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 …
Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is featuring powerful and thought-provoking free programming on nfb.ca throughout the month of May. The NFB website will feature five online premieres in May, along with Asian Heritage Month special programming. In total, nfb.ca now offers more than 6,500 online films and a collection of more than 100 interactive works. Starting May 1 | Asian Heritage Month | Online premiere, NFB channels and a new Curator’s Perspective …
Montreal – The NFB is making an impressive return to Montreal’s Sommets du cinéma d’animation (May 6–11), with 11 productions and co-productions screening as world premieres—including Le tableau (The Painting), by Michèle Lemieux, made with the famous Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen, and LOCA, by Véronique Paquette. The festival’s closing film will be Loïc Darses’ Graver l’homme: arrêt sur Pierre Hébert (Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert). Additionally, filmmaker Arash Akhgari will be giving an Artist’s Talk about …
Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is ushering in spring with great free programming on nfb.ca through the month of March. The NFB website offers 9 online premieres this month, with powerful new documentaries, dazzling auteur animated shorts and a mind-expanding mobile game. With Nisha Pahuja’s To Kill a Tiger nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Feature Film, nfb.ca will take a special look at the NFB at the Oscars. As the NFB prepares to mark the 50th anniversary …
Montreal – For the 19th year in a row, the National Film Board of Canada is taking part in the Rendez-vous de la Francophonie (RVF), the theme of which this year is the joy of discovery. And the NFB is sure to spark joy in audiences, because throughout this epic celebration of francophone culture in Canada, presented from March 1 to 31, five documentary and animation programs for all ages will be available …
