With Canadians looking to celebrate Canada Day in a way that’s fun and safe for themselves, their family and their community, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is ready for July 1 with a great selection of online films and interactive activities for people of all ages.
Filmmaker Theodore Ushev is a regular at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where he had already won four awards over the years. This year, he received the festival’s highest distinction for the first time: the Cristal Award for best short film, for the NFB-produced The Physics of Sorrow.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) today presented an overview of key results from the 2019–2020 fiscal year—a successful year, but one which ended as the NFB, the audiovisual industry and all Canadians faced the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over the last several days, Canadians have been deeply affected by events that have called attention to the extremely difficult...
Three National Film Board of Canada (NFB) co-produced feature-length documentaries will be showcased as part of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival—presented online in British Columbia only, from June 18 to 26, 2020.
Vincent Morisset’s Motto, an interactive website for your phone designed by the AATOAA studio and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), is available as of today, free of charge at motto.io.
Throughout the month of June, seven new titles will be added to the selection of free content on NFB.ca, featuring the world premiere of The Tournament, a new short film by Winnipeg-based Métis filmmaker Sam Vint—along with new titles for Pride Month and National Indigenous History Month.
Seven works that were either produced or co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) have been selected for We Are One: A Global Film Festival, an unprecedented online film festival streaming across the globe on YouTube from May 29 to June 7, 2020.
Claude Joli-Coeur, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada, announced today that Julie Roy has been named the new Director General, Creation and Innovation, at the NFB. Ms. Roy will take up her duties as of May 20, 2020.
The Orchid and the Bee, an immersive VR work by interdisciplinary artist Frances Adair Mckenzie produced at the NFB, will have its world premiere at the prestigious Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where it will screen in competition.
A new experience is opening the doors to the historical seat of Parliament in virtual reality (VR), online and in the classroom. It provides Canadians who are at home during the COVID-19 pandemic with a new way to step inside the centre of federal democracy.
The NFB, Canada’s public producer, has greenlit 16 new productions and co-productions—with new documentary, animation and interactive works getting underway.
Throughout the month of May, five new titles will be added to the selection of free content on NFB.ca, including the world premiere of Motto, an interactive website for your phone directed by Vincent Morisset (Way to Go).
The National Film Board of Canada is sending an exceptional pair of works to the short-film competition at the prestigious Annecy International Animation Film Festival, taking place this year online from June 15 to 30.
Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival has unveiled its 2020 official selection.