Wednesday 13 February 2013

The NFB website

 You can watch documentaries, animations, alternative dramas and interactive productions on the web, or on your iPhone via the website of TheNational filmboard of Canada.  The site, which goves access to  in excess of 1,350 complete films, is free for personal use, and has titles covering subjects as diverse as the art and language, race, peace, aboriginal peoples (within and beyond Canada), the environment , health , medicine, sport and social issues. You can browse a list of the films available from alphabetical, subject or named director lists, or just browsing a list of the latest films added. 

Since the NFB's founding in 1939, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has been Canada's public producer of educational, artistic, inventive and socially significant  video material. Their mandate has been to engage Canadians and the world through the production of stories and media that reflecting the country and it's culture - hence many of the available titles come from the French speaking community.   The site provides the world with unique Canadian perspectives and points of view on many international as well as domestic subjects. The in the 70 years since its creation, the NFB  has produced over 13,000000 projects and won over numerous awards, including 12 Oscars and almost 90 Genies.

No comments: