The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) today presented its goals and commitments for diversity, equity and inclusion, with a plan to make significant and lasting changes in order to be an egalitarian, open and diverse organization.
The NFB, Canada’s public producer, has recently greenlit 15 productions and co-productions—new documentary, animation and interactive works that got underway between October and December 2020.
Director Joanna Quinn and producer and screenwriter Les Mills' new opus, Affairs of the Art, has just won the 2021 Award for Best Animation at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Co-produced by Beryl Productions International and the NFB, the film was presented as a world premiere among the 78 films in the international competition.
Recorded remotely in lockdown by band members in their homes in Toronto and Montreal, and assembled and mixed by Moist guitarist and producer Mark Makoway, “Tarantino” is Moist’s first new release since their 2014 album, Glory Under Dangerous Skies.
Available on mobile starting February 8, Far Away From Far Away is an interactive experience by directors Bruce Alcock and Jeremy Mendes, written by Michael Crummey, that marks the next chapter in the story of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Fogo Island.
As the month of January comes to an end, new free-streaming content is being added to the NFB.ca catalogue, with more to follow in February.
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.