How did a 73-year-old government agency operating under an almost laughably boring mandate (“to interpret Canada to Canadians and other nations!”) turn into a hotbed of film innovation? NFB chair Tom ...

Montreal, August 24, 2011 — The National Film Board of Canada heads to the 35th Ottawa International Animation Festival (September 21—25, 2011) with a dazzling array of international co-productions by ...

Montrealers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski are going back to the Oscars with a magical ode to their adoptive hometown.

At a time when independent and international animation are more influential than ever, two of Canada's key cultural institutions - the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Telefilm Canada - are ...

In September 2019 (though, given the many delays thus far, that’s just a rough guess at the moving date), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will bid adieu to their infamous old headquarters ...

In a world increasingly dominated by web content and limited space in print, photo-based multimedia projects have been heralded as both the future of storytelling and savior of photography. In May, ...

The image conveyed by the title Animation Express is of a train barrelling along the tracks. That's appropriate. Even apart from the notion of a public agency operating at full tilt, at least three of ...

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When Tom Perlmutter took on the top job at the National Film Board of Canada in 2007, he did what was expected – travelled to Ottawa and began knocking on doors. He found a sympathetic audience among ...

The head of the National Film Board (NFB) is hoping to soothe tensions with filmmakers after an independent group alleged the Crown corporation is mismanaging its budget and hurting Canadian cinema.