NFB Animation and Interactive

We produce auteur animated short films and experimental interactive and immersive media.

[National Film Board of Canada @thenfb]

⏸️ #NFB Pause ⏸️
Through the power of #VR, Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon) transcends the lenses of traditional media to take us to a place where colonial rules and assumptions are forgotten.
🦬 Experience THIS IS NOT A CEREMONY on Meta Quest TV → https://t.co/rdTlDuN0yh

[NFB Animation and Interactive @NFB_AI]

Make sure you follow us on instagram for behind the scenes content, project profiles and more - https://t.co/5sWTUz9Lq6
#interactive #animation #VR #XR #games #immersive #storytelling #Canada

[NFB Animation and Interactive @NFB_AI]

And a #CdnScreenAwards nomination for Wayfinder, congrats to @mattdesl and producer @nicholasklassen!

[National Film Board of Canada @thenfb]

BEST VIDEO GAME NARRATIVE
🌬️ Wayfinder by @mattdesl → https://t.co/g4JvXOYPGE

[NFB Animation and Interactive @NFB_AI]

Two of our three #CdnScreenAwards nominations - congratulations to @brucewgalcock and @jeremymendes!

[National Film Board of Canada @thenfb]

BEST PRODUCTION, INTERACTIVE
🖱️ "Charity" Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour & Ryan Ferko →https://t.co/ZtwUFwWefX

🖱️ "Far Away From Far Away" by @brucewgalcock & @jeremymendes → https://t.co/M14TW69iSH

[National Film Board of Canada @thenfb]

It’s a wrap for THIS IS NOT A CEREMONY’s world premiere at #Sundance’s #NewFrontier 2022.
Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon) and the entire NFB team would like to thank Sundance’s programmers, staff and audiences for a warm welcome in the Spaceship 🥽🚀

[Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye]

I interviewed the Indigenous creators Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon) & James Monkman about the cinematic VR piece THIS IS NOT A CEREMONY, which visually embeds notions of relationality & encourages the practice of bearing witness to Indigenous trauma.
https://t.co/wjeDPSkLrx

[NFB Animation and Interactive @NFB_AI]

A glowing review for THIS IS NOT A CEREMONY from @HertzBarry and @globeandmail! See it now on the New Frontier's Spaceship at @sundancefest with the Explorer Pass - https://t.co/zTk9wWbYc8

[Barry Hertz @HertzBarry]

The one film that truly knocked me out at #Sundance? That would be @thenfb's THIS IS NOT A CEREMONY by Ahnahktsipiitaa's (Colin Van Loon), which will make any VR skeptic a true believer. https://t.co/L8GrsvcmS1

[TechVangArt @techvangart]

in Dialogue with 𝐀𝐇𝐍𝐀𝐇𝐊𝐓𝐒𝐈𝐏𝐈𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐀 Director& Writer of ”𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆” an intriguing and captivating #VR experience at @sundancefest 2022.
https://t.co/4FGLK001lz
@NFB_Katja @CieGillesJobin @thenfb #INDIGENOUS

[NFB Animation and Interactive @NFB_AI]

“This Is Not a Ceremony,” by director Ahnahktsipiitaa featured in @IndianCountry in their overview of #Sundance

[ICT @IndianCountry]

Nine films, multimedia productions among features at legendary festival Jan. 20-30. #Sundance2022 #IndigenousFilm
https://t.co/IXnadoR8bI

[National Film Board of Canada @thenfb]

“Going to Sundance has been a lifelong dream,” said Ahnahktsipiitaa.

THIS IS NOT A CEREMONY creator speaks with @globalnews about his upcoming world premiere at #Sundance → https://t.co/9CEQdnmhSm

[NFB Animation and Interactive @NFB_AI]

Meet the artist, Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon), behind This Is Not A Ceremony, an @thenfb / @NFB_Interactive production premiering this January 2022 at @sundancefest https://t.co/nytXOJdUIu

[Katja De Bock @NFB_Katja]

THIS IS NOT A CEREMONY, directed by Westbank-based Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon), is on the cover of WestKNews today! Full story about the cinematic VR experience's road to #Sundance's new Frontier program here: https://t.co/GM9Mg9ElC6

[NFB Animation and Interactive @NFB_AI]

Congratulations to Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon) and the entire This Is Not a Ceremony team! The world premiere will be this January at Sundance as part of New Frontiers.

[Sundance Film Festival @sundancefest]

📣 Announcing the #Sundance 2022 Feature Film, Indie Episodic, and New Frontier lineups. Explore the program now: https://t.co/he3dMjbaSu

✅ Ticket Packages On Sale December 17
✅ Individual Tickets On Sale January 6

[Communication Arts @CommArts]

WEBPicks: This browser-based game for @thenfb by @mattdesl offers players a journey through Canadian-inspired, procedurally generated landscapes. https://t.co/659M4gmOLP

[NFB Animation and Interactive @NFB_AI]

Congrats to @mattdesl and the Wayfinder team!

[CSS Design Awards @cssdesignawards]

Website Of The Day is Wayfinder
https://t.co/NjDdMGpzYo
by Matt DesLauriers @mattdesl & National Film Board of Canada
#webdesign #webdev #cssdaWOTD #CSSDesignAwards

[NFB Animation and Interactive @NFB_AI]

Last chance today and tomorrow to see Seances by Guy Maddin at @BerlinArtWeek.

[Directors Lounge @DL_Lounge]

Guy Maddin, Seances. This film will disappear Friday, 17. Sept. at the Berlin Art Week.
A one time only screening at the @BerlinArtWeek Directors Lounge at the Schokoladen. Thanks to @thenfb. https://t.co/H0CswEM8N4

[NFB Animation and Interactive @NFB_AI]

In Vancouver? Don't miss your chance to experience The Book of Distance at the Powell Street Festival.

[Powell St Fest パウエル祭 @PowellStFest]

🎫 Spots for the Book of Distance are STILL OPEN! PLUS join us on July 31st at the VJLS for a talk with creator Randall Okita. Experience this story of Japanese immigration through VIRTUAL REALITY by checking: https://t.co/7vx3ZGQ2Z6
Check out the talk: https://t.co/p2NH2Gi7DE

[NFB Animation and Interactive @NFB_AI]

Congratulations to @mattdesl and producer @nicholasklassen! #artgame #wayfinder

[Matt DesLauriers @mattdesl]

Announcing WAYFINDER—a relaxing 'art game' in your browser that combines illustration, procedural generation, and computational poetry. 🍃 Produced by @thenfb.

Explore an animated landscape to recover nature's lost memories and build Haiku-like poems.

👉 https://t.co/pbuct9Od2a

[NFB Animation and Interactive @NFB_AI]

👀👀👀

[Matt DesLauriers @mattdesl]

A major project I've been working on the last year with @nfb_interactive will be launching soon. 🤗 The team includes @TiffanyBeucher @G__LRX @williamapan @JelaniThompson_ @cedre_p @boomboxsound.

Details to come.

#threejs #webgl #gamedev #generative

[David Oppenheim @davidoppenheim]

Job alert! Join our stage crew as the VR Tech, a position in charge of all the motion capture and VR technology that runs the live performance. The tour starts end of May and runs through August with shows in Toronto and Ottawa. DM me for more details. @thenfb
@NationalTheatre