From November 6 to 10, 2016, at the OBORO artists' centre in Montreal, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be holding a creative lab for seven young and established francophone multidisciplinary artists from First Nations and Inuit communities. The artists will spend five days working together to develop three prototypes for works in the media arts. The aim of the Déranger lab (which takes its name from the French word meaning "to disrupt or disturb") is to support and celebrate the contemporary artistic practices of these talented creators and to encourage them to explore and innovate. The lab is an initiative of Michèle Bélanger, Executive Director of Programming and Production for the NFB's French Program, together with multidisciplinary artist Caroline Monnet.
Quiet Zone, a short by Godspeed You! Black Emperor member David Bryant and band collaborator Karl Lemieux, streams free of charge in the NFB.ca Screening Room as of today. Produced by Julie Roy at the NFB, the film had its world premiere in Rotterdam in 2015 and has screened widely on the international festival circuit (including in Leipzig, Edinburgh, Tokyo, Bucharest and Zurich) and in Canada (at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) and the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois). Quiet Zone is Karl Lemieux's second collaboration with the NFB, following Mamori (2010), also produced by Julie Roy, and the first for David Bryant. Maudite poutine, Karl Lemieux's first feature film, just had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) invites music-loving Quebeckers to the 20th Journées de la culture-featuring a musical theme this year, from September 30 to October 2-and will be offering an exciting slate of free activities throughout Quebec. Online in the ONF.ca Screening Room, choral singing and music education will be highlighted in three insightful and sensitive films. Some of the NFB's best music films-including Yannick Nézet-Séguin: No Intermission by Theodore Ushev and Félix Leclerc chante Cadet Rousselle by Daniel Frenette-will be shown as part of a program of shorts for the whole family presented in public libraries in nine regions of Quebec. In Montreal, the NFB production Minotaur will be shown under the dome at SAT Fest, held with the Société des arts technologiques (SAT). The film by Munro Ferguson, who will be in attendance, is a fascinating experience combining animation with a haunting soundtrack by Kid Koala. A broad selection of NFB Indigenous films, many focusing on Inuit culture, will also be screened by the Montreal International Children's Film Festival (FIFEM) at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
2016 selection includes two new Indigenous feature docs from Alanis Obomsawin and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril and feature-length animation from Vancouver’s Ann...
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Vancouver animated films Window Horses by Ann Marie Fleming and I Am Here by Eoin Duffy headline a rich selection...
Home to the world’s largest collection of Inuit cinema and a leader in Canadian learning materials, the National Film Board...
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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.