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.
Five National Film Board of Canada Indigenous short films will be featured at the 2016 Festival Présence autochtone/Montreal First Peoples Festival (Aug. 3–10).
As the Festival Présence autochtone/Montreal First Peoples Festival kicks off its new season, one of the National Film Board of Canada's hits from the 2015 edition will premiere at NFB.ca, with Atikamekw filmmaker Thérèse Ottawa's acclaimed short Red Path (Le chemin rouge) debuting online August 4.
Dalhousie University and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) welcomed the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard to campus today to announce $250,000 for the development of the pilot project Ocean School. The project is a partnership between Dalhousie University and the National Film Board with support from the Government of Canada through Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Nova Scotia Government through the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
Acclaimed Canadian animator Howie Shia's National Film Board of Canada short BAM begins streaming free-of-charge at NFB.ca starting July 20.
On Saturday, July 23, the UNITY Festival's graffiti wall at Yonge-Dundas Square will be home to the National Film Board of Canada's multi-disciplinary installation THE BAM WALL, combining film and live graffiti art inspired by acclaimed Toronto animator Howie Shia's NFB short BAM.
Forty years ago, Montreal was caught up in the fever of the 1976 Summer Olympics. To underscore this historic event, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has created a compelling six-film playlist, featuring newly added films and exclusive releases, that will be available online at NFB.ca from July 11 to 18. Viewers can see-or perhaps re-visit-performances by now-legendary Olympians like Nadia Comaneci, Olga Korbut and Bruce Jenner (today Caitlyn Jenner), as well as the contributions of popular Quebec personalities like singer René Simard, who performed the Games' theme song. Blog posts providing context for some of the films round out this special anniversary program.
André Roy, one of the two winners of the 2016 Tremplin competition-a yearly contest organized by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in collaboration with Radio-Canada-will complete his second day of shooting on Wednesday, July 13, in Dieppe, New Brunswick. The film is Roy's second professional documentary and will take a total of five days to shoot. Journalists are invited to join the filmmaker at the shoot on the 13th.
Claude Joli-Coeur, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), today announced the appointment of René Bourdages as the NFB's Director General, Creation and Innovation. Mr. Bourdages will take up his position on September 1, 2016.