“What better way to celebrate who we are than through the stories we tell? The NFB’s Canada 150 activities will be an invitation to all Canadians to see where we’ve been and how far we’ve come, and to reflect, together, on where we go from here. We’re hard at work on events that will travel to communities and live online―a national celebration of film and digital media, with memorable experiences for all Canadians.”
-Claude Joli-Coeur, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada.
At the NFB, we’ve been producing docs, fiction, animated films and interactive works for over 75 years. The projects that we make showcase our country’s spectacular diversity and wide-ranging points of view. They foster dialogue and encourage understanding. And, together, they help to tell our story as a nation, from the experiences of Indigenous peoples who have been here for millennia to the ever-shifting social and cultural demographics of today.
This year, in addition to collaborating on events with partners all across the country, we’ve developed three projects that mark our collective journey.
Photo credit: David McKinstry
WHAT THE PAST HAS LEFT US.
AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.
In this series of interactive photo essays, Canadians from all walks of life share personal reflections on our common journey—the legacies that we’ve inherited and the ones that we aspire to leave for future generations. Coming June 2017.
#Legacies150
Media Partner: Postmedia
1 NATION.
4 LENSES.
In this special program on NFB.ca, we’ve curated films from our vast collection that explore who we are as Canadians through four different lenses: what we seek, what we fight for, what we protect and what we call home. The series kicks off in February 2017.
#Canada150
CANADA SEEN THROUGH INDIGENOUS EYES.
A coast to coast to coast screening and discussion series showcasing groundbreaking films by Indigenous directors. This series engages with many key themes in Indigenous Canadian cinema—colonization, resistance, cultural resurgence—and aims to build understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians.
To book a screening in your community or for more information, please contact wideawake@nfb.ca
Screenings will be presented throughout 2017 in collaboration with APTN, TIFF Bell Lightbox, the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and partners across the country.
#WideAwake
Confirmed screenings to date. Stay tuned for more.
Jan 16-17, 7:00 pm We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice
Cinecenta, University of Victoria, BC
Jan 20-21, Mobilize, Etlinisigu’niet (Bleed Down)
Eclectik 2017: Welcome to Indian Country, Montreal arts interculturels, QC
Jan 28, 3:00 pm We Were Children
TIFF, Toronto, ON
Feb 25, 4:00 pm You Are On Indian Land followed by Incident at Restigouche
TIFF, Toronto, ON
March 18, 4:30 pm Foster Child
TIFF, Toronto, ON