The cohabitation represents the return of a physical office in Halifax for Telefilm.
Plus: Manitoba Arts Council gets a funding boost, Torill Kove receives a Lifetime Achievement Award, and more.
The Montreal-based producer will work to strengthen English-language non-fiction storytelling across Quebec.
Laurie Townshend’s film won Best First Feature, Best Canadian Feature and Audience Award for Best Documentary.
The organization says it expects to increase documentary and animation production budgets by $5 million as a result of the modernization efforts.
Three NFB titles will be in official competition and one will screen in the Off-Limits Competition at the animation festival in June.
The Path Forward: Day two of the CRTC’s three-week hearings also included testimonies from representatives from Google, the NFB and DGC.
The organization said it aims to have more than 30% of productions helmed by filmmakers identifying as Black or a person of colour.
Plus: Terril Calder’s NFB installation Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics wins at Tribeca, Blown Away heats up for season four, and more.
The legendary Abenaki filmmaker reflects on her career and offers advice ahead of the Banff World Media Festival’s Indigenous Screen Summit.
Plus: The ReelAbilities festival chooses its Short Film Pitch Competition cohort, Villeneuve drives toward production dates, and more.
The placements will be at NFB interactive studios: Claudia Skunk in Vancouver and Neegan Siouï Trudel in Montreal.