Three hit National Film Board of Canada (NFB) films have just added to their lustre with a selection to Canada’s Top Ten, an annual list of the country’s finest short and feature-length films, announced by the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on December 7. Winners of a combined 30 Canadian and international honours to date, […]
An acclaimed National Film Board of Canada (NFB) project to inject new life into the short documentary genre goes live in Canada starting January 8, with free streaming of five new non-fiction Quebec shorts at NFB.ca and via NFB apps for smartphones, tablets and connected TV. Called 5 Shorts Project (Projet 5 courts), it’s a […]
An eclectic mix of Canadian talent shines on the big screen The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) returns to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) (September 10–20, 2015) with a stellar line up of feature films from Mina Shum, Mark Lewis and Guy Maddin, as well as short films from award-winning animator Howie Shia, […]
Sundance Premiere: Saturday, Jan 24th, 9pm @ TEMPLE THEATRE What began as a love story between two women turned into an international socio-political thriller―spotlighting media excesses and the thin line between truth and falsehood in the Internet age. Now, the story behind this incredible true-life drama is the subject of a new feature documentary. The […]
Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) continued its record-setting pace at the Academy Awards, garnering its 73rd nomination, more than any film organization in the world outside Hollywood. Torill Kove’s Me and My Moulton, co-produced by the NFB and Norway’s Mikrofilm AS, is nominated for Best Animated Short Film. It’s a category […]
from nfb “Beautifully shot, this documentary-meets-musical-meets-road-movie is a sad, hopeful, gorgeous work of poetry.” – Marsha Lederman, The Globe & Mail Catch Chelsea McMullan’s Sundance-selected documentary-musical about Rae Spoon called My Prairie Home along with a live performance by the transgender indie singer at the film’s Toronto premiere on Tuesday, February 4, starting at 6:30 […]