October 15, 2018 – Montreal – National Film Board of Canada Opening the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) on November...
Starting October 18, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be streaming Luc Bourdon’s feature documentary The Devil’s Share free of charge at NFB.ca. The film is currently available in download-to-own (DTO) HD format.
The NFB returns in full force to the Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (FCIAT) with eight short films, including five documentaries from the Projet 5 courts (5 Shorts Project) (Nadagam Films/NFB), which will be having their world premiere with the directors in attendance: Mamie et Mia (Granny and Mia) by Émilie Villeneuve, Les enfants des nomades (Children of the Nomad) by Evelyne Papatie, Délia de 9 à 5 (Délia from 9 to 5) by Délia Gunn, La charge mentale pour les nuls (The Mental Load for Dummies) by Jessy Poulin and Orteils talons orteils talons (Toes Heels Toes Heels) by Gabrielle Cornellier. The three other shorts rounding out the lineup at the festival are the animated films Animal Behaviour (Zoothérapie) (NFB) by Alison Snowden and David Fine, Le sujet (The Subject) (NFB) by Patrick Bouchard, and Caterpillarplasty (Papillioplastie) (NFB) by David Barlow-Krelina. The FCIAT will take place in Rouyn-Noranda and runs from October 27 to November 1, 2018.
The talents of Vancouver-based animators, directors and performers will be on vivid display in the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) lineup at the 2018 SPARK ANIMATION Festival (October 25 to 28), with four NFB films selected, including Julia Kwan’s The Zoo (NFB/ Fire Horse Productions), making its world premiere.
Acadian filmmaker Daniel Léger’s latest film, The Artisans, produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), is having its world premiere as the opening film of the 32nd Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (FICFA) on Thursday, November 15, at 8 p.m. The screening is taking place at Moncton’s Théâtre Capitol and will be attended by protagonists from the film, along with the director and Christine Aubé, a producer at the NFB’s Canadian Franophonie Studio – Acadie. Visit www.ficfa.com for more information. The festival takes place November 15 to 23, 2018.
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Samara Grace Chadwick’s feature documentary 1999 will open in Montreal at the Cinémathèque québécoise on October 19 and on October 21 in English at Cinema Moderne, a few days after making its grand American premiere at the Museum of the Moving Image (New York). Co-produced by Parabola Films, Beauvoir Films and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), 1999 has been screening at festivals in Canada and abroad since the spring, garnering acclaim at Hot Docs (Toronto), the Festival international de cinéma Visions du Réel (Nyon, Switzerland), the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (Montreal) and the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (Moncton). Four of the Montreal screenings will include discussions with the director and special guests. The film is screening in French with English subtitles.
Marie Clements’ acclaimed National Film Board of Canada (NFB) musical documentary The Road Forward has spawned a single, “Indian Man,” now available on iTunes, Apple Music, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you find your music.
A world leader in women’s filmmaking, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is back at the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival (October 17 to 21) with an acclaimed six-film lineup of feature-length documentaries and animated shorts.
Museum of Symmetry, the virtual reality (VR) experience created by Ottawa-native cartoonist and animator Paloma Dawkins, will get its Canadian premiere in the official competition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), September 26 to 30, 2018. The public is invited to come discover this truly unique museum and meet its creator from September 27 to 30 in the OIAF Arts Court.
On September 19, Kevin D. A. Kurytnik and Carol Beecher’s award-winning animated short Skin for Skin (National Film Board of Canada/Fifteen Pound Pink Productions), a dark allegory of greed and spiritual reckoning set during the early days of the fur trade, begins streaming free of charge on NFB.ca, Facebook, and YouTube, as well as on Vimeo, where it’s been selected as a “Staff Pick.”
Two new virtual reality experiences from the National Film Board of Canada’s trailblazing Digital Studio in Vancouver—Homestay and Biidaaban: First Light—will be showcased at VIFF Immersed, a public exhibition at the Vancouver International Film Festival dedicated to exceptional narrative storytelling in VR, augmented reality and mixed reality.
On September 11, 2018, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) received Gold Parity Certification from Women in Governance at its Annual Recognition Gala, held in Montreal. The NFB is the first public cultural institution to earn this distinction from this Canadian non-profit organization, and is among 31 organizations across the country awarded certification this year.
Award-winning PEI filmmaker John Hopkins will be in San Francisco on September 13 at 11:15 a.m. with his acclaimed National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentary Bluefin for a special screening and discussion at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, organized by the International Ocean Film Festival and sponsored by the Canadian Consulate of San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
The NFB is opening the doors to its headquarters and legendary studios at 3155 Côte-de-Liesse Road for the last time. Open House activities will be taking place on Sunday, September 30, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. as part of Journées de la culture, in collaboration with Héritage Montreal.