Tag: National Film Board of Canada
Sundance Shorts Lineup Includes NFB Faves, New Hertzfeldt
Park City, Utah’s influential and prestigious Sundance Film Festival has revealed the Shorts, Indie Episodic and Special Events selections for the 2018 edition (Jan....
45th Annual Annie Awards Nominations Announced
The International Animated Film Society (ASIFA-Hollywood) announced nominations Monday for its 45th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year's best in the field of animation....
Michèle Cournoyer Is 1st Female Animator to Win Prix Albert-Tessier
The National Film Board of Canada congratulations animation filmmaker and frequent NFB collaborator Michèle Cournoyer on winning the 2017 Prix Albert-Tessier, making her the...
First Pond Saddles Up NFB Feature ‘Window Horses’
First Pond Entertainment -- a film sales and distribution company concentrating on issue-driven narratives centering underrepresented communities -- has picked up US rights to...
TIFF Shorts Program Features 3 NFB Animations
The National Film Board of Canada will have its animation studio projects well represented at the Toronto International Film Festival (taking place Sept. 7-17),...
NFB Short ‘Skin for Skin’ Gets Fantasia Fest World Premiere
Neo-Gothic mixed technique animated short Skin for Skin -- directed by Calgary filmmakers Carol Beecher and Kevin D. A. Kurytnik, produced by the National...
NFB Forms 3-Year Plan to Uplift Indigenous Peoples
The National Film Board of Canada has unveiled a three-year plan and series of commitments shaped by the work and recommendations of the Truth...
VIEW Conference Names First 2017 Speakers
Registration is now open for the 2017 VIEW Conference (www.viewconference.it) -- Italy's premiere computer graphics, digital media and games confab. The 18th edition will...
NFB Shoots for Gender Parity of Key Creatives by 2020
Following the National Film Board of Canada’s announcement last year that it had set a goal to have 50% of its productions directed by...
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Jury Award – Short Film
(8:14, Theodore Ushev, Canada)
Who Made It? Theodore Ushev was born in Kyustendil, Bulgaria, and first made a name for...
NFB Closes Its First Cuban TV Deal
The National Film Board of Canada has secured its first television license deal in Cuba, which will see a slate of nine Canadian films...
NFB Feature ‘Window Horses’ Sets US Premiere for Santa Barbara
Vancouver-based filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming's acclaimed film Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming (from Stickgirl Productions and the National Film Board...
Oscar Nomination Reactions: The Class of 2017 Checks In
The nominees are in! Read what the finalist filmmakers have to say about being recognized by the Academy, below. The 89th Oscars will take...
Reminder & Roundup: Oscar Nomination Voting Opens Jan. 5
New year, new Academy Awards race! Voting for Oscar nominations opens Thursday, January 5 for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members, to...
10 Animated Shorts Advance in Oscar Race
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has narrowed down the initial 69 qualifying films to a list of 10 animated shorts that...
NFB VR Works Slated for POP 03 in Toronto
The National Film Board of Canada is bringing together a slate of six virtual reality and immersive media productions for Toronto's POP 03 installation,...
NFB VR Works Slated for POP 03 in Toronto
The National Film Board of Canada is bringing together a slate of six virtual reality and immersive media productions for Toronto’s POP 03 installation,...
Rene Bourdages Named NFB Director General
Claude Joli-Coeur, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada, announced the appointment of René Bourdages as the NFB's Director...
NFB Announces International Co-Pros
The National Film Board of Canada has entered a new international co-production agreement with Germany’s Studio Film Bilder for a project titled Altötting, directed...
Annecy Bestows Special Prizes
For the third year running, the Special Prizes were awarded in a ceremony held at Annecy’s Town Hall on Friday night. The Mayor of...
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