Hundreds Of Canadian Filmmakers Declare ‘Crisis’ As NFB Commissioner Is Reappointed
Over 250 National Film Board of Canada directors have revolted against the organization, claiming it spends less than 20% of its budget on production.
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2019 Oscar Nominations: Animated Feature, Animated Short, VFX
Here are the nominees in the Academy’s three animation-related categories.
Oscar-Shortlisted Shorts: See The Visual Development And Production Design – Part II
In the second part of this exclusive series, we explore the production design of “Animal Behaviour,” “Bird Karma,” “Late Afternoon,” “Grandpa Walrus,” and “Weekends.”
Oscar Shortlist For Animated Shorts Snubbed Most Of 2018’s Best Shorts
The Academy is honoring animated shorts by snubbing the majority of the year’s most artistic and creative animated short films.
The NFB Just Did Something Awesome For Women Filmmakers
Canada’s publicly-funded film studio has pledged to commit half of its production budget to women filmmakers.
‘Yellow Sticky Notes: Canadian Anijam’ by Jeff Chiba Stearns
An ‘Anijam’ is a collaborative animation where various artists create individual short animated segments that are linked together to make one larger film. For the first time in Canadian history, 15 of Canada’s most acclaimed independent animators have come together to create a collaborative animated film. “Yellow Sticky Notes: Canadian Anijam” is an innovative and global approach to animation filmmaking and unites animators from coast to coast, from Vancouver to Halifax and all parts in between, to self reflect on one day of their lives using only 4×6 inch yellow sticky notes, a black pen and animation meditation.
