TORONTO – The NFB’s Ontario Studio is moving to a new location in downtown Toronto that will better meet its changing needs for film and interactive media creation.
The new space, located at 145 Wellington Street West in Toronto’s Entertainment District, will include six digital editing suites, a 20-seat screening room and a virtual reality lab.
Headed by executive producer Anita Lee, with producers Lea Marin, David Oppenheim and Justine Pimlott, the Ontario Studio works closely with Canadian and international creators and partners to produce film and digital works that explore vital issues and break new ground in form and content.
The NFB’s Toronto office is also the base for its new director general of creation and innovation, René Bourdages, responsible for the NFB’s long-term programming vision, working with NFB studios across Canada. The Ontario Studio is also the new space for the NFB’s Canadian Francophonie Studio (Studio de la Francophonie canadienne), headed by Dominic Desjardins, which produces French-language works from Ontario and the West.
Also moving to the new space on December 12 will be members of the NFB’s education, audience development, communications and marketing teams.
