National Film Board of Canada

National Film Board of Canada

Canada's public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes socially relevant films that inform Canadians and explore global issues.
 
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Permanent Tag: Interactive Media Rating: Amazing Hits: 51 Comments: 0 Here at Home Here at Home An NFB Interactive production, a web documentary that chronicles the Mental Health Commission of Canada's "At Home" pilot project, which seeks to determine how can we best assist homeless people with mental health issues. Would providing the homeless with a home first and treatment second yield positive results? From now until Summer 2013, 5 filmmakers will direct 42 short films in Moncton, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver to try to answer that question. User: IAmDeK May 18, 2012 10:43 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Humor Rating: Amazing Hits: 93 Comments: 0 Sleeping Betty Sleeping Betty by Claude Cloutier — 2007 Funny take on Sleeping Beauty. Drawn in India ink, this animation sets the Perrault classic in Claude Cloutier’s disjointed, anachronistic and playful universe. Production : National Film Board of Canada User: kooolcat Apr 5, 2012 10:51 PM
Permanent Tag: Cinema Rating: Good Hits: 254 Comments: 0 Bzzz! Bzzz! This stop-motion animation film was made using the iPad2 and features the animation of objects, a person (a technique often referred to as pixillation) and text. All special effects were created entirely in-camera using everyday objects. Materials used: Small toy fly Big toy fly Red yarn Cotton balls Beads Makeup Small strainers Black textured sheet (art store) Fishing line Tape Scissors Blue gradient background Black garbage bag Green scarf Acetate Black marker User: lyzard Nov 29, 2011 8:24 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Cinema Rating: Good Hits: 136 Comments: 1 Ora: Meeting with Jose Navas Ora: Meeting with Jose Navas Meet internationally acclaimed choreographer Jose Navas, one of the artists behind the film ORA. It's a unique sensory experience, using cutting-edge 3D thermal imaging technology. User: kooolcat Nov 8, 2011 6:28 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Humor Rating: Good Hits: 175 Comments: 0 Blowhard Blowhard An animated parable that deals with a familiar subject in an amusing way. We join in the business ventures of J.B. Edwards, an easterner who went west to create a fuel company called Consolidated Dragons. The company's profits were sorely affected when the supply of dragons started to dry up. A solution had to be found--and was. User: kooolcat Oct 12, 2011 12:01 AM
Headline Tag: Cinema Rating: Good Hits: 777 Comments: 2 The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes A lesson in geography, which concludes that although the Great Lakes have had their ups and downs, nothing has been harder to take than what humans have done to them lately. In the film, a lone canoeist lives through the changes of geological history, through Ice Age and flood, only to find himself in the end trapped in a sea of scum. Oct 4, 2011 4:34 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Cinema Rating: No Votes Hits: 132 Comments: 0 Almost Real: Connecting in a Wired World Almost Real: Connecting in a Wired World This documentary presents a few individuals for whom the Internet has become a way to connect with like-minded souls in surprising ways: a cyber punk based on an anti-aircraft rig in the English Channel who operates a rogue Web server, a monk developing "wireless prayer technology," a "gamer" who re-creates himself in an online game, a retired couple living in an Internet-controlled seniors' complex and a divorc?Še who exchanges vows online with a man she's never met. Sep 15, 2011 10:09 AM
Headline Tag: Cinema Rating: Good Hits: 612 Comments: 0 Canada Vignettes: The Egg Canada Vignettes: The Egg This animated story shows that societies in evolution are often in danger of self-destruction. Sep 1, 2011 12:37 AM
Permanent Tag: Cinema Rating: Good Hits: 203 Comments: 0 Carried Away Carried Away This animation film celebrates the creative process--its beauty, fury, and consequences. It is a highly stylized and impressionistic rendering; each scene corresponds to a step in the process. Black and white photographs, representing reality, are overlaid with animated color drawings, representing fantasy. It illustrates the artist braving creative storms, indulging runaway imagination and learning, by trial and error, to take possession of his creative energy Aug 10, 2011 1:23 PM
Permanent Tag: Cinema Rating: Good Hits: 255 Comments: 0 Canada Vignettes: Instant French Canada Vignettes: Instant French NFB.ca This film promotes, in the best K-Tel tradition, a new device used to speak French. Jul 22, 2011 4:10 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Humor Rating: No Votes Hits: 174 Comments: 0 Automania Automania This short animated film takes an amusing look at city dwellers' obsessive dependence on the automobile. Just as he does every morning, a man is preparing to jump into his car and head off to work when the remote control gizmo refuses to cooperate. The key won't unlock the door! Some helpful passersby suggest several solutions, but our stubborn hero turns a deaf ear. Will he get to work on time? User: kooolcat Jul 13, 2011 11:50 PM
Permanent Tag: Cinema Rating: Ok Hits: 267 Comments: 0 How Do They Recycle Steel? How Do They Recycle Steel? In How Do They Recycle Steel?, sparks fly and molten metal runs white hot on its way from scrap to fresh steel. Film without words. Jul 9, 2011 1:55 AM
Permanent Tag: Cinema Rating: Good Hits: 322 Comments: 3 How Do They Make Oatmeal Cookies? How Do They Make Oatmeal Cookies? In How Do They Make Oatmeal Cookies?, discover the story behind delicious cookies, from the farmer's field to fresh from the oven. Film without words. Jun 23, 2011 12:53 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Music Rating: Good Hits: 165 Comments: 1 Forming Game Forming Game A short experimental animated film directed and animated by Malcolm Sutherland. Music and Sound by Luigi Allemano. Produced by Marcy Page at the National Film Board of Canada in 2008. For more info, watch the making-of video here: http://vimeo.com/7316843 User: kooolcat Jun 4, 2011 2:03 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Television Rating: Good Hits: 189 Comments: 0 I Am Lonely I Am Lonely I Am Lonely is about learning to live with yourself, a necessity for anyone, and especially the last man alive. But what if the last man alive isn't Will Smith but just a guy named Chris, a bit of a loser who has no idea how to cope? And what would you say to your best friend if he only had moments to live before becoming one of the undead? Written by Jonathan Brown (adapted from his Tin Can Podcast series) and directed by Phil Haine (Stalker, 2010 Raindance Film Festival). Director: Phil Haine (UK) User: RabidMadness May 19, 2011 6:47 PM
 
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