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In Brief: Five NFB features set for Calgary International Film Festival
Plus: The City of Toronto sets new film production sustainability measure, Golden Delicious will open the 22nd Reelworld Film Festival, and more.
NFB announces new head of its Quebec and Atlantic studio
Rohan Fernando will be based out of Halifax, where he will work on the NFB’s English-language documentary production slate.
Chanda Chevannes joins NFB’s Ontario Studio as exec producer
The Unfractured director has more than two decades of experience as a documentary filmmaker.
NFB greenlights five documentary and animation projects
The slate includes the Quebec provincial election feature doc La Course from Montreal-based director Jenny Cartwright.
Filmmakers flag concerns over NFB head appointment process
The NFB says it “cannot comment” on the NFB/ONF Creation allegation that outgoing head Claude Joli-Coeur “is on the hiring committee to select his own replacement.”
Canadian filmmaker Gerald Potterton remembered as an ‘exceptional artist’
The NFB, where Potterton helmed a number of animated short films, says he died this week in hospital in Quebec at the age of 91.
In brief: Blink49 Studios expands L.A.-based scripted team
Plus: RBC unveils a new award for emerging Indigenous filmmakers, and Alanis Obomsawin will world premiere a new film at the International First Peoples Festival.
NFB makes gains for gender parity, Indigenous production
The National Film Board of Canada’s 2021–2022 fiscal year saw progress in areas such as more completed works directed by women and Indigenous filmmakers.
TIFF boosts senior team, including Canadian Academy CEO Beth Janson as COO
The Toronto International Film Festival organization has also appointed Anita Lee of the NFB as chief programming officer and Laura Ryan as chief of staff.
APTN to broadcast documentary Inconvenient Indian
The decision came from consultations between the film’s participants and the producers, including the National Film Board, 90th Parallel Productions and Jesse Wente.
Several Canadian shorts set for Annecy International Animation Film Festival
The NFB’s The Flying Sailor is among the projects in competition at the French festival running in June.
Canadian film community reacts to Oscars telecast category cuts
The Canadian Cinema Editors group is calling on the Academy to reconsider its decision to present several categories before next month’s Oscars broadcast.
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