The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) returns to the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (RVCQ) with 12 films, nine of which will be in competition. They include the animated short Vaysha l’aveugle (Blind Vaysha) by Theodore Ushev, nominated for an Oscar this year; the world premiere of the documentary short La dernière clé (The Last Key) by Julien Capraro, produced as part of the Tremplin competition by the NFB in collaboration with ICI Radio-Canada Télé; and the Quebec premiere of Simplement Viola (Uniquely Viola) by Rodolphe Caron. The NFB is also participating in the RVCQ’s Rendez-vous Pro event with the interactive documentary Streamers by Guillaume Braun, due for release in the coming months. The 35th RVCQ will take place from February 22 to March 4, 2017.
Nine Canadian films will soon be broadcast on Cuban state television.
This is the first television licence between the National Film Board of Canada and a Cuban broadcaster. The nine NFB films—a selection of documentaries, animated shorts, and one drama—will be broadcast in Spanish-language versions. Negotiations were carried out in collaboration with Global Affairs Canada.
The South Korean-born filmmaker kimura byol-nathalie lemoine has been chosen for the 2017 Regard sur Montréal residency, enabling her to work on the writing, directing, post-production and distribution of her short film Projet Montréal #6261. Valued at $65,000, this residency is offered jointly by the Conseil des arts de Montréal, SODEC and NFB, in collaboration with Les Films de l’Autre.
Starting Wednesday, February 1, Anjali Nayar's feature-length documentary Gun Runners will be available in download-to-own (DTO) and video-on-demand (VOD) formats at NFB.ca and for streaming on Netflix. The film can also be purchased on DVD at NFB.ca or by phone at 1-800-267-7710. This first feature documentary from Montreal-born, Nairobi-based Anjali Nayar-one of cinema's rising young stars-was released in theatres across Canada in fall 2016. Gun Runners is produced by Kat Baulu and Annette Clarke of the NFB.
Radio-Canada and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) are pleased to announce that they have signed an agreement under which close to 30 outstanding NFB productions are now available in ICI Tou.tv’s new ONF section.
With the seal hunt criticized by anti-sealing groups, Quebec audiences will finally have a chance to hear the Inuit side of the debate in Alethea Arnaquq-Baril's Angry Inuk, a feature documentary co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Unikkaat Studios in association with EyeSteelFilm. The film will be released in theatres February 10, at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Parc in Montreal and the Cinéma Le Clap in Quebec City, following numerous awards and much audience acclaim, including the Vimeo On Demand Audience Award at the Hot Docs festival and the People's Choice Award at the Canada's Top Ten Film Festival, organized by the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will have a strong presence at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival, with five films including the world-premiere screening of the animated short Hedgehog's Home (NFB/Bonobostudio), directed by Eva Cvijanović, which is also in competition. Two documentaries by Inuit women filmmakers are also featured as part of NATIVe 2017, the section devoted to Indigenous cinema: the feature Angry Inuk (NFB/Unikkaat Studios, in association with EyeSteelFilm) by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, and the short Nowhere Land (NFB), by Bonnie Ammaaq. Two other documentaries-the feature-length Theater of Life (Triplex Films/NFB, in association with Phi Films) by Peter Svatek, with world-renowned chef Massimo Bottura, and the short HAND.LINE.COD. (NFB) by Justin Simms-will screen in the Culinary Cinema section. The 67th Berlinale takes place from February 9–19, 2017.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) announced on January 23, 2017, that BOND/360 has acquired U.S. distribution rights to two new NFB feature documentaries: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril's Angry Inuk (NFB/Unikkaat Studios/EyeSteelFilm) and Anjali Nayar's Gun Runners.
Theodore Ushev's multi-award-winning Blind Vaysha (NFB) has been honoured with an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film.
Now online, Naked Island is a bold new National Film Board of Canada (NFB) series of 14 super-short and incisive films, framed as Public Service Alerts, from some of Canada's most talented animators and artists, exploring their visions of modern-day society.
Canada's largest film festival north of 60, the Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) in Whitehorse is featuring a selection of 10 celebrated new and classic National Film Board of Canada (NFB) films, as well as the participation of acclaimed directors and key figures in the NFB's push to bring the issues and stories of Canada's North to the rest of the country and the world.
The 2017 Santa Barbara International Film Festival (February 1–11, 2017) will play host to six U.S. premieres from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), with five documentary films as well as a feature-length animation that all offer new perspectives on social and environmental issues.
With the seal hunt criticized by anti-sealing groups, international audiences will finally have a chance to hear from the Inuit side of the debate in Alethea Arnaquq-Baril's Angry Inuk, a multi-award-winning feature documentary produced by the National Film Board of Canada and Unikkaat Studios in association with EyeSteelFilm.
A world leader in new advances in interactive and immersive storytelling, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) next month, sharing its digital expertise as part of Doc Fortnight 2017: MoMA's International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media, February 16–26.
National Film Board of Canada (NFB) productions and craftspeople have received 18 nominations at the Canadian Screen Awards, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, recognizing excellence in film, television and digital media.