NFB brings 17 films to OIAF 2024

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Montreal – The talents of National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animators will be on vivid display in the nation’s capital as the 2024 Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) presents 17 NFB productions or co-productions, including six films in official competition. This year’s lineup of NFB projects at OIAF features works by animators from across Canada. The largest festival in North America dedicated exclusively to animation, offering screenings, workshops and entertainment since 1976, the …

NFB at Congrès mondial acadien

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Moncton – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is delighted to be at the Congrès mondial acadien (CMA — Acadian World Congress), which this year takes place from August 10 to 18 in southwest Nova Scotia. Along with the pre-launch screening of the short film Trécarré: Exploring the Saint Mary’s Bay Sound, which was shot in the host region, the NFB will also present films …

Soul singer Jackie Shane in award-winning new feature doc

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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 …

NFB gives voice to those underrepresented in media

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Ottawa – Presenting perspectives that are seldom if ever seen on screen is an integral part of the NFB’s mandate. The NFB gives a voice to groups that are systematically underrepresented in the media landscape, whether in front of or behind the camera, such as women, Indigenous people, official-language minority communities, ethnocultural communities, 2SLGBTQI+ communities and people living with disabilities. …

NFB at 2024 Festival Plein(s) Écran(s)

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Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada is returning to the Festival Plein(s) Écran(s) with two award-wining shorts: Audrey Nantel-Gagnon’s documentary Fire-Jo-Ball, selected as the closing film in the Quebec Competition, and Janice Nadeau’s animated short HARVEY (NFB/Folimage), which will screen in the Family Section. The festival takes place online from January 16 to 28, 2024, with some in-person screenings programmed as well. Quick Facts Quebec Competition – Closing film Fire-Jo-Ball by Audrey Nantel-Gagnon (16 min 54 s) Produced …