On May 5, director Simon Rodrigue takes to the road to present his documentary Quand ferme l'usine (When the Mill Closes) in the regions where it was shot, including Miramichi, New Brunswick. The tour will provide a unique opportunity for people to view an uncut version of the doc and learn about Rodrigue's filmmaking approach, as each screening will be followed by a discussion with the director. Stops are planned in Mauricie (Trois-Rivières and Shawinigan), New Brunswick (Miramichi), Bas-Saint-Laurent (Matane) and Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (New Richmond and Gaspé).
Rob McLaughlin, responsible for many of the National Film Board of Canada's pioneering interactive documentary projects, is back at the NFB as Executive Producer of the Digital Studio in Vancouver, in a move that will help bolster NFB English-language interactive production across Canada.
Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts, a new National Film Board of Canada (NFB) iPad app exploring the NFB's unique place in Canadian cinema, and three new NFB short docs by women directors are all being featured at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver's prestigious showcase for the best in non-fiction storytelling, from May 5 to 15.
Three acclaimed National Film Board of Canada productions―Sophie Deraspe's The Amina Profile, Claude Cloutier's Carface and Sheldon Cohen's My Heart Attack―have been invited to INPUT, the world's biggest and most prestigious public television conference, which takes place this year in Calgary from May 8–12.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) returns to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival with the world premiere of the feature film Window Horses by Ann Marie Fleming, screening in official competition. Co-produced by Stickgirl Productions (Ann Marie Fleming), Sandra Oh (who also voices Rosie, the main character), and the NFB (Shirley Vercruysse and Michael Fukushima), Window Horses is the first feature-length animation from the NFB to be an official selection of the festival since Pierre Hébert's La plante humaine (Arcadia Films/NFB) in 1997. It will screen in English with French subtitles.
The world's largest event devoted to animation, the Annecy Festival takes place June 13 to 18, 2016, and hosts the industry's leading creators and professionals. This year, there are nine feature-length films in official competition, with 10 more screening out of competition.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has a strong presence at the 2016 Éloizes, the signature francophone cultural event in Atlantic Canada, held every second year. This year's Éloizes take place in Dieppe, New Brunswick, from May 4 to 8.
From May 6 to 14, the National Film Board of Canada's The Grasslands Project will have its world premiere in a series of local screenings in villages and towns across the southern Prairies.
Created by filmmaker Scott Parker, along with NFB executive producer David Christensen, The Grasslands Project is a collection of 10 short films exploring one of the most accessible, but least known, of all the regions in Canada. Nine small communities across southern Alberta and Saskatchewan are featured in the project―each getting their own local premiere, with a selection of films specially tailored for their area.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is saddened to learn of the passing of Michael Spencer, a true pioneer of Canadian cinema, who played a key role in laying the very foundations of Canada's feature film industry.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Tremplin competition, organized by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in collaboration with Radio Canada. André Roy of Dieppe, New Brunswick, and Julien Capraro of Vancouver, BC, are the grand prize winners of the ninth edition of Tremplin. The cross-Canada contest is open to emerging francophone filmmakers living outside Quebec.
After a screening at the 2016 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, Simon Rodrigue is proud to present his documentary Quand ferme l'usine (When the Mill Closes) in Trois-Rivières, the city that helped inspire it. Also on hand will be the production team, as well as local people appearing in the film. Produced at the NFB by Johanne Bergeron and Marie-Anne Raulet, the film plays here for one night only (Thursday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m., in Salle Léo-Cloutier at Séminaire Saint-Joseph).
Starting April 14, audiences have a new way of experiencing film narrative with Seances, a groundbreaking achievement in data-driven cinematic storytelling from iconoclastic filmmaker Guy Maddin, co-creators Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, and the National Film Board of Canada.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is bringing together acclaimed Canadian filmmakers to celebrate the achievements of Canadian performing arts legends on film, as the 2016 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) prepares to honour seven new laureates at its annual gala, taking place July 11, 2016, at the National Arts Centre.
From April 15 to September 2, 2016, the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris will showcase the work of acclaimed Quebec children's book illustrator/animation filmmaker Michèle Lemieux in an exhibition entitled The Whole and Its Parts: From Drawings to Animated Films. Organized by curator Angela Grauerholz and produced by the Centre de design at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), the exhibition is presented in partnership with the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) and the National Film Board of Canada. After Paris, the exhibition will reopen in Montreal at UQAM's Centre de design from September 15 to October 30. This year, Lemieux's work will have particular resonance in France, since she also designed the poster for the forthcoming Annecy International Animation Film Festival (June 13–18, 2016).
Jean-Daniel Lafond's new documentary, Michaëlle Jean: A Woman of Purpose, will have a special, one-night-only screening in Toronto, presented with the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, on Friday, April 22, at 6:30 p.m., at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. In this InformAction production (Nathalie Barton), co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada (René Chénier) in association with Majda Films International, the filmmaker captures the recent journey of Michaëlle Jean through Canadian society and diplomacy. This personal and sensitive portrait takes us behind the scenes, revealing her growth as a stateswoman. Jean's appointment as Governor General of Canada was a historic moment. Not only was she the first black woman to occupy Canada's highest office, she would also redefine the role through her desire to turn it into a space for civic engagement and her focus on cultural diplomacy. The screening will be attended by the director, Michaëlle Jean, Hot Docs president Chris McDonald, and Government Film Commissioner and NFB Chairperson Claude Joli-Coeur. A post-screening Q&A will be hosted by Anna Maria Tremonti (CBC Radio's The Current) with Jean-Daniel Lafond and Michaëlle Jean.
Michaëlle Jean: A Woman of Purpose, a new documentary by Jean-Daniel Lafond, will have its French launch at the Vues d'Afrique International Film Festival in Montreal (April 21), Ottawa (April 22) and Quebec City (April 23), and its English launch in Toronto (April 22) in conjunction with the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, with the director, Michaëlle Jean and other guests in attendance. In this InformAction production (Nathalie Barton), co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada (René Chénier) in association with Majda Films International, the filmmaker shows the recent journey of Michaëlle Jean, his wife, through Canadian society and diplomacy. This intimate and sensitive portrait takes us behind the scenes, revealing her growth as a stateswoman.