A leader in auteur animation for over 75 years, the NFB has 12 new short films showcased at the 2017 Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), including eight in official competition: Matthew Rankin’s THE TESLA WORLD LIGHT; Chintis Lundgren’s Manivald; Eva Cvijanovic’s Hedgehog’s Home; Christopher Auchter’s The Mountain of SGaana; Malcolm Sutherland’s Simulated Life; and three films by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski: We Drink Too Much, We Eat Shit and Square Saint-Louis.
Dive into the heart of Expo 67 and experience it as if you were really there! The National Film Board of Canada is launching Expo 67 Live, a cinematic storytelling experience created entirely with archival treasures from around the world. This epic experience, which features 52-foot-high images and spatial audio, will be projected onto several surfaces, including the exterior walls of Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier and the Maison Symphonique. This journey through the greatest moments of Expo 67 is presented in collaboration with Radio-Canada and Place des Arts, and is part of the official programming lineup for the 375th anniversary of Montreal. The project was conceived and directed by Karine Lanoie-Brien and produced at the NFB by executive producer René Chénier to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Montreal World’s Fair. In addition to the director and producer, Expo 67 Live ambassador Louise Latraverse will be available to give interviews about her memories of Expo 67 and the vibrant era that produced it. Expo 67 Live will be presented free of charge from September 18 to 30, beginning at 7:30 p.m. every evening.
Powerful new documentary and animated works from the National Film Board of Canada’s award-winning North West Studio in Edmonton will be showcased at the 31st Edmonton International Film Festival (September 28 to October 7) with Birth of a Family, Tasha Hubbard’s moving look at First Nations siblings reunited decades after Canada’s infamous Sixties Scoop, and Kevin D. A. Kurytnik and Carol Beecher’s Skin for Skin (NFB/Fifteen Pound Pink Productions), a dark tale of greed and spiritual reckoning during the early days of the North American fur trade.
The world premiere of Calgary director Cam Christiansen’s much-anticipated animated feature WALL exploring both sides of the Israel/Palestine separation barrier, written by and featuring Oscar nominee David Hare; Skin for Skin, a dark tale of greed and spiritual reckoning from the early days of the fur trade by Calgary’s Kevin D.A. Kurytnik and Carol Beecher; Saskatchewan filmmaker Tasha Hubbard’s moving Birth of a Family, following siblings reunited decades after Canada’s infamous Sixties Scoop; plus Our People Will Be Healed, the 50th film from Alanis Obomsawin in the 50th year of a legendary filmmaking career—the National Film Board of Canada is offering up powerful storytelling and innovative cinematic visions at the 2017 Calgary International Film Festival, taking place September 20 to October 1.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will return to the Quebec City Film Festival (QCFF) this year with eight short films exploring a wide variety of styles and subjects. Quebec City audiences will have a chance to view Chroniques du 9e art (Comic Strip Chronicles) (Canal+/Sacrebleu Productions/NFB), a quartet of witty animated shorts that will be making their North American premiere before screening on the NFB’s online platforms and airing in French on ICI ARTV. Kevin D. A. Kurytnik and Carol Beecher’s mythical look at the fur trade, Skin for Skin (J’aurai ta peau…) (NFB), will be presented in competition at the festival, while Threads (Rubans) (Mikrofilm AS/NFB), the latest film by Oscar-winning animator Torill Kove, will make its Quebec premiere. Two documentaries from the 5 Shorts Project, Carrière (Stone Makers) by Jean-Marc E. Roy and Dialogue(s) by Philippe David Gagné (NFB/La bande Sonimage), have also been selected. The QCFF will run from September 13 to 23, 2017. All films will be screened in French.
The NFB, in partnership with imagineNATIVE, is proud to continue supporting Indigenous artists in Canada’s interactive-media field.
The 50th film from Alanis Obomsawin in the 50th year of her legendary filmmaking career, a powerful look by first-time director Attiya Khan and Lawrence Jackman at how healing can happen when men take responsibility for their domestic abuse, and a musical documentary from Marie Clements connecting key moments in the history of First Nations activism—the National Film Board of Canada lineup at the Atlantic Film Festival (September 14–21, 2017) features stories that touch us and inspire, and help to change us as individuals and as a country.
There’s a mountain ridge named for him, as well as two creeks, a school and a building on the campus of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT); he’s been commemorated with his own stamp by Canada Post—but what do we really know about the legendary Black Alberta cowboy and rancher John Ware?
The 50th film from Alanis Obomsawin in the 50th year of her legendary filmmaking career, the world premiere of Dominic Etienne Simard’s new animated short, as well as North American premieres of Oscar-winning animator Torill Kove’s latest gem and Matthew Rankin’s dazzling short film on the visionary Nikola Tesla—the lineup of National Film Board of Canada films at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival features powerful stories and astounding visual delights.
The 50th film from Alanis Obomsawin in the 50th year of her legendary filmmaking career, the world premiere of Dominic Etienne Simard’s new animated short, as well as North American premieres of Oscar-winning animator Torill Kove’s latest gem and Matthew Rankin’s dazzling short film on the visionary Nikola Tesla—the lineup of National Film Board of Canada films at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival features powerful stories and astounding visual delights from acclaimed Montreal directors.
The National Film Board of Canada’s North West Studio has announced the three final participants in Doc Lab Saskatchewan (#DocLabSK)—a new NFB project for emerging documentary filmmakers.
Jérôme Dufour, Executive Director of Distribution, Communications & Marketing at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), today announced the appointment of Nathalie Bourdon to the position of Director, Distribution & Market Development. She will begin at the NFB on August 2, 2017.
Theodore Ushev’s animated short Blind Vaysha, nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 2017 Oscars, will receive its North American premiere as a virtual-reality (VR) experience at Lucid Realities, the third instalment of the Sensory Stories immersive exhibition, held at Montreal’s Phi Centre from July 18 to December 16, 2017. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) with the participation of ARTE France and ICI ARTV, Blind Vaysha in VR uses Samsung Gear technology, and received its world premiere at the 2017 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. In all, 12 works will be presented at Lucid Realities, curated by Phi and Future of StoryTelling (FoST).
The Cannonball Woman (La femme canon), the first animated film by the directorial team of Albertine Zullo and David Toutevoix, will have its world premiere in Switzerland at the Locarno International Film Festival, where it will be competing for the Pardi di domani award for short and medium-length Swiss films.
Exploration is the theme behind What We Seek—the latest installment in the National Film Board of Canada’s online series 1 Nation. 4 Lenses, part of its special programming for the 150th anniversary of Confederation (#Canada150).