The NFB’s gift to Canadians: films to discover for the holiday season. SARAH POLLEY’S STORIES WE TELL AMONG 20 ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARIES AND ANIMATED SHORTS STREAMING FREE AT NFB.CA, STARTING DECEMBER 7.
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07/12/2017
December 7, 2017 – Toronto – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
The National Film Board of Canada has a holiday gift for all Canadians, starting December 7.
It’s a new playlist called The NFB Presents, featuring 20 acclaimed documentary and animated films—stories that will move, inspire, surprise and engage—now streaming free of charge at NFB.ca.
Among the titles being showcased are Sarah Polley’s hit feature Stories We Tell, Kathy Shultz’s acclaimed animated short A Sea Turtle Story, and Paul Cowan’s Paris 1919 (13 Production/NFB), inspired by Margaret MacMillan’s landmark book—all produced in Toronto by the NFB’s Ontario Studio. There’s also Jennifer Baichwal’s Payback, based on Margaret Atwood’s bestseller, and Mina Shum’s feature Ninth Floor as well as portraits of remarkable Canadians like Phil Comeau’s Secretariat’s Jockey, Ron Turcotte and Toronto director Lawrence Jackman’s short documentary How Does It Feel, about Kazumi, a performer with cerebral palsy.
Of course, no holiday is complete without a selection of amazing animated films from the NFB’s two Oscar-winning animation studios—now free for the first time. Acclaimed titles like: Claude Cloutier’s satirical musical short Carface; Mi’gmaq artist Phyllis Grant’s beautiful Waseteg, narrated by legendary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin; and Andrea Dorfman’s wonderfully hand-crafted Big Mouth, a film for anyone, young or old, who has ever gotten in trouble for saying too much!
Also featured:
Documentaries
The Socalled Movie (reFrame Films/NFB), dir. Garry Beitel
Things Arab Men Say, dir. Nisreen Baker
Home Cooked Music, dir. Mike Maryniuk
Tying Your Own Shoes, dir. Shira Avni
Fight, dir. Ervin Chartrand
Hope Builders, dir. Fernand Dansereau
From Sherbrooke to Brooks: Inside a Migration Corridor, dir. Roger Parent
The Last Key, dir. Julien Capraro
Animated shorts
Kaspar (Inspired by the Life of Kaspar Hauser), dir. Diane Obomsawin
Paula, dir. Dominic Etienne Simard
My Heart Attack, dir. Sheldon Cohen
The NFB Presents is available free online and through the NFB’s apps for tablets and mobile devices.
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About the NFB
For more than 80 years, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has produced, distributed and preserved those stories, which now form a vast audiovisual collection—an important part of our cultural heritage that represents all Canadians.
To tell these stories, the NFB works with filmmakers of all ages and backgrounds, from across the country. It harnesses their creativity to produce relevant and groundbreaking content for curious, engaged and diverse audiences. The NFB also collaborates with industry experts to foster innovation in every aspect of storytelling, from formats to distribution models.
Every year, another 50 or so powerful new animated and documentary films are added to the NFB’s extensive collection of more than 14,000 titles, half of which are available to watch for free on nfb.ca.
Through its mandate, its stature and its productions, the NFB contributes to Canada’s cultural identity and is helping to build the Canada of tomorrow.