As of November 6, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be streaming the feature documentary Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political free of charge at NFB.ca. Produced at the NFB by Colette Loumède and Johanne Bergeron, in collaboration with Radio-Canada, the film is still showing in theatres following its hugely successful world premiere on September 15 at the Québec City Film Festival, where it won the Audience Choice Award.
The 2018 Whistler Film Festival (WFF) is celebrating excellence in Western Canadian filmmaking with the launches of two National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentaries: the world premiere of Way of the Hunter, a short documentary by Williams Lake, BC-based writer/director Robert Moberg, as well as the BC debut of Calgary filmmaker Laura Marie Wayne’s acclaimed feature debut, Love, Scott.
Eight NFB films screening at FICFA, including two docs making their world premiere: Daniel Léger’s Les artisans de l’atelier, which opens the festival, and Marie-France Guerrette’s Sans Maman.
Astra Taylor’s timely and provocative National Film Board of Canada (NFB) feature What Is Democracy? is back in Vancouver at the Vancity Theatre, starting December 7 (complete schedule below).
After making their world premiere at the Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (FCIAT), the documentaries in the 5 Shorts Project (Nadagam films/NFB)—Granny and Mia by Émilie Villeneuve, Children of the Nomad by Evelyne Papatie, Délia from 9 to 5 by Délia Gunn, The Mental Load for Dummies by Jessy Poulin, and Toes Heels Toes Heels by Gabrielle Cornellier—can now be streamed free of charge from anywhere in the world on NFB.ca and the NFB’s YouTube channel.
Fresh from its win for Best Interactive Work at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Biidaaban: First Light will be shown at the UXdoc Space of the 2018 Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal(RIDM), taking place November 8 to 19. This will be Biidaaban’s Quebec premiere in English and its world premiere in its French-language version.
For the 12th edition of the National Film Board of Canada’s FREE online showcase Get Animated!, the NFB is celebrating International Animation Day (October 28) and Halloween this year—with a special program that includes the online streaming premiere of Sylvie Trouvé and Dale Hayward’s chilling Slavic folklore-inspired short Bone Mother.
From November 8 to 18, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will have a strong presence at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), one of North America’s leading documentary film festivals, with seven new documentaries, an animated short, and an immersive virtual reality work.
Christine Chevarie-Lessard’s Point d’équilibre (A Delicate Balance) will be released in theatres in December, just in time for the holidays. The feature doc takes a sensitive, behind-the-scenes look at children in the École supérieure de ballet du Québec’s professional training program. It was produced by Chantal Lafleur and Geneviève Thibert (Productions Avenida) and Nathalie Cloutier (NFB), with Colette Loumède (NFB) as executive producer.
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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