Tag "The National Film Board of Canada"

NFB Announces Get Animated! 2012 Schedule & Lineup

October 22, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is launching the sixth edition of its free program, Get Animated!, which offers many of the country’s top animated films to communities across Canada in celebration of International Animation Day (October 28). Scheduled for Oct. 26 to November 10, the event will offer [...]

NFB Faces 10 Percent Cut in Subsidies

April 9, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The National Film Board of Canada announced last week that it’s facing a 10 percent cut in its annual Parliamentary appropriations over the next three years. The publicly funded org, which has supported many Oscar-winning animated shorts over the years—including the 2012 award-winning Wild Life by Amanda Forbis and Wendy [...]

NFB Launches Advent Calendar App

November 30, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

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, [...]

NFB Preps for Get Animated!

October 5, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The National Film Board of Canada is gearing up for the 5th edition of Get Animated!, a program of animated screenings and activities coming to over 20 cities across Canada from October 22 to November 6 to celebrate International Animation Day (Oct. 28), in partnership with local organizations. Highlights of [...]