Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is pleased to announce that two of its productions have won an award at the 27th Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM). This year’s closing film, Ninan Auassat: Nous, les enfants (Ninan Auassat: We, the Children, NFB), a celebration of the power and vitality of Indigenous youth by Abenaki filmmaker Kim O’Bomsawin, won the Magnus Isacsson Award. Anishinaabe filmmaker Lisa Wilfred Buck (Door Number 3 Productions/NFB), which follows …
Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be at the 27th Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM). Wilfred Buck by Lisa Jackson (92 min) – Quebec premiere Co-produced by Lisa Jackson and Lauren Grant (Door Number 3 Productions) and Alicia Smith (NFB). Executive producers: Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and David Christensen (NFB). Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/wilfred-buck A Top 5 Audience Favourite at this year’s Hot Docs, the film …
Vancouver – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) selection at the 2024 Calgary International Film Festival (Sept. 19–29) will feature eight captivating explorations of personal journeys and transformations: three new feature-length documentaries and five short works. DGC Canadian Documentary Competition 7 Beats Per Minute by Yuqi Kang (Intuitive Pictures/NFB, 100 min) Producers: Ina Fichman (Intuitive Pictures); Sherien Barsoum (NFB) Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/7beatsperminute Mongol Chinese Canadian filmmaker Yuqi Kang followsfreediving champion Jessea Lu’s return to the …
Montreal – Acclaimed Anishinaabe filmmaker Lisa Jackson’s Door Number 3 Productions/National Film Board of Canada (NFB) co-produced feature-length documentary Wilfred Buck will have its world premiere at the CPH:DOX Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, which takes place March 13–24, 2024. Wilfred Buck has been chosen for the international main competition, eligible for the prestigious DOX:Award. Wilfred Buck (92 min 26 s) Producers: Lisa Jackson, Lauren Grant and Alicia Smith (NFB) Executive …
