In celebration of International Animation Day and the National Film Board of Canada’s 70th anniversary, the NFB is launching a special edition of "Get Animated!", a series of free public screenings, October 23–31, 2009, in 13 communities across Canada.
This third edition will showcase new films for all ages from the NFB's Oscar-winning animation studios in the programs 'Animation Feast' and the 'NFB Family Program', featuring special presentations by Canadian filmmakers Chris Landreth and Cordell Barker, as well as hands-on animation workshops.
The NFB’s new 2-disc set "Animation Express", a collection of films by 'today’s animation innovators', will also be on sale at screening venues.
Taking place October 28, 2009, 'International Animation Day' is an annual celebration in over 40 countries, initiated by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) in 2002.
NFB animation founder Norman McLaren was the first president of ASIFA.
This year, the NFB celebrates 70 Oscar nominations in 70 years – more nominations than any production company or organization outside Hollywood, with "Get Animated!" part of a broader commitment to ensuring that Canadians coast to coast have access to NFB productions.
Free screenings across Canada will be held in Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax, as well as in five communities served by the NFB’s pioneering 'e-cinema' network for francophone Acadians in Moncton, Bouctouche, Caraquet, Edmundston and Kedgwick, New Brunswick.
New titles include "The Brainwashers" and "Subservience", both puppet-animated films from two-time Jutra award-winner Patrick Bouchard, as well as Iriz Pääbo’s "HA'Aki", described as an unorthodox look at hockey.
Also added are the films "Tzaritza and Drux Flux" by Theodore Ushev, "Here and There" by Diane Obomsawin, "Uncle Bob's Hospital Visit" by Prince Edward Island animator JoDee Samuelson, "Engine 371", a short about the construction of Canada's transcontinental railroad by Kevin Langdale and "Forming Game" by Alberta’s Malcolm Sutherland....
This third edition will showcase new films for all ages from the NFB's Oscar-winning animation studios in the programs 'Animation Feast' and the 'NFB Family Program', featuring special presentations by Canadian filmmakers Chris Landreth and Cordell Barker, as well as hands-on animation workshops.
The NFB’s new 2-disc set "Animation Express", a collection of films by 'today’s animation innovators', will also be on sale at screening venues.
Taking place October 28, 2009, 'International Animation Day' is an annual celebration in over 40 countries, initiated by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) in 2002.NFB animation founder Norman McLaren was the first president of ASIFA.
This year, the NFB celebrates 70 Oscar nominations in 70 years – more nominations than any production company or organization outside Hollywood, with "Get Animated!" part of a broader commitment to ensuring that Canadians coast to coast have access to NFB productions.
Free screenings across Canada will be held in Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax, as well as in five communities served by the NFB’s pioneering 'e-cinema' network for francophone Acadians in Moncton, Bouctouche, Caraquet, Edmundston and Kedgwick, New Brunswick.New titles include "The Brainwashers" and "Subservience", both puppet-animated films from two-time Jutra award-winner Patrick Bouchard, as well as Iriz Pääbo’s "HA'Aki", described as an unorthodox look at hockey.
Also added are the films "Tzaritza and Drux Flux" by Theodore Ushev, "Here and There" by Diane Obomsawin, "Uncle Bob's Hospital Visit" by Prince Edward Island animator JoDee Samuelson, "Engine 371", a short about the construction of Canada's transcontinental railroad by Kevin Langdale and "Forming Game" by Alberta’s Malcolm Sutherland....
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