Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada will be in Cannes this year with Alex Boya’s animated short film Bread Will Walk, which has been selected to screen in the Directors’ Fortnight. Actor Jay Baruchel voices all the characters in the original English version of this frenetic, surrealist satire of our dehumanizing society, designed as a continuous shot. Organized by the Société des Réalisatrices et …
Vancouver – Stellat’en First Nation filmmaker Lyana Patrick’s feature doc Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again will be making its world premiere in her home base of Vancouver in the DOXA Documentary Film Festival’s Justice Forum. A Lantern Films/Experimental Forest Films/National Film Board of Canada (NFB) co-production, Nechako will be presented at the VIFF Centre (1181 Seymour Street) on Saturday, May 3, at 5 p.m., followed by a panel discussion with the director and …
Montreal – Virginia Tangvald’s documentary Les enfants du large (Ghosts of the Sea), a family investigation shot all over the world, opens in Quebec theatres on May 9. The theatrical release will follow the film’s festival tour, first in Quebec and then in Toronto at the prestigious Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, in the Canadian Spectrum Competition. The filmmaker will be attending several screenings of her documentary on the tour. …
Montreal – The NFB’s creative vitality will be front and centre at the 23rd Sommets du cinéma d’animation, taking place from May 26 to 31 in Montreal, with six short films selected. These works, all of which will be in the Canadian Competition, are by talented filmmakers from diverse backgrounds living and working all across Canada. Diversity is also a hallmark of the films’ subject matter, ranging from original depictions of personal quests to explorations of social issues. The …
Toronto – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be at Hot Docs in Toronto with a stellar selection of six NFB documentaries, including Winnipeg director Noam Gonick and Toronto producer Justine Pimlott’s feature doc Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance, presented Thursday, April 24, at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema as the festival’s opening night film. NFB filmmakers will be attending select screenings. The Hot …
Montréal – The National Film Board of Canada is delighted to have six of its films selected at the 2025 Festival du film de l’Outaouais (FFO). The NFB is also taking part in the festival’s industry workshops, with executive producer Nathalie Cloutier from the French Documentary Unit giving a workshop on producing or co-producing with the NFB, on Friday, April 4, at 1:45 p.m. This will be an …
Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada will be well represented at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (June 8–14) with a diverse selection of works, including the eagerly awaited return of filmmakers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski. Three NFB shorts are featured in this year’s prestigious official competition: The Girl Who Cried Pearls (La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles) by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (Madam Tutli-Putli, 2007; GYMNASIA, 2019); …
Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada will be prominently showcased at the 2025 Festival cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke (FCMS) with six feature-length documentaries, including two in competition (Cercle d’or Meilleur documentaire) and one in the Ciné-Échange series of screenings followed by talks. Filmmakers Halima Elkhatabi (Cohabiter/Living Together), Kim O’Bomsawin (Ninan Auassat: Nous les enfants/Ninan Auassat: We, the Children), Virginia Tangvald (Les enfants du large/Ghosts of the Sea) and Anne-Marie Rocher …
Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is featuring new animation and documentary films on nfb.ca throughout the month of March. nfb.ca now offers more than 7,000 films, available to stream free of charge, along with over 100 interactive works. Five new documentaries will be premiering online, in addition to five new and recent animated works. To help mark International Women’s Day, March 8, there’s a special focus on women’s cinema this month—with 8 of the 10 …
Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada is celebrating its 20th year of participation in the Rendez-vous de la Francophonie (RVF). For this year’s RVF, whose theme is “Cultivate your roots!,” the NFB is making six documentary and animation programs available free of charge to francophones and francophiles. Screenings will take place across Canada, from March 1 to 31—from the East Coast to the West Coast, and from the Great Lakes to the Arctic. …
