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http://www.nfb.ca/ryan
2005 OSCARS for Best Short Animation
Ryan is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who, 30 years ago, produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. In the film, we hear the voices of prominent animators and artists discussing Ryan's work, and from waitresses, mission-house caretakers and homeless people who make up Ryan's life. These voices speak through strange, twisted, and disembodied, computer-generated characters--which combine to reflect the film's creator, Chris Landreth. In the words of Anais Nin, "We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are."
Some strong language. Viewer discretion is advised.
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http://www.nfb.ca/thedanishpoet
WINNER OF THE 2007 OSCAR® FOR BEST SHORT SUBJECTS ANIMATION
A film by Torill Kove
Narrated by Liv Ullmann
Can we trace the chain of events that leads to our own birth? Is our existence just coincidence? Do little things matter?
The narrator of The Danish Poet considers these questions as we follow Kasper, a poet whose creative well has run dry, on a holiday to Norway to meet the famous writer, Sigrid Undset. As Kasper's quest for inspiration unfolds, it appears that a spell of bad weather, an angry dog, slippery barn planks, a careless postman, hungry goats and other seemingly unrelated factors might play important roles in the big scheme of things after all.
Techniques, interview with Torill Kove & Wallpapers : http://www.onf.ca/webextension/thedanishpoet/multimedia.php? lg=en
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http://www.nfb.ca/hungu
The hungu is an African musical instrument, ancestor of the Br
http://www.nfb.ca/hungu
The hungu is an African musical instrument, ancestor of the Brazilian berimbau. Its origins are carried on in an ancient tradition. Inspired by the grace and raw beauty of African rock paintings, Nicolas Brault applies his narrative gifts to a world where humans and nature are subtly linked.
Under the African sun, a child walks in the desert with his kin. Death is prowling, but a mother's soul resurrected by music will return strength and life to the child when he becomes a man.
The filmmaker combines 2D animation on a graphics tablet with the warmth of sand animation, thus uniting modernity and tradition, Brazil and Africa, music and memory. Sparse in design and humanist in its outlook, Hungu exudes the elegance and suggestive power of a timeless story.
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http://www.nfb.ca/hungu
The hungu is an African musical instrument, ancestor of the Bra
http://www.nfb.ca/hungu
The hungu is an African musical instrument, ancestor of the Brazilian berimbau. Its origins are carried on in an ancient tradition. Inspired by the grace and raw beauty of African rock paintings, Nicolas Brault applies his narrative gifts to a world where humans and nature are subtly linked.
Under the African sun, a child walks in the desert with his kin. Death is prowling, but a mother's soul resurrected by music will return strength and life to the child when he becomes a man.
The filmmaker combines 2D animation on a graphics tablet with the warmth of sand animation, thus uniting modernity and tradition, Brazil and Africa, music and memory. Sparse in design and humanist in its outlook, Hungu exudes the elegance and suggestive power of a timeless story.
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http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=52118
It was a dramatic year for Arinze Ez
http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=52118
It was a dramatic year for Arinze Eze -- in love, work, even family -- and our cameras were with him for the entire journey.
Raised in Nigeria but born in Canada, Arinze Eze has always struggled to find a place of belonging. At age 21, nearly two decades after leaving Canada, he returned to his birthplace, an unfamiliar, snow-laden country. It was one of the coldest winters on record, and the people Arinze's family had arranged for him to stay with turned him away at the door. His education as an engineer was meaningless in Canada, and he was unable to find the lucrative job that was supposed to help him send riches back to his family in Africa.
Nine years later, he seems settled as a Canadian; he has re-invented himself as a talented painter, musician and filmmaker, and has fallen in love with a beautiful, charming Canadian woman.
Arinze's family still doesn't know about Tina - even though the couple has been together five years - or of their son's career in the arts. He feels the best way to help them understand his choices is to show them his new life in person. He arranges for them to visit. Arinze and Tina busy themselves with preparations, excited and more than a little nervous. Pressure and stress weigh on the relationship, and as Arinze fights with authorities to get temporary visas for his parents, his relationship begins to crumble -- right in front of the cameras.
Awkwardly negotiating the world of his parents' traditions and the demands of his relationship, Arinze searches for a middle ground. But when his born-again Christian mother and Jewish girlfriend find a common bond in their love for Arinze, he begins to see that maybe there is a way for him to belong to both worlds.
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http://www.nfb.ca/webextension/jeu/en/
A Film by Georges Schwizgebel
THE TWISTS AND
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A Film by Georges Schwizgebel
THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF MODERN LIFE
From the countdown at the start to the stock-still "END" that wraps up the film, Jeu is a dizzying whirlwind that never ceases to amaze. Georges Schwizgebel has created a frantic race ending in inertia, a metaphor for modern life's nonstop hustle and bustle. A series of shapes tricks the senses again and again as they swirl and twist in a playful dance. All the world is a stage and everyone a player, including the filmmaker himself, in this chaotic universe where men play ball and musicians play the scherzo from Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto. Jeu is an exercise in virtuality at breakneck speed. This circular and cyclical race dazzles with changes in scale orchestrated by a virtuoso of animation.
* Silver Dove Award given by the International Jury for Animated Film (International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Filmd, Germany)
Other Prizes : http://www.nfb.ca/webextension/jeu/en/prizes.php
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http://www.nfb.ca/hungu
The hungu is an African musical instrument, ancestor of the Br
http://www.nfb.ca/hungu
The hungu is an African musical instrument, ancestor of the Brazilian berimbau. Its origins are carried on in an ancient tradition. Inspired by the grace and raw beauty of African rock paintings, Nicolas Brault applies his narrative gifts to a world where humans and nature are subtly linked.
Under the African sun, a child walks in the desert with his kin. Death is prowling, but a mother's soul resurrected by music will return strength and life to the child when he becomes a man.
The filmmaker combines 2D animation on a graphics tablet with the warmth of sand animation, thus uniting modernity and tradition, Brazil and Africa, music and memory. Sparse in design and humanist in its outlook, Hungu exudes the elegance and suggestive power of a timeless story.
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A short film about the Hand-held [un]conference, which brings together over 100 people fro
A short film about the Hand-held [un]conference, which brings together over 100 people from all walks of life for a day, to brainstorm solutions on young parents and homelessness using social innovation and participatory media. Politicians, medical professionals, service-providers, media-makers, and people with first-lived experience of homelessness come together in an open-source environment, facilitated by Misha Glouberman. An NFB Filmmaker-in-Residence project (http://www.nfb.ca/filmmakerinresidence/).
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http://www.nfb.ca/webextension/triage
The act of triage is the ultimate humanitarian ni
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The act of triage is the ultimate humanitarian nightmare. Racing against time with limited resources, relief workers make split-second decisions: who gets treatment; who gets food; who lives; who dies. This impossible dilemma understandably haunts humanitarians like Dr. James Orbinski, who accepted the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as their president, and was a field doctor during the Somali famine and the Rwandan genocide, among other catastrophes.
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