Vancouver –The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) selection at the 2024 Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF) will feature powerful documentary and animated storytelling while showcasing the talents of a number of Edmonton and Alberta artists. Taking place September 26 to October 5, EIFF will present three new NFB films. Inkwo for When the Starving Return by Amanda Strong (18 min 27 s) Producers: Amanda Strong (Spotted Fawn Productions), Maral Mohammadian (NFB), …
Vancouver – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) selection at the 2024 Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF) will feature powerful documentary and animated storytelling while showcasing the talents of a number of Edmonton and Alberta artists. Taking place September 26 to October 5, EIFF will present three new NFB films, including the award-winning Banger Films/NFB feature documentary Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, directed by Edmonton-born filmmaker Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee, in which …
Toronto – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) selection at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), taking place September 5 to 15, will feature captivating explorations of identity and powerful storytelling, with a new NFB feature documentary and two NFB co-produced animated shorts. TIFF Docs WORLD PREMIERE: Young people looking for the ideal roommate open up about themselves in Halima Elkhatabi’s debut feature doc Living Together. In scenes filmed in 15 Montreal apartments, Elkhatabi paints a complex …
Montreal – Suzanne Guèvremont is pleased to announce that Julia Qiwen Zhu is the National Film Board of Canada’s new Chief Financial Officer and Director General, Finance and Administration, effective August 19. Julia Qiwen Zhu, CPA, CMA, brings more than 15 years of experience in performance planning, operational and commercial strategies, enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation and digital transformation across a wide range of sectors. “The NFB must continue to adapt to …
Toronto – Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee’s award-winning Banger Films/National Film Board of Canada (NFB) feature documentary Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story is opening in cinemas across Canada beginning August 16, distributed by the NFB. Nashville-born soul singer Jackie Shane boldly carved a new path as one of music’s pioneering Black trans performers—but on the edge of stardom, why did she suddenly leave the spotlight? Any Other Way: The …
Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada will take part in this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival (June 9–15) with a strong, diverse lineup of 11 productions and co-productions, screening across a wide range of sections at the event. Canadian animation leaders are developing and employing new tools and approaches that can improve creativity and production value and build more inclusive animated stories. Telefilm Canada in partnership with the …
Montreal – The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles recently showcased legendary National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animation—with Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart’s Begone Dull Care and Ishu Patel’s Paradise featured as part of Inventing Worlds and Characters: Animation. The gallery takes visitors on a journey through animation, highlighting nearly a century of animation history, as told through the stories of diverse filmmakers. “I’m thrilled that the Academy Museum of …
Ottawa – The National Film Board of Canada will take part in this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival(June 9–15) with a strong, diverse lineup of 11 productions and co-productions, screening across a wide range of sections at the event. Four films have been selected for various competitions, including Torill Kove’s Maybe Elephants (Mikrofilm/NFB), which will be having its world premiere. In addition, Michèle Lemieux, a virtuoso with the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen, will present her latest short, Le …
Montreal – Six eclectic animated shorts from the 14th edition of the National Film Board of Canada’s Hothouse program for emerging animators are available online worldwide at nfb.ca and on the NFB app. Just prior to the online launch, all six animators were in attendance at Montreal’s prestigious Sommets du cinéma d’animation for the festival premiere of their films. The 14th season of Hothouse features the work of talented emerging animation filmmakers from across Canada: Amma by Akash Jones, a Bengali-Jamaican …
Montreal – The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures inLos Angeles will showcase legendary National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animation beginning May 12—with Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart’s Begone Dull Care and Ishu Patel’s Paradise featured as part of Inventing Worlds and Characters: Animation. The gallery takes visitors on a journey through animation, highlighting nearly a century of animation history, as told through the stories of diverse filmmakers. “I’m thrilled that the Academy Museum of Motion …
