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 …
Los Angeles – Oprah Winfrey recently talked about weight loss during an appearance at The Color Purple world premiere earlier this week at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. She wore a figure-hugging long-sleeved purple gown at the event. She said, “It’s not one thing, it’s everything. I intend to keep it that way. I was on …
Montreal – In her short documentary My 2020, which will be available free of charge on nfb.ca as of April 10, adventure filmmaker Sarah McNair-Landry travels from Nunavut to Idaho to create a fascinating travelogue, combining extreme sports and breathtaking Arctic landscapes. About the film My 2020 by Sarah McNair-Landry (34 min 10 s) – WORLD PREMIERE Producer: Denis McCready for the NFB’s Quebec, Canadian Francophonie & Acadian Documentary Studio …
Paris – According to the organisers, Indiana Jones is returning to Cannes Film Festival, where the previous installment also got its world premiere. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the fifth installment of the action franchise, will premiere at the festival in May.
Montreal – More productions than ever from NFB studios across the country will be available free of charge on nfb.ca in April, including the world premieres of two documentaries: Why? by Danielle Sturk and My 2020 by Sarah McNair-Landry. The NFB will also be highlighting events such as Earth Day with five thematic channels, as well as the launch of Daniel Gray’s award-winning animated short HIDE. nfb.ca now offers …
