The National Film Board of Canada and Canada Running Series are proud to present an epic story of survival through sports. Gun Runners is the first feature documentary by Montreal-born and Nairobi-based Anjali Nayar. “We are thrilled to be collaborating with the NFB on the launch of Gun Runners in the lead-up to this year’s Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October 16,” said Canada … Read more
The winner of the audience award at Hot Docs 2016, Iqaluit-based filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril’s acclaimed feature documentary Angry Inuk (National Film Board of Canada/Unikkaat Studios/EyeSteelFilm) is coming to communities across Canada, beginning this September with screenings at festivals in Halifax, N.S.; Calgary, Alta.; Yellowknife, NWT; and Edmonton, Alta. The full release is available online. Call 514-206-1750.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be at the katingavik inuit arts festival in St. John’s―the cultural component of the 20th Inuit Studies Conference (October 7 to 10)―to launch a new comprehensive interdisciplinary learning resource as part of the Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories initiative, as well as to preview upcoming new works by Inuit filmmakers Isabella-Rose Weetaluktuk and Echo … Read more
Nine National Film Board of Canada (NFB) productions and co-productions will be screened at the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) between September 21 and 25. The full release is available online. Call 514-296-8261.
Feature-length animation from Ann Marie Fleming, a new documentary by master filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, a short film by Newfoundland and Labrador filmmaker Justin Simms and a multi-award-winning short by animator Theodore Ushev make up a stellar National Film Board of Canada (NFB) lineup, featuring world and North American premieres, at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), September 8–18, 2016. Making … Read more
Dalhousie University and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) welcomed Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) to campus to announce $250,000 for the development of the pilot project Ocean School. The project is a partnership between Dalhousie University and the National Film Board with support from the Government of Canada through Fisheries … Read more
Two-time Academy Award nominee Cordell Barker (The Cat Came Back, 1988; Strange Invaders, 2001) will be back in Los Angeles this fall as his latest National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short If I Was God makes its North American premiere at the 2015 Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, as part of a stellar selection that also includes … Read more
The National Film Board of Canada announced its lineup of seven films to be screened at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Sept. 10-20. Feature-length films include Mina Shum‘s “Ninth Floor”, Mark Lewis‘s “Invention”, and Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson‘s “The Forbidden Room”. Short films include Howie Shia‘s “BAM”, Karl Lemieux and David Bryant‘s “Quiet … Read more
