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Canada's public film producer and distributor, the NFB has been a trusted source of quality educational resources for Canadian students for over 70 years. Now, with a subscription to CAMPUS, educators have access to a large collection of NFB films and interactive titles online-along with new, easy-to-use educational tools designed for their needs: over 2,500 Canadian productions, in both English and French, including
500 new titles added just for classroom use.

The NFB has worked with teachers to develop resource descriptions and discussion starters that allow teachers to determine at a glance whether a film is a good fit for their classes. It's also currently working with educators across Canada to develop additional study guides, online learning modules, educational playlists, virtual classroom experiences.

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In addition to Les journaux de Lipsett (Lipsett Diaries), the retrospective will showcase several of Theodore Ushev's other works produced or co-produced at the NFB, including Tower Bawher (2005), L'homme qui attendait (The Man Who Waited) (2006), Drux Flux (2008) and Yannick Nézet-Séguin : sans entracte (Yannick Nézet-Séguin: No Intermission) (2010). His animated film Nightingales in December (2011) will also be part of the program.

The retrospective includes three films made by Arthur Lipsett and produced at the NFB: Very Nice, Very Nice (1961), 21-87 (1964) and A Trip Down Memory Lane (1965). This celebrated experimental filmmaker inspired Ushev to make his short film Lipsett Diaries (2010), which went on to garner many awards at international festivals, including the one held at Clermont-Ferrand.

The film Wild Life (NFB) by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, in the running for this year's Oscar in the Best Animated Short Film category, will also be shown at Clermont-Ferrand. Short films made thanks to NFB's ACIC With its Aide au cinéma indépendant - Canada (ACIC) program, the NFB supports the creative efforts of artists who make short films. This year, 13 ACIC-supported productions were selected by the festival.

The NFB received its record-setting 71st and 72nd Academy Award nominations today, with Canada's public producer netting two of the 5 nominations this year, for Best Animated Short Film.

The NFB's Oscar nominees are Wild Life, by the Western Canadian animation duo of Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis, and Sunday, the professional film debut of Quebec animator and illustrator Patrick Doyon.

The NFB has now received 72 Academy Award nominations over its 73-year history-more than any film organization in the world, outside Hollywood-winning 12 Oscars, including a 1989 Honorary Academy Award for overall excellence.

Sunday will open in theatres across Quebec on February 3, with the feature La fille du puisatier. In addition, both of these titles are available as part of the Animation Express II, a compilation of 21 groundbreaking new films available for $21.95 at nfb.ca/store.

The 84th Academy Awards will be presented on
February 26, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California.

» Watch Wild Life and Sunday at NFB.ca/oscars
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Photo: Wild Life by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis

Mighty Jerome tells the story of the rise, fall and redemption of Harry Jerome, track and field star and one of Canada's greatest athletes. While Jerome's life and career were filled with both triumph and tribulation, he ultimately proved himself a champion on and off the track. Gorgeous monochrome imagery, impassioned interviews and astonishing archival footage are used to tell the story of what Jerome's coach, the legendary Bill Bowerman, called "the greatest comeback in track and field history. Produced by Selwyn Jacob at the National Film Board of Canada.

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United States of Africa follows African hip hop pioneer Didier Awadi on his quest to put together an album that pays tribute to the great black revolutionary leaders. The film had its world premiere at the 14th edition of the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) in November last year, carrying off the Cinémathèque québécoise - Critics' Choice Award.

The film will be shown in theatres beginning on March 2. Produced by Périphéria Productions and NFB.

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Every night at 8 p.m. from January 19 to 22, the CineRobotheque will present HORS-CHAMPS, a live concert performance of electroacoustic music and animated films. Three animation filmmakers from the NFB (Félix Dufour-Laperrière, Karl Lemieux and Mathieu Tremblay) will be paired with three composers of electroacoustic music (Gabriel Dufour-Laperrière, Olivier Girouard and Félix-Antoine Morin). Each duo will explore new projection methods on-site and create three works that mesh image and sound. An enchanting show for both the eyes and ears!

Presented in collaboration with EKUMEN, this concert performance is an example of the NFB CineRobotheque’s exploration of new artistic forms and means of expression, and of its dedication to presenting unusual, experimental and interactive audiovisual works.

HORS-CHAMPS

January 19 to 22 at 8 p.m.

$12

HORS-CHAMPS will also take place at the CineRobotheque during Nuit Blanche, at 10 p.m. on  February 25.

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The National Film Board's leadership in groundbreaking interactive web productions will be showcased at the Sundance Film Festival (January 19-29, 2012) with the world premiere of Bear 71. The interactive documentary will be launched with a dual-city installation entitled Bear 71 Live. The installation will be featured at The Yard in Park City as part of the festival's New Frontier program and includes a live performance on January 20. Bear 71 Live will also be at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City, from January 19 to April 19.

Bear 71 is the most recent example of how the NFB, Canada's public producer and distributor, is radically changing the face of cinema in the art form's second century. Under the visionary leadership of Government Film Commissioner Tom Perlmutter, the NFB is committed to spearheading productions that haven't yet been imagined, with technology that hasn't yet been invented.

"I am driven to unravel that which we do not know, to imagine what is not imaginable; to explore the expressive potential of the digital space to reveal the work in ways that we have never seen.
- Tom Perlmutter, architect of the pioneering NFB digital strategy.

Based in Vancouver, the NFB's English-language Digital Studio has produced some of the world's most acclaimed interactive projects, including Welcome to Pine Point, Bar Code, The Test Tube with David Suzuki and Waterlife.

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The 32nd annual Genie Awards will be presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television in Toronto on
March 8, 2012.

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Photo: Romance by Georges Schwizgebel

The NFB Mediatheque in Toronto will be featuring the National Film Board of Canada's landmark Inuit audiovisual legacy project Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories from January 14 to February 2, with screenings, workshops and discussions.

Unikkausivut brings together 70 years of NFB films by and about Inuit, drawn from more than 110 titles-the most important collection of Inuit films in the world. The Mediatheque's Unikkausivut events are being presented in partnership with the Museum of Inuit Art.

Unikkausivut is also available as a DVD box set and online at <nfb.ca/unikkausivut>, and is being distributed to over 50 Inuit communities across the North. Until January 31, visitors at the NFB Mediatheque will be able to save 10% on the purchase of this two-volume box set.

The Mediatheque's Unikkausivut events are being presented in partnership with the Museum of Inuit Art.

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There are lots of new features in this season's program. The Rendez-vous de l'ONF is taking audiences to the epicentre of issues that are deeply affecting our world: How can we develop mines and energy sources while preserving the environment? Can we fight the obesity epidemic? What do soldiers have to say about war as a profession? Are international justice and Africa's rebirth merely dreams?

Free movie nights will take place every week in Pointe-de-l'Église, Moncton, Fredericton, Caraquet and Edmundston. Screenings begin at 7 p.m. and admission is free.

Wiebo's War by David York (2011) kicks off the season during the week of January 22. The film centres on Reverend Wiebo Ludwig's struggle against the Alberta oil and gas industry.

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-John Anderson, Variety, September 15, 2011

Pink ribbons are everywhere, reminding us to walk, run, swim, and yes, shop, all in the name of fighting breast cancer. But what does it all really do for women with this disease? In the National Film Board of Canada feature documentary Pink Ribbons, Inc., director Léa Pool talks to women with breast cancer, experts, authors, activists and medical researchers, as well as the leading players in breast cancer fundraising and cause-related marketing, to paint a shocking portrait of how the pink ribbon campaign benefits businesses more than women with breast cancer.

The film opens in Canadian cities on over 30 screens beginning February 3.

« See the screening schedule on the press release

Hothouse offers new filmmakers, creative programmers and artists a 12-week apprenticeship at the NFB's Animation Studio in Montreal, where they can create a 60-second short work, driven by great animation storytelling and shaped by technology. This eighth edition, called "Sheep Dreams", will take place from March 5 to May 25, 2012. Deadline for submissions: January 24, 5 p.m.

» Details on Hothouse site or contact Jelena Popovic at hothouse@nfb.ca or 514-496-5466.

Also in attendance are leading heads of state and government, foreign affairs ministers, non-governmental organizations, and Mr. Ban ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations.

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» Information: 514 496-66887 or at nfb.ca/cinerobotheque

Wall is an adaptation of David Hare's celebrated play exploring both sides of the Israel/Palestine separation barrier. Written by David Hare and directed by Cam Christiansen, the NFB production WALL follows Hare on the ground in Israel and Palestine in a visually stunning documentary essay. The film offers Hare's unique, personal and nuanced perspectives on the history and philosophy of the separation barrier that divides Israel and Palestine. Filming took place in London, England, from December 1 to 8. The director is utilizing a collage of motion capture, illustration, photography, live action and handcrafted classic animation techniques. Production is slated to wrap in 2014. WALL is being produced by David Christensen and Bonnie Thompson at the NFB.

The NFB Film Club is preparing an exciting program to be shown throughout its public library network across Canada.  Five major program packages featuring social documentary and auteur animation themes, including one especially for kids, will be launched in January.

One of the NFB's recent great success stories, The Chocolate Farmer, captures a year in the life of cacao farmer Eladio Pop in his plantation of Southern Belize as he struggles to preserve his values in a dramatically changing world. Mighty Jerome documents the rise, fall and redemption of Vancouver's Harry Jerome, a track and field star and one of Canada's greatest athletes. The Future is Now is a  cinematic hybrid of fictionalized narrative and real-life encounters from the directors of the award-winning documentary Radiant City, Gary Burns and Jim Brown. Wiebo's War focuses on Wiebo Ludwig, a suspect in a recent string of pipeline bombings. A children's program has been planned to please even the most discriminating palate: Sunday, Oma's Quilt, Painted Tales - In Winter Still, and The Dingles: four marvellous short films that will awaken the magic in all of us. 

The NFB Film Club aims to offer a variety of free film screening programs selected from the NFB's latest productions for young and old!

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To find out more about the NFB Film Club, please contact:
Marianne Di Domenico | 514-283-8953 | m.didomenico@onf.ca
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Photo: Mighty Jerome

Directed by Léa Pool and inspired by the book Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy by Samantha King, Pink Ribbons, Inc. looks at the pervasive impact of breast cancer fundraising. The film is produced by Ravida Din for the NFB.

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The online launch of the interactive web documentary Bear 71 nfb.ca/bear71 will be marked with a dual-city installation of the same name, beginning January 19. This adaptation of Jeremy Mendes and Leanne Allison's webdoc will be featured at The Yard in Park City from January 19 to 29, as part of the festival's New Frontier program, and includes a live performance on January 20. The "Bear 71" installation will also be at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City from January 19 to April 19.

Jennifer Baichwal's feature documentary Payback, based on Margaret Atwood's bestselling book Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, will have its world premiere in the World Cinema Documentary Competition.

Making its North American debut in the New Frontier program is Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabo's animated short The Conquerors, a co-production of France's Folimage and the NFB.

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Photo: The Conquerors