The world premiere of Sundance award-winning Vancouver filmmaker Jennifer Abbott’s new feature doc The Magnitude of All Things (Cedar Island Films/Flying Eye Productions/NFB) tops a powerful lineup of National Film Board of Canada (NFB) produced and co-produced documentary and animation at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), taking place September 24 to October 7.
FilmGate Miami, MUTEK, the National Film Board of Canada and O Cinema are launching the Montréal/Miami New Narratives Lab, a cross-cultural exchange that will bring together creators, organizations, and disciplines in innovative technology to explore the future of augmented and mixed-reality storytelling.
The Toronto International Film Festival is presenting the world premiere of 4 North A, a new National Film Board of Canada animated short directed by Jordan Canning and Howie Shia, and written by Jordan Canning.