NFB North West Studio

News and views from the NFB's North West Studio. We work with documentary, animation and interactive creators in AB, SK, MB, NWT, and NT.

[National Film Board of Canada @thenfb]

Director Karsten Wall talks to Juan Pablo Saa, host of Take Juan on CiTR radio, about MODERN GOOSE and what it means to film nature in an unconventional way. View it here: https://t.co/cG0LFaN5aI

[Gimli International Film Festival @GimliFilm]

Dreaming of showing your work at #GIFF24? Our call for submissions is now open! Check out @FilmFreeway for more information. Link here: https://t.co/5c2GwFjMIt

[National Film Board of Canada @thenfb]

#OTD in 1917, SS Mont-Blanc and SS Imo collided in the #Halifax harbor resulting in the world's largest non-nuclear human-made explosion. It is from this tragedy comes the unlikely story Charles Mayers that inspired THE FLYING SAILOR → https://t.co/RiGmtSxSdb #NFB

[National Film Board of Canada @thenfb]

The Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival (#WAFF) starts today! Be sure to catch WAAPAKE (TOMORROW) by Jules Koostachin on Dec. 8. Check out the full screening schedule here: https://t.co/fxP9Xp1GmN

[IsumaTV @IsumaTV]

We're hiring! IDI is looking for an Inuktut speaking Social Media Coordinator to engage our audience & create content on our socials! Deadline Mon Dec 18!

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[Katja De Bock @NFB_Katja]

👀 Leanne Allison sent me this stunning 3-page article about her new #NFB film LOSING BLUE in Mountain Life magazine, as well as a clipping from the Rocky Mountain Outlook.
The short documentary recently screened at the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival. 💦

[National Film Board of Canada @thenfb]

Grain elevator nostalgia moves curator to resurface film gems you can watch for free through the #NFB! More via @CBCNews → https://t.co/bUJVVSYbMf

[Katja De Bock @NFB_Katja]

😍 What a delight to find an English and a Japanese version of a MODERN GOOSE review in The Bulletin, a journal of Japanese Canadian cummunity, history + culture. Film reviewer Akiko Cheng picked Karsten Wall's short documentary out of hundreds of #VIFF2023 films. 🪿 🎞️

[Yorkton Film Fest @yorktonfilm]

Enter North America's longest running film festival. #YFF24 call for submissions early bird pricing ends Dec 14, 2023. Submit early and save!Students, please be reminded that no student productions will be accepted after Dec 14,2023. https://t.co/qkfjSlUtwI #submitandsave

[National Film Board of Canada @thenfb]

Three #NFB films capture the magic of prairie grain elevators and are a perfect way to celebrate Canada History Week. More from @sasktoday → https://t.co/q0ZRHmrqKX 🌾🍁

[NFB North West Studio @NFB_NWS]

Three NFB films capture the magic of prairie grain elevators:
https://t.co/YL8vf5zmSN
via: @westernproducer

[National Film Board of Canada @thenfb]

#Montreal's international documentary festival, @RIDM, is celebrating its 26ᵗʰ anniversary! 🍾
Join us in celebrating this milestone by revisiting 26 #NFB docs screened there, like Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers' KÍMMAPIIYIPITSSINI: THE MEANING OF EMPATHY → https://t.co/UFoXoB1YKx

[Points of Review @pointsofreview]

ANYTHING FOR FAME is a must-watch.
Streaming on @paramountplus and @thenfb November 10th.

Starring Ava Louiise @ImJakeHillhouse @JumanneStruggle @jadasaur1

Check out this interview with director Tyler Funk.
https://t.co/5anx2GhBOh

[NFB North West Studio @NFB_NWS]

Our 💕 are full of last night's hometown premiere of ARAB WOMEN SAY WHAT?! at @BroadViewYEG . 🙏 to the festival and patrons who came out to hear "Arab women talking". Congratulations to director @NisreenBaker19, producer Coty Savard and their stellar team. 🤩 #Yegfilm

[National Film Board of Canada @thenfb]

The story of two Mennonite brothers who grew up in Altona and took different paths at the outbreak of the Second World War gets a timely retelling from the National Film Board. more via @WinnipegNews → https://t.co/z13NnPVcrD

[NFB North West Studio @NFB_NWS]

Edmonton AM with Mark Connolly, Tara McCarthy - Arab Women Say What?! - CU Tonight 7 pm at @themetrocinema, Edmonton! #Yegfilm https://t.co/dM0tsxUR2K

[Ryan Jespersen @ryanjespersen]

Filmmaker @NisreenBaker19 joined us to talk about her new documentary “Arab Women Say What?!,” but spent much of the interview discussing a high-profile arrest last weekend in Calgary, and recent developments in Israel and Gaza. A conversation well worth your time. 👇🏻

[NFB North West Studio @NFB_NWS]

New Film Tackles Stereotypes of Arab Canadians: @RealTalkRJ speaks with filmmaker @NisreenBaker19 ahead of her hometown premiere Nov 9 @BroadViewYEG @themetrocinema. https://t.co/jHMd3kLTxK

[National Film Board of Canada @thenfb]

New #documentary explores stereotypes of Arab women.
More from The Regional here → https://t.co/xMcLO58OcW

🎦 ✨ Don't miss Nisreen Baker's ARAB WOMEN SAY WHAT?! in Edmonton on Nov. 9 at @BroadViewYEG!

[NFB North West Studio @NFB_NWS]

Did you know? The makers behind the upcoming NFB documentary #AnythingForFame have been best friends since their childhood in Banff, Alberta.
Watch it starting Nov 8 on https://t.co/N7X9IHx6oK. 📱

[Rocky Mountain Outlook @rmoutlook]

“I just have a lot of empathy now understanding a bit more of how much it's really just people that want to create content, they want to be entertainers, and how much this machine, social media, encourages behavior that is self destructive or destructiv... https://t.co/sGN7cHFZOI