Beginning today, six eclectic animated shorts from the 14th edition of the National Film Board of Canada’s Hothouse program for emerging animators are available online worldwide at nfb.ca and on the NFB app.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles will showcase legendary National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animation beginning May 12—with Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart’s Begone Dull Care and Ishu Patel’s Paradise featured as part of Inventing Worlds and Characters: Animation. The gallery takes visitors on a journey through animation, highlighting nearly a century of animation history, as told through the stories of diverse filmmakers.
Fresh from its North American premiere at Hot Docs, Toronto-based Anishinaabe filmmaker Lisa Jackson’s Wilfred Buck is opening in cinemas across Canada, distributed by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is featuring powerful and thought-provoking free programming on nfb.ca throughout the month of May.
The feature-length documentary Graver l’homme: arrêt sur Pierre Hébert (Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert), directed by Loïc Darses, will open on Sunday, May 12, at the Cinémathèque québécoise in Montreal, following its world premiere as the closing film of the Sommets du cinéma d’animation.
The NFB is making an impressive return to Montreal’s Sommets du cinéma d’animation (May 6–11), with 11 productions and co-productions screening as world premieres—including Le tableau (The Painting), by Michèle Lemieux, made with the famous Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen, and LOCA, by Véronique Paquette.
In the context of a constantly changing and evolving industry, the NFB is undertaking a major modernization initiative that’s expected to lead to a significant increase in funds budgeted for production.
Vancouver’s DOXA Documentary Film Festival (May 2–12) will feature extraordinary stories from across Canada with a selection of five deeply personal National Film Board of Canada (NFB) produced and co-produced documentaries.
More NFB productions and co-productions than ever, from regions across the country, will be available for free streaming on nfb.ca in April.
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is presenting a stellar selection of seven National Film Board of Canada (NFB) produced and co-produced documentaries, including two world premieres, from April 25 to May 5 in Toronto.
After garnering raves following its world premiere at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (RVQC) at the end of February, the feature-length documentary Malartic, directed by Nicolas Paquet, will be released in theatres on April 19 in several Quebec cities: Montreal, Quebec City, Rouyn-Noranda (Abitibi) and Rimouski (Bas-Saint-Laurent).
The National Film Board of Canada is making a strong showing at the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival with four short films, including three in official competition.
Tamara Segura’s deeply personal National Film Board of Canada (NFB) feature-length documentary Seguridad will have its world premiere at the Miami Film Festival, which takes place April 5 to 14.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is ushering in spring with great free programming on nfb.ca through the month of March.
True to its role as a leader in the world of film, the NFB will have a strong presence at this year’s REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival, held March 20 to 24. The lineup of NFB titles includes seven short animated and documentary films on a wide range of themes, made with an array of techniques.