Acclaimed Czech Animator Bretislav Pojar Dies at 89

October 16, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

The great Czech animator and puppeteer Břetislav Pojar died on Friday at the age of 89. In a career stretching back to the late 1940s, Pojar wrote and directed many stop-motion and puppet-animated shorts and TV series. Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with [...]

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NFB Launches Advent Calendar App

November 30, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments

The National Film Board of Canada’s cool new Advent Calendar App for the iPad is now available on iTunes for 99 cents! Users can use the digital advent calendar to unlock a cool NFB film each day throughout December. The available films provide a festive family activity for iPad users, [...]

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