Events and Screenings
The NFB Mediatheque offers an entertaining program of award-winning NFB films, as well as insightful panel discussions and hands-on animation workshops. Each event offers the chance to learn something new, and to engage in an interactive environment.
May 16 2012
FREE FAVOURITES AT FOUR: TIMOTHY FINDLEY: ANATOMY OF A WRITER
In this wryly intimate film, Timothy Findley, an actor who became one of Canada's finest novelists, gives the performance of his life. Findley acts out for the camera his multiple roles and selves--ex-alcoholic,...
May 16 2012
A WORLD OF SHORTS: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
Stuck, with no place to go, and no help on the way! Whether it's an inescapable water tank, a subway car or an impossible mother, this collection of hopeless situations, unresolvable problems and...
May 23 2012
FREE FAVOURITES AT FOUR: TIGER SPIRIT
Korea is a divided nation. The psychic scar shared by families divided during the Korean War in the 1950s is symbolized by the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing communist North from capitalist South. Along...
May 26 to 27 2012
YOU ARE THE CITY BUILDER: BE A PART OF DOORS OPEN TORONTO
Interactive Experience Ever wonder what it would be like to walk on a steel beam high above the city? Come and cross a steel beam high above a virtual Toronto landscape! In our interactive installation,...
May 30 2012
FREE FAVOURITES AT FOUR: THE ROYAL JOURNEY
A documentary account of the five-week visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Canada and the United States in the fall of 1951 includes the pageantry of Québec City; the National...
June 2 2012
CREATIONS, OBSESSIONS AND SENSATIONS
Showcase of NFB works, spanning 50 years of outstanding achievement in animation. CMYK CMYK is a dizzying celebration of sound, colour and movement. Coloured dots pulsate chaotically, crosshairs roll...
June 4 2012
MEET THE ARTIST: IAIN GARDNER
Iain Gardner is a multi-award winning Scottish animation filmmaker. He will discuss his approach to filmmaking and themes, such as the relationship between human cultures and the natural world, that dot...
June 1 to 4 2012
TORONTO ANIMATED IMAGE SOCIETY (TAIS) & NFB ANIMATION BLOWOUT
FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 7PM TO 11PM TAIS SHOWCASE 2012 & ANIJAM: TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES A juried program highlighting recent animated works by independent artists. Screened in conjunction with the TAIS Showcase,...
