NFB is proud distributor renowned filmmaker Michel Brault’s works

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Montreal – In 1974, Michel Brault’s feature docudrama Les ordres (Orders) was released. Today, highlighting the 50th anniversary of this major work and Cannes award winner, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is also pleased to announce that the version of the film restored by Éléphant: mémoire du cinéma québécois will be available for distribution at festivals, film clubs and other venues. In fact, …

Halima Elkhatabi’s Cohabiter to be screened in Montreal 

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Montreal –  Halima Elkhatabi’s feature-length documentary Cohabiter (Living Together), produced by the NFB, hits theatres in Montreal on September 13, screening at Cinéma Beaubien and Cinémathèque Québécoise. The film’s theatrical release in its original French version follows its world premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where it was selected alongside another of Elkhatabi’s films, the narrative short Fantas. To kick off the theatrical release of Living Together, a red-carpet event will be held at Cinéma Beaubien …

Arrêt sur Pierre Hébert screening at Cinémathèque québécoise

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Montreal – 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 director will be in attendance at select screenings. At the request of the NFB’s French Animation Unit, Darses, who received …