3 Animated Documentaries from NFB's Alambic Lab Go Online August 17
The under 5-minute shorts were made during a 6-month paid lab for emerging filmmakers run by the French Animation Studio, chosen from 75 submissions by a 6-person jury.
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NFB Brings Gaussian Splatting Animation Session to SIGGRAPH
Eloi Champagne will lead the July 22 Birds of a Feather session with Jimmy Fournier, covering Gaussian-based animation workflows, hybrid pipelines and production uses from acquisition through delivery, with examples from NFB works in progress and technical explorations involving the NVIDIA Spatial Intelligence Lab and the Dynamic Graphics Project lab at the University of Toronto.
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The NFB Streams Oscar-Winning 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls'
With an Academy Award in hand, the National Film Board of Canada has released Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski’s stop-motion short for free global viewing.
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Chris Lavis Talks ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker discusses his and Maciek Szczerbowski’s latest stop-motion tour de force, how the tough decision to cut 3 minutes was the right call, and how a ‘beautiful film’ is easily forgotten if the story doesn’t move the audience.
National Film Board of Canada EP Christine Noël on ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’ and Shaping the Future of Animation
The Executive Producer reflects on acclaimed projects like Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski’s new film, her support for diverse creators, and her efforts to sustain the NFB’s legacy of innovation through a collaborative production model that continues to achieve major festival and awards success.
15 NFB Films Headed to OIAF 2025
4 shorts in competition by Alex Boya, Matea Radic, Abbey Collings and the duo of Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski lead the expansive slate that includes a special screening of Donald McWilliams’ ‘A Return to Memory;’ festival runs September 24–28.
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New Cordell Barker Short Among 5 Animated NFB Films to Compete at CIFF 2025
The 2-time Oscar nominee’s ‘Good Luck to You All’ world premiere tops the Board’s slate of animation in competition at the festival, which runs September 18–28.
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National Film Board of Canada’s Hothouse 15 Program Now Online
The latest edition features work by 6 emerging animation filmmakers: ‘Get a Grip’ by Abbey Collings; ‘I Want to Go Home’ by Mégan Dupont; ‘Intruder’ by Max Ma; ‘Panoptic’ by Katie Finn; ‘Springrise’ by Mitchell Keys; and ‘Super Mr. Woods’ by Aerin Wu.
Catch the National Film Board of Canada at SIGGRAPH 2025
Head of technical direction and production technologies Éloi Champagne will participate in a Real-Time Live! Session, and will sit down with filmmaker Amanda Strong to discuss ‘Inkwo for When the Starving Return;’ Jo Roy’s ‘Corpus and the Wandering’ will screen as part of the Electronic Theater.
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Veteran Animator, Director, and Producer Robert Verrall Passes at 97
The artist, celebrated for his distinguished career, from 1945-1987, as a filmmaker and later as the head of the animation department at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), is credited with works such as the Oscar-nominated 'The Romance of Transportation in Canada,' Ryan Larkin’s ‘Walking,’ and many others.
Normand Roger, Eunice Macaulay to Receive Winsor McCay Award
The legendary artists at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be honored by ASIFA-Hollywood for their career achievements in animation at the 52nd Annie Awards on February 8.
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Oscar Winner Torill Kove Honored at Spark Animation
‘The Danish Poet’ director received the Lifetime Achievement Award and Canadian Film Prize for her new Mikrofilm/NFB short, ‘Maybe Elephants.’
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17 NFB Films Heading to OIAF 2024
Official competition selections include ‘Maybe Elephants’ by Torill Kove, ‘In the Shallows’ by Arash Akhgari and ‘Hairy Legs’ by Andrea Dorfman; 4 NFB shorts included in “What Is It Good For? Experiences Of War in Animation” special screening.
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One-of-a-Kind AI-Assisted Rotoscope Helps Resurrect Life-Loving Legacy of Jackie Shane
Banger Film’s documentary, ‘Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story,’ captures the highs and lows of the pioneering transgender soul and R&B artist’s life through an innovative, groundbreaking mix of live-action and vividly animated sequences.
Binocular Briefs - Spotlight on Torill Kove
This month’s edition of AWN’s survey of under-the-radar animated shorts that are currently travelling the festival circuit or are new to online viewing looks at the Oscar-winning animator’s new film and revisits her award-winning body of work.
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The NFB at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival
NFB announces four short films to screen at Annecy
Filmmaker Janice Nadeau and NFB Producer Marc Bertrand Talk ‘HARVEY’
A conversation between the director and National Film Board of Canada producer takes us inside their collaboration on the award-winning NFB/Folimage animated short that examines bereavement and coping with the loss of a parent through the imaginative eyes of a child.
Podcast EP 235: Stop-Motion Animator Dale Hayward on Perfectionism in Animation
The Montreal-based See Creature Animation Studio co-owner offers 5-steps to improve animation performance and shares his experience directing New Zealand Claymation kid’s show ‘Kiri and Lou.’
Exclusive: New Trailer for Ryo Orikasa’s ‘Miserable Miracle’
The award-winning ‘Datum Point’ director returns to the Ottawa festival with his latest experimental film, produced by Miyu Productions, the NFB, and New Deer, screening in Short Competition 5; OIAF 2023 runs September 20-24.
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19 NFB Films Heading to OIAF 2023
Official competition selections include ‘The Girl with the Red Beret’ by Janet Perlman, ‘Miserable Miracle’ by Ryo Orikasa, ‘HARVEY’ by Janice Nadeau and ‘Boat People’ by Thao Lam and Kjell Boersma; NFB programs include NFB HOTHOUSE@20 and Show-and-tell with the NFB Animation & Interactive Studio.
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NFB Names Richard Cormier Director General
The 30+ year industry veteran will oversee implementation of the organization’s vision and objectives across production, distribution, marketing, and business; he assumes his new role September 11.
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‘Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics’ Wins ‘New Voices Award’ at Tribeca
Based on Terril Calder’s award-winning 2021 animated short, the installation received an honor presented to XR creators who bring new perspectives and artistic languages to immersive storytelling; the interactive stop-motion exhibit reflects Indigenous teachings from the earth fused into the story, creating a unique viewing experience
Call for Animators: The NFB Opens Hothouse 14
‘Small Things Considered’ is this year’s theme for the three-month paid mentorship in all-inclusive, real-world animation filmmaking; the deadline for submission is July 10.
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NFB Announces Terril Calder’s ‘Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics’ World Premiere
Based on the award-winning 2021 animated short ‘Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics,’ the stop-motion installation reflects Indigenous teachings from the earth, fused into the story, creating a unique viewing experience; debut set for Tribeca Festival’s ‘Tribeca Immersive’ showcase in June.
Kneading Bread and AI
Exploring Alex Boya’s world making, Zombie bread baking, and animation process.
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