NFB at the Festival REGARD 2025

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Montreal –  The NFB returns to the Festival REGARD with five short films, including two in official competition: Eisha Marjara’s documentary Am I the skinniest person you’ve ever seen?, making its Quebec premiere, and Ehsan Gharib’s animated film Samaa. Red River Michif/Métis filmmaker Amanda Strong’s animated film Inkwo for When the Starving Return will also get its Quebec premiere at REGARD. Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin is attending the festival for a workshop-screening for her new film, My Friend the Green Horse, being …

Alanis Obomsawin at Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal

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Montreal – The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) unveiled the MAC’s brand-new exhibition, Alanis Obomsawin: The Children Have to Hear Another Story, recently that will continue till January 26, 2025, in the . The exhibition dedicated to the work of Abenaki documentary filmmaker, activist, and singer Alanis Obomsawin, one of the most acclaimed Indigenous …

Legacy of trailblazing NFB filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin celebrated 

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Montreal – Over a legendary career spanning five decades, Abenaki filmmaker and activist Alanis Obomsawin has chronicled the hopes and struggles of Indigenous Peoples in their historic fight for their rights. She’s been an inspiration for generations of Indigenous creators and a trailblazer in women’s cinema since she began to make films at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in 1967—receiving virtually every major Canadian …