Bensimon extended until year's end

MONTREAL – Jacques Bensimon will helm the National Film Board of Canada through the end of the year. His term was due to expire on June 17th but the Ministry of Canadian Heritage announced today that his term as Government Film Commissioner and chair of the NFB is being extended for six months. “For the purposes of continuity at the NFB, I am satisfied with the Ministry’s decision”, Jacques Bensimon said in a release. “In the last few years, the NFB has been able to re-establish the position it once held, and it now needs to shape its future calmly,...