Montreal – Five years in the making, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) feature documentary Arab Women Say What?! by Alberta-based Egyptian-Canadian filmmaker Nisreen Baker will premiere this fall. The film will have its world premiere on October 20 when it opens the 2023 Calgary Arab Film Nights festival at Calgary’s Globe Cinema. On November 1, Arab Women Say What?! premieres in Montreal at a free screening at UQAM’s Salon de la …
Toronto – The 2023 Reelworld Film Festival in Toronto (November 1 to 7) will showcase powerful and intimate stories from National Film Board of Canada (NFB) creators, with premieres of Thao Lam and Kjell Boersma’s animated short documentary Boat People and the feature documentary Lay Down Your Heart, directed by Marie Clements and written by Clements and Niall McNeil. Working with the NFB’s Ontario Studio in Toronto as well as the …
Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has greenlit 16 productions and co-productions between January and June 2023. Nine new feature-length documentary films and seven new animated shorts are now underway at studios across the country, reflecting the NFB’s strengths in longform non-fiction and acclaimed auteur animation. For more information on these and other projects currently in the works …
Vancouver – The 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) has presented the world premiere of the feature-length documentary WaaPaKe (Tomorrow), directed by Vancouver-based filmmaker Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) at the BC & Yukon Studio, Koostachin’s deeply personal film unravels the tangled threads of silence suffered by residential school Survivors through truth, freedom and …
Montreal – With 19 productions or co-productions in the official selection, including four in competition, the National Film Board of Canada will be in the spotlight at the 2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF). This year, the lineup of NFB projects features artists from the Greater Ottawa Region, among others, and the films in competition are inspired by literary works, poetry, children’s books, and songs. The largest festival …
Montreal — The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has committed to ensuring that by March 31, 2025, over 30% of its productions and co-productions underway at that time will be directed by artists and filmmakers who self-identify as Black and People of Colour.* This figure represents the minimum expected outcome, as the NFB continues to evolve and adapt to Canadian …
World premieres of Heather Campbell’s short doc Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher, feature documentaries A Quiet Girl by Adrian Wills and Stolen Time by Helene Klodawsky, and Ryo Orikasa’s animated short Miserable Miracle Halifax – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will bring eight heart-felt, profound and eye-opening documentaries and animated films to festival goers at the 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF) in Halifax—including three deeply personal stories from …
Toronto – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) selection at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), taking place September 7 to 17, will feature compelling documentary and animated storytelling from emerging filmmakers. The festival’s Short Cuts program is presenting world premieres of NFB short films that explore the mysteries of the natural world and evoke the fragility of human …
Montreal – Seven National Film Board of Canada (NFB) short films celebrating Canadian performing arts excellence will premiere online Saturday, May 27, at 9 p.m. ET, immediately following the 2023 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) Gala at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre. Canadians will be able to watch these innovative tributes to this year’s GGPAA laureates on the platforms of their choice, with films streaming …
Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada is returning to the prestigious Annecy International Animation Film Festival with a very diverse slate of films, including works by or about festival mainstays Janice Nadeau, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, Theodore Ushev and Diane Obomsawin. Taking place this year from June 11 to 17, the Annecy festival is the world’s largest event dedicated to animated …
