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Diane Obomsawin’s deeply personal new film, I Like Girls, has its world premiere; Theodore Ushev makes highly anticipated return to...
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and the St. John's Arts & Culture Centre (ACC) proudly present the Newfoundland premiere of two films about food waste and sustainability: HAND.LINE.COD. and THEATER OF LIFE, screening at the St. John's ACC on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, 7 pm.
As Fort McMurray works to recover from a devastating wildfire, acclaimed filmmaker Julia Ivanova's feature-length film Limit Is the Sky will have its world premiere at the Calgary International Film Festival on Monday, September 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Globe Cinema, followed by a screening on Wednesday, September 28 at 4:30 p.m. at the Eau Claire 3.
Rock the Box, the directorial debut of Vancouver film critic and author Katherine Monk, can now be streamed free-of-charge on NFB.ca, as more than 60 new films come to the National Film Board of Canada's acclaimed online screening room this fall.
New this fall on NFB.ca: more than 60 new films can be viewed free of charge as of noon today (EDT), including several recent documentaries that have won awards in Canada and abroad, by renowned filmmakers such as Alanis Obomsawin, Paul Cowan, William D. MacGillivray and Justin Simms. The films deal with a range of subjects that are relevant to the lives and concerns of Canadians: refugees and war zones, homophobia and human rights, environmental issues, the living conditions of Indigenous peoples, the challenges of adolescence, the evolution of urban and rural communities, and much more. The entire selection is grouped together at nfb.ca/new and is almost fully accessible from anywhere in the world. More new free films will be added weekly in the fall.
The Atlantic Film Festival (AFF) has announced it will feature 17 National Film Board of Canada (NFB) films in a special showcase of the best in NFB animation and documentary from across Atlantic Canada and the country, from September 15 to 22, 2016.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) wishes to pay tribute to director, screenwriter and actor André Melançon, who died on August 23 at the age of 74. Melançon was born in Rouyn-Noranda in 1942 and trained in the field of psychoeducation. He went on to leave his mark on filmmaking in Quebec with his sensitive, accurate portrayals of childhood. During a career that spanned close to half a century, he wrote and directed more than 30 documentaries and dramas, including Les vrais perdants (NFB) and the highly popular La guerre des tuques (The Dog Who Stopped the War), in addition to acting in some 20 films.
The NFB in partnership with imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, are proud to announce a newly redesigned partnership supporting Indigenous artists in Canada's leading interactive media field
The NFB/imagineNATIVE Interactive Partnership allows for an expanded focus on the development phase of the selected project, with a wider range for content & production budget scope, as well as greater synergy and cross-collaboration between the NFB and the selected artist.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) returns once again to the Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec (FCVQ), this time with an advance screening of the feature documentary Waseskun (NFB), directed by Steve Patry, and the Quebec premiere of the animated short Oscar (MJSTP Films/NFB), by Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre. In addition, Martin Bureau's documentary short L'enfer marche au gaz! (Hell Runs on Gasoline!, Spira/NFB) will screen in one of the festival's Ciné Pop-up programs, which transforms shipping containers into portable micro-theatres placed in various locations throughout Quebec City. Also showing at FCVQ is the 1980 short film Speak White (NFB), directed by Julien Poulin and Pierre Falardeau, which will screen as part of a tribute to Poulin.
The National Film Board of Canada's commitment to Atlantic Canadian stories is the focus of a special showcase at the Atlantic Film Festival, taking place in Halifax from September 15 to 22, 2016.
They've been featured at festivals around the world―and now six new National Film Board of Canada (NFB) virtual reality (VR) and immersive productions are coming to Toronto from August 19 to 21 at POP 03, the third and final pop-up installation showcasing new approaches in storytelling at TIFF Bell Lightbox, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival in collaboration with the NFB.
Katherena Vermette and Erika MacPherson's National Film Board of Canada documentary this river has received the Coup de coeur du jury award at the 2016 Festival Présence autochtone/Montréal First Peoples Festival, with MacPherson on hand in Montreal to accept the award on August 8.
Zaynê Akyol's feature documentary Gulîstan, Land of Roses, produced by Montreal production company Périphéria in co-production with German production company Mîtosfilm and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), has won the coveted Doc Alliance Selection Award, as chosen by seven of Europe's top documentary film festivals.
Feature-length animation from Ann Marie Fleming, a new documentary by master filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, a short film by Newfoundland and Labrador filmmaker Justin Simms and a multi-award-winning short by animator Theodore Ushev make up a stellar National Film Board of Canada (NFB) lineup, featuring world and North American premieres, at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), September 8–18, 2016.