MONTREAL — The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) announced today it has recently greenlit 15 productions and co-productions, ranging from documentaries to animated short films to interactive works, which got underway between October and December 2020.
The NFB is producing these projects under its health guidelines and protocols for the Covid-19 pandemic, which were introduced last summer in collaboration with the Documentary Organization of Canada.
Below of some of the details for the 15 productions given the go-ahead.
Documentary
Croque-mort — medium-length film — Director: Georges Hannan; Producer: Christine Aube, Canadian Francophonie Studio (100% NFB)
Grande sœur – Koromousso — medium-length film — Directors: Habibata Ouarme, Jim Donovan; Producer: Denis McCready, Canadian Francophonie Studio (100% NFB)
Passage Beyond Fortune — short film — Director: Weiye Su; Producer: Jon Montes, North West Studio (100% NFB)
Seguridad — feature-length film — Director: Tamara Segura; Producer: Annette Clarke, Quebec & Atlantic Studio (100% NFB)
Star Wars Kid — feature-length film — Director: Mathieu Fournier; Co-producers: Urbania (Annie Bourdeau) and NFB (Pierre-Mathieu Fortin), French Program Documentary Studio
Animation
Hairy Legs — short film — Director: Andrea Dorfman; Producer: Rohan Fernando, Quebec & Atlantic Studio (100% NFB)
Harvey — short film — Director: Janice Nadeau; Co-producers: Folimage Studio (Corinne Destombes) and NFB (Marc Bertrand), French Program Animation Studio
La liste des choses qui existent 2 — web series — Director: Francis Papillon; Co-producers: La Pastèque (Solen Labrie Trépanier) and NFB (Marc Bertrand), French Program Animation Studio
Loca — short film — Director: Véronique Paquette; Producers: Marc Bertrand and Christine Noël, French Program Animation Studio (100% NFB)
Interactive/Immersive
Blind Man Who Saw — virtual reality — Creative team: Adam Wingrod, Sean Evans, Timur Musabay (Occupied VR); Co-producers: Israel (Adam Wingrod) and Canada (Occupied VR); (NFB is distributor only)
Cyber Space — game/AI — Creator: Nicole He; Producer: Rob McLaughlin, Vancouver Digital Studio (100% NFB)
Devenir Noir — virtual reality — Creative team: Irit Dolev, Ali Kays, Colas Wohlfahrt (Kngfu); Co-producers: Israel (Irit Dolev) and Canada (Kngfu); (NFB is distributor only)
Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto — website/installation — Creative team: The Artist Collective PFR (Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko); Producer: Rob McLaughlin, Vancouver Digital Studio; in partnership with MOCA (November Paynter)
Liens de sang — virtual reality — Creative team: Eitan Shefer, Analee Weinberger, Nicolas S. Roy; Co-producers: Israel (Moofa) and Canada (NFB, Marie-Pier Gauthier; Genetic Media)
Plastisapiens — virtual reality — Creative team: Ori Alboher, Miri Chekhanovich, Edith Jorisch; Co-producers: Israel (Lalibella) and Canada (NFB, Marie-Pier Gauthier; Departement Studio Creatif Inc.)
For more information about these and other projects currently underway across NFB’s studios, please click here.
