Whether you're staying home or visiting friends and relatives over the holidays, you can still spend some quality time with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). From December 12 to January 8, go to nfb.ca/holidays and watch a specially selected collection of 30 family films for free. You'll find it all, from animation for children to classics for young people and winter-themed titles.
Just in time for the holidays, Montreal filmmaker Peter Svatek's Theater of Life brings its movable cinematic feast to cinemas in Montreal and Quebec City, starting December 23.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) are now seeking applicants for a new interactive apprenticeship program called Jeunes Pousses. Running nine weeks (April 24 to June 23, 2017), the program gives eight UQAM students the opportunity to work with the NFB's Interactive Studio to create an audio project for the web that will be streamed online when the apprenticeship is over. Those selected will receive a $1,000 grant to take part.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and the Sommets du cinéma d'animation are joining forces to present a series of Artists' Talks on animation at the Cinémathèque québécoise, beginning Thursday, November 24, with "Une journée avec Diane Obomsawin." In the months to come, animation filmmakers Janice Nadeau, Eva Cvijanovic, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, Theodore Ushev and Torill Kove will take turns giving the public a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their most recent productions. Audiences will have a rare opportunity to explore these artists' creative processes and talk to them about their approach, inspiration and techniques.
At the invitation of Michaëlle Jean, Secretary General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (IOF), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be participating in this year's Francophonie Summit, taking place in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, on November 26 and 27. The NFB Education team will be holding documentary filmmaking workshops entitled "Raconte-moi ta francophonie" (Tell Me about Your Francophonie), training participants on the use of new technology and storytelling.
Starting November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Canadians everywhere can access Katherena Vermette and Erika MacPherson's award-winning National Film Board of Canada (NFB) short documentary this river free-of-charge on NFB.ca, the NFB's YouTube channel, as well as on the CBC Docs channel's online shorts platform.
The multi-award winning documentary Angry Inuk (Unikkaat Studios/EyeSteelFilm), by Iqaluit’s own Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, will open in that city on November 24 with a FREE screening at 6 p.m. and the filmmaker in attendance to take questions. The film will also have two Sunday screenings in December, on the 11th and 18th, both at 4:30 p.m.
Master graphic novelist Guy Delisle is currently working on a short animated adaptation of his Guide du mauvais père that will be co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and France-based production company Sacrebleu Productions. The film is part of a collection of four shorts entitled Les chroniques du neuvième art; the other directors are acclaimed Canadian and French graphic novelists Zviane, Lewis Trondheim and Aude Picault. The characters in Guide du mauvais père will be voiced by François Létourneau (as the father) and Frédéric Larose (as the son).
Following the announcement of the passing of Canadian poet, novelist and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen at the age of 82, the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) will present, in collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), a tribute to the legendary artist. The documentary Ladies and Gentlemen… Mr. Leonard Cohen by Donald Brittain and Don Owen will be screened on tonight Friday November 18 at 7 p.m. at RIDM Headquarters (3450, St. Urbain Street).
Acclaimed at film festivals at home and abroad, Peter Svatek's feature documentary Theater of Life begins a theatrical tour December 3 in Toronto, bringing an inside look at a unique social and culinary experiment to cities across Canada.
On November 21 at 7 p.m., the Vancouver Aquarium is offering an evening of National Film Board of Canada films, with two new NFB documentaries that explore Canada's struggling Atlantic cod and bluefin tuna fisheries.
Tiffany Hsiung's award-winning National Film Board of Canada (NFB) feature documentary The Apology is coming to Toronto and Vancouver this December, with a one-week run at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema starting December 2 and screenings at the Vancity Theatre in Vancouver on December 3 and 4.
Hsiung will be present to take questions from the audience in Toronto on December 6 and 8, with Q&As at both Vancouver screenings as well.
Steve Patry's new feature-length documentary Waseskun, produced by Nathalie Cloutier and Denis McCready at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), will screen at the Cinéma Paraloeil in Rimouski on Tuesday, November 29, at 7:30 p.m., with the director in attendance. The film will be shown in its original version, with French and English dialogue and French subtitles.This event marks the launch of a series of planned screenings in various regions of Quebec, following the film's world premiere at the Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec and its theatrical release and added screenings in Montreal.
The National Film Board of Canada's pioneering work in new forms of non-fiction storytelling will be on display at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), taking place November 16‒27. The 10th edition of IDFA's DocLab new media program offers a preview of a VR version of the multi-award-winning Bear 71 and a live laboratory for the upcoming project Dreams, while Mark Lewis's innovative feature film Invention (Mark Lewis Studio/NFB/Soda Film + Art) has been selected by IDFA for its film program.
On November 10 in Toronto, the Cardboard Crash virtual reality experience, created by Vincent McCurley and the NFB's Digital Studio in Vancouver, picked up a Digi Award for Mobile Entertainment. This is the 11th Digi Award won by an NFB production. Cardboard Crash was first previewed in the DocLab program of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in 2015 and then appeared in the New Frontier section of Sundance in 2016. It also received a Webby Award in April 2016 in the Online Film & Video – VR: Gaming, Interactive, or Real-time (Branded) category. The project is produced and executive produced by Loc Dao for the NFB.