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A still from Wild Life.
Remember those two NFB animated shorts we blogged about? They’ve each been nominated for an Oscar!
Montreal-based filmmaker, Patrick Doyon, was delighted when he heard the news that his debut film, Dimanche/Sunday, was nominated (actually, he kept screaming out excitement). The film is a whimsical animated fable that follows a bored young boy attempting to escape a dreary Sunday (this instantly made me think of Murakami’s most recent main character in 1Q84, who loathes Sundays – but don’t we all just a little bit?)
Emily Carr alumni, Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby also had a reason to celebrate, also having earned a nomination – for their Prairie-set short, Wild Life. Though this isn’t Forbis and Tilby’s first run at the Oscars, it definitely deserves a big congratulations!
It’s a good day to be in the Canadian film industry!
Vegas wows once again – but this time with an interactive experience paying homage to Chuck Jones, a renown artist and animation pioneer.
The Chuck Jones Experience opened its doors Thursday morning at Circus Circus in Las Vegas. Visitors of the 10,000 square-food destination will get a chance to learn more about the animator and his characters by, watching a short film in a 1930s-style theatre, discovering a wide collection of his work in the Animation Alley, as well as have an opportunity to play with sound effects, do voice-overs, and learn to ink and paint real animation cels in the Acme Workshop.
For $20, you get to spend the entire day exploring the fascinating worlds that Chuck Jones created in the span of his 60-year career. I know what I’ll be doing next time I’m on the strip!
Tidbit: Jones is known for his famed Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, Tom [...]
Check out Animation Express 2 at the VIFF Vancity Theatre this Friday, January 20th for a special screening.
For 90 minutes, be enthralled by the the best short films of the last two years. The selection is comprised of eight very different films, each one produced or co-produced by the NFB.
Tidbit: Our very own Vive la Rose was featured in last year’s Animation Express.
The NFB's One Millionth Tower project gives life to ideas that could inspire positive change in urban communities.
The NFB has been collaborating with Pattison Onestop and Art4Commuters on a project that’s been turning heads (1.3 million to be exact) on subway platforms in Toronto all month. This is one of two installations that are part of NFB’s multi-year HIGHRISE project, a documentary experiment developed by Sharon Switzer, which is now being adapted into public art.
The web documentary that inspired all of this, aptly named “One Millionth Tower”, can be viewed in 59 stations across the subway network in a series of 30-second animated videos – but only until the end of February.
And if you’re not in Toronto, watch the full documentary, and discover how cinema, architecture, and the magic of HTML5 are re-imagining the urban landscape: Using the power of animation, One Millionth Tower transforms a deteriorated highrise neighbourhood into [...]
What a great end to the year! 2011 was filled with successes to celebrate, so a few festivities took place at the end of December here at our new office. Congrats to the team on the many projects we’ve completed this year, to the many partnerships and friendships we’ve built and nurtured in the community, and to all the fun we’ve had together in and out of the studio.
We had a jolly good time celebrating with our friends on December 14th. Thank you to Bruce and Tina for throwing a hell of a party – wine was flowing, meat platters were emptied, and happy times were truly had. Thank you also to Cliff, our resident sushi chef, for rolling up a great breakfast the following Friday morning (a great precursor to our white elephant gift exchange), and thank you to our whole team for making 2011 so memorable. Here’s to [...]
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