The NFB at the FNC 2019. Four shorts in the official competition, including the Quebec premiere of The Physics of Sorrow by Theodore Ushev, plus presentations on current projects using AI.

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) returns to the Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) with four shorts in the official competition, including two animated films making their Quebec premiere: The Physics of Sorrow by Theodore Ushev, which just won honourable mention at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and Shannon Amen by Chris Dainty.

Soulpepper and the NFB present the North American premiere of Jordan Tannahill’s spellbinding VR experience, Draw Me Close. After captivating audiences around the world, this one-of-a-kind immersive experience comes to Toronto in summer 2020.

From June 23 to July 12, 2020, Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre Company and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will present the North American premiere of Draw Me Close, a critically acclaimed immersive experience by award-winning playwright and filmmaker Jordan Tannahill, co-produced by the NFB and the National Theatre (NT) of Great Britain.

Sandi Rankaduwa’s Ice Breakers premieres September 28 at the Montreal International Black Film Festival. As the Montreal Canadiens prepare to kick off a new season, this short NFB doc takes audiences inside hockey’s hidden Black roots in the Maritimes.

Sandi Rankaduwa’s short NFB documentary Ice Breakers—uncovering the buried history of Black hockey pioneers—makes its Quebec premiere at the Montreal International Black Film Festival on Saturday, September 28, at 9 p.m. at the Cinéma du Parc, as part of a program of short films.