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Gerald Potterton, Oscar-nominated NFB animator who worked on Yellow Submarine, dies at 91
Gerald Potterton during the production of The Railrodder in 1965. Courtesy of National Film Board of Canada
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National Film Board hiring new executives to lead anti-racist practices, forge ties with Indigenous groups
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Vancouver filmmaker revisits his grandmother’s story of surviving the Holocaust in new NFB film
In Daniel SchubertÕs new film Martha Ð set to premiere on the NFB website on Jan. 27, the day Auschwitz was liberated Ð he learns the story of what happened to his family at Auschwitz.
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National Film Board producer Lorraine Monk was driving force in Canadian photography
This week Lorraine Monk, pictured here July 9, 1981, finally unveiled her long-awaited proposal for a huge encyclopedic museum of contemporary Canadian photography to be based in Toronto with associated centres throughout the country. As the head of the Still Photography Division of the National Film Board from 1960 to 1980; Mrs. Monk became the most controversial and powerful figure in the Canadian photographic community. She admits that "photographers have called it [her plan] a mad dream." Photo by John Wood / The Globe and Mail. Originally published July 11, 1981.
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Journalism documentary This Is Not a Movie plays like Robert Fisk’s greatest hits and misses
This is Not a Movie at Hot Docs. Investigating “the truth” has never been an easy task. Yet veteran British foreign correspondent Robert Fisk has spent the better part of his career doing just that, from his legendary stint at The Times in the ‘80s to over 30 years with The Independent, where he continues to report on the Middle East.
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National Film Board at a crossroads amid restructuring and staff departures
David Fine, Oscar-winning director, is photographed at his home studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Rafal Gerszak/The Globe and Mail
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Kids already bored? Here are eight children’s classics available to stream on the National Film Board website
Screen grab from The Cat Came Back, directed by Cordell Barker
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TIFF’s Top 10 Canadian films of 2019 skews young, adventurous and Indigenous
Barry Hertz
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National Film Board of Canada announces restructuring and layoffs
National Film Board commissioner Claude Joli-Coeur
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Canadian filmmakers decry reappointment of National Film Board commissioner Claude Joli-Coeur
National Film Board commissioner Claude Joli-Coeur.
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National Film Board announces first-year progress of Indigenous action plan
A still from award-winning filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin's latest documentary, Our People Will Be Healed: The Road Forward.