NFB Commits 50 Percent of its Production Budget to Films by Women
National Film Board of Canada introduces new initiatives in International Women’s Day announcement from NFB head Claude Joli-Coeur.
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NFB Launches New Subscription VOD Service Powered by Vimeo
New video-on-demand subscription service to feature the newest and best NFB-produced documentary and animated shorts.
NFB’s Colin Low Passes at Age 89
The National Film Board of Canada loses a true pioneer of cinema who led breakthroughs across virtually every genre of film in a career spanning more than six decades.
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NFB Announces Hothouse 11 Participants
For the first time, Hothouse animators will be able to work with NFB’s Oscar-winning Animation Studio via their closest NFB production center.
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‘Carface’ Director Claude Cloutier Unveils Animated Holiday GIF
Holiday-themed animated GIF is inspired by the director’s Oscar-shortlisted short film produced by Julie Roy for the NFB.
Claude Cloutier’s ‘Carface’ Wins at 2015 Sommets du cinéma d’animation
Produced by Julie Roy for the National Film Board of Canada, ‘Carface’ is one of the 10 shortlisted films in consideration for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
NFB Opens Call for Entries for Hothouse 11
Deadline for applications to the NFB’s Hothouse program for emerging Canadian animators is December 11.
Gerald Potterton Documentary Launches New Kickstarter Campaign
Three-time Oscar nominee is best known for directing the animated cult classic ‘Heavy Metal’ and for his animation work on The Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine.’
GALLERY: Academy Shortlists 10 Animated Shorts in 2015 Oscar Race
Watch trailers and clips from all 10 shortlisted projects.
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10 Animated Shorts Advance in 2015 Oscar Race
Ten titles -- including Don Hertzfeldt’s ‘World of Tomorrow’ and Pixar short ‘Sanjay’s Super Team’ -- shortlisted out of 60 qualifying films.
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Gerald Potterton Documentary Launches Kickstarter Campaign
Three-time Oscar nominee is best known for directing the animated cult classic ‘Heavy Metal’ and for his animation work on The Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine.’
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The Joy of Animation
What’s joy got to do with it? Is joy just a second-hand emotion?
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Torill Kove Receives Norway’s Top Arts Prize
Oscar-winning director of ‘The Danish Poet’ and ‘Me and My Moulton’ receives the top cultural prize in her native Norway, the Anders Jahre Prize for the Arts.
Three NFB Animated Shorts Headed to LA Shorts Fest
North American premiere of Cordell Barker’s ‘If I Was God’ joins acclaimed new films by Sarah Van Den Boom and Randall Lloyd Okita.
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André Picard Appointed Director General of the NFB
As Director General of the NFB’s French Program, Picard spearheaded digital creation and interactivity by implementing new narrative forms and citizen participation through such projects as the new ‘Parole citoyenne’ website and the ‘Community Mediator’ DVD.
Canada’s Cordell Barker Returns with ‘If I Was God’
Four years in the making, two-time Oscar nominee trades in his familiar comedic 2D animation style for slow-paced storytelling in a brand-new stop-motion short film.
Auto-Asphyxiation: Claude Cloutier Debuts ‘Carface’ at Annecy
The NFB and animator Claude Cloutier lift the hood on his compelling new “Anti-CARS” animated short film.
Here’s the Skinny on ‘Heavy Metal’
Director Gerald Potterton answers questions about his animated classic at the Montreal International Film Festival.
The Animation Pimp: People Are Leaving – The Early Lipsett Diaries
A selection of intimate writings that didn’t make it into the final ‘Lipsett Diaries’ animated short.
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NFB, ARTE Launch Interactive Shorts
Just in time for National Poetry Month, the National Film Board of Canada and ARTE unveil their series of 12 short interactive stories at interactivehaiku.com.
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Director Jeff Hale Passes at Age 92
Animation director Jeff Hale, whose half century of work included the controversial Lenny Bruce short ‘Thank You Mask Man,’ has died.
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NFB Boosts Emerging Animators with Hothouse 10
Oscar winner Chris Landreth is this year’s mentoring director for NFB’s apprenticeship program for emerging animators.
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NFB Releases Vincent Morisset’s ‘Way to Go’ Online
An interactive experience “for human beings between 5 and 105 years old,” ‘Way to Go’ is the follow-up to Morisset’s 2014 SXSW winner ‘BLA BLA.’
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NFB French Animation Founder René Jodoin Dies at 94
NFB director-producer was an early collaborator of Norman McLaren, founder of the NFB’s French Animation Studio, and the recipient of the 2001 Prix Albert-Tessier.
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Torill Kove Prepares for the Oscars with a New Clip
‘Me and My Moulton’ director Torill Kove releases a new clip inspired by her Oscar-nominated animated short.
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