Showcase: Lost Daughter & Interview with Dylan Glynn
Showcase: Lost Daughter & Interview with Dylan Glynn
By Kyu-bum Lee
Note from Mike: I've been reviewing older posts and can't help but reshare a few of them. Some content goes stale, sure. Dylan Glynn, featured...
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YMA and TAAFI Launch the John Rooney Creator Fund
YMA and TAAFI Launch the John Rooney Creator Fund
By Mike Valiquette
From the YMA newsletter. Launch of the John Rooney Creator Fund Recently John Rooney, the Executive Director at Toronto Animation Arts Festival International and a tireless supporter of...
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Farewell to 2020, part 1
Farewell to 2020, part 1
By Mike Valiquette
We're all very glad to see this year fade away. It was fiery pile of trash. No one will argue that. It's also not going...
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from the vaults: A conversation with Nick Cross, part I
from the vaults: A conversation with Nick Cross, part I
By Mike Valiquette
In anticipation of tonight's premiere for the Clockwork Elves, I'm digging up some old interviews with Nick Cross and resharing. Here's one from way back...
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Exclusive Live Event: Nick Cross Returns With The CLOCKWORK ELVES. Screening and Discussion this Thursday, December 17th at 9PM EST
Exclusive Live Event: Nick Cross Returns With The CLOCKWORK ELVES. Screening and Discussion this Thursday, December 17th at 9PM EST
By Mike Valiquette
https://taafi.com/news Live! This Thursday night! TAAFI EXCLUSIVE!!!! Award-winning animation weirdo Nick Cross unveils his first short film in 7 years: The Clockwork Elves!!! Join the...
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RIP John Rooney (updated with link to funeral service)
RIP John Rooney (updated with link to funeral service)
By Mike Valiquette
It's been a few days since the news broke, and it's still settling in, but a kind and caring member of our community passed away...
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showcase: Jam Filled’s Tom Pajdlhauser, “Get Off Your Computer”
showcase: Jam Filled’s Tom Pajdlhauser, “Get Off Your Computer”
By Mike Valiquette
Update: Another great vid that could always use a rewatch. Great little video on Art Director Tom Pajdlhauser, who works out of Ottawa studio Jam...
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showcase: How Does Animation Work? by Tyler Pacana
showcase: How Does Animation Work? by Tyler Pacana
By Mike Valiquette
Bringing this one back, I came across it again last night and it deserves a repost. Tyler really made something perfect here. So over the...
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Cartoon North on Discord!
Cartoon North on Discord!
By Mike Valiquette
Ok! Things are happening! Stripped down design for the site? That's a thing now. I'm still working at adding some features. Discord server? Why the...
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Resource Repost: Boring Freelance Tax Preparation Part 2
Resource Repost: Boring Freelance Tax Preparation Part 2
By Mark C.
Mark C, Creative Producer at Jam Filled in Halifax Here's Part 2 of Mark Cappello's classic post on taxes, read it and use it. Thanks...
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Resource Repost: Boring Freelance Tax Preparation, Part 1
Resource Repost: Boring Freelance Tax Preparation, Part 1
By Mark C.
Mark C, Creative Producer at Jam Filled in Halifax TAX TIME!!! Mark C contributed this helpful pair of posts quite a few years ago. The...
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Resource Repost: Employment Status
Resource Repost: Employment Status
By Mark C.
In the fluid nature of the animation industry, most workers can encounter a number of different relationships with a prospective employer. Small jobs, relief work,...
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A Message From Mike
A Message From Mike
By Mike Valiquette
Hi everybody. I hope you're all managing ok right now. It's crazy. Unprecedented. I've never lived through anything like it, and I'm old as rocks....
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from the internets: LA Times On Point Analysis of Bravest Warriors Via Nelvana
from the internets: LA Times On Point Analysis of Bravest Warriors Via Nelvana
By Mike Valiquette
I've been throwing around a lot of big talk lately about creative risk-taking in Canada and how...
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The Future of Canadian Animation Resources, and maybe the future of animation in Canada too!
The Future of Canadian Animation Resources, and maybe the future of animation in Canada too!
By Mike Valiquette
We got a little chatty on Twitter this week, with a bit of a rant about creator-driven content and creative control in the Canadian industry....
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STARTOON CARTOON PODCAST: Behind the Scenes of Running a Studio in Canada
STARTOON CARTOON PODCAST: Behind the Scenes of Running a Studio in Canada
By Mike Valiquette
Over on the Startoon Cartoon Podcast (something else we do that's pretty much the exact same content we'd like to be producing for CAR), we...
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OIAF 2016 in Review, by Noam Sussman
OIAF 2016 in Review, by Noam Sussman
By Mike Valiquette
This year was the Ottawa International Animation Festival’s 40th anniversary, which meant that I had to find a way to get up to Ottawa from...
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Countdown to OIAF 2016: MORE Festival Memories from Rob Anderson
Countdown to OIAF 2016: MORE Festival Memories from Rob Anderson
By Mike Valiquette
OIAF 2016 is right around the corner. It's a big year, the festival is celebrating 40 years. I've been going since 1992, and from this...
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SUPER SCIENCE FRIENDS KICKSTARTER: 6 Days to Go!
SUPER SCIENCE FRIENDS KICKSTARTER: 6 Days to Go!
By Mike Valiquette
There's just so much to share in the world of the SUPER SCIENCE FRIENDS, how can it not be pulling in the big dough? There's...
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from the internets: Animation Pimp On Our Golden Age of Animation
from the internets: Animation Pimp On Our Golden Age of Animation
By Mike Valiquette
From Chris Robinson, via AWN. If you want to see a true Golden Age of Animation, just take a look around you right now. Never...
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Posts tagged as “NFB”

jobby: Directeur ou Directrice de Production, NFB/ONF, Montreal

jobby: Directeur ou Directrice de Production, NFB/ONF, Montreal

By admin on January 13, 2021

DIRECTEUR OU DIRECTRICE DE PRODUCTIONPROJET : La liste des choses qui existent 2DURÉE : Poste de pigiste de février 2021 à février 2022. Mandat d’environ…

jobby: Multiple Positions, NFB, Montreal/Toronto/Moncton/Halifax

jobby: Multiple Positions, NFB, Montreal/Toronto/Moncton/Halifax

By admin on January 5, 2021

press release: NFB at TIFF 2018, Snowden and Fine’s Animal Behaviour and Patrick Bouchard’s the Subject

By Mike Valiquette on August 2, 2018

From the Internets: Window Horses Director, Anne Marie Fleming on Joining the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, courtesy of CBC.ca

By Mike Valiquette on July 3, 2018

from the internets: CGSociety on e.d. films’ GIANT BEAR

By Mike Valiquette on June 28, 2018

from the internets: Frederator Talks to Animation Director Elise Simard

By Mike Valiquette on January 26, 2018

press release: NFB PAYS TRIBUTE TO FILM AND ANIMATION LEGEND GRANT MUNRO

By Mike Valiquette on December 13, 2017

press release: NFB at OIAF 2017

By Mike Valiquette on September 12, 2017

from the internets: NFB’s Michael Fukushima Answers Questions, and the Breadwinner is Coming to TIFF

By Mike Valiquette on July 27, 2017

press release: NFB announces three-year plan to redefine its relationship with Indigenous peoples

By Mike Valiquette on June 21, 2017

press release: Matthew Rankin’s THE TESLA WORLD LIGHT (NFB) selected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival’s International Critics’ Week

By Mike Valiquette on April 24, 2017

press release: Theodore Ushev Receives Oscar Nomination for Blind Vaysha

By Mike Valiquette on January 25, 2017

showcase: Howie Shia’s BAM, courtesy of the NFB

By Mike Valiquette on July 20, 2016

Theodore Ushev and Moïa Jobin-Paré Win at Annecy 2016

By Mike Valiquette on June 20, 2016

press release: Acclaimed NFB Film Maker Colin Low Passes, 1926-2016

By Mike Valiquette on February 29, 2016

press release: NFB’s Carface directed by Claude Cloutier wins at 2015 Sommets du cinéma d’animation

By Mike Valiquette on December 1, 2015

press release: NFB’s Hothouse Program Back for 11th Season

By Mike Valiquette on November 26, 2015

from the internets: ALL THE HOTHOUSE FILMS

By Mike Valiquette on March 17, 2015

press release: NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA WINS FIVE CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS

By Mike Valiquette on March 2, 2015

Press Release: NFB Launches Hothouse 10 Films Online

By Mike Valiquette on February 27, 2015

press release: Way To Go is Yours to Experience

By Mike Valiquette on February 6, 2015

press release: NFB Announces PASSING OF DIRECTOR-PRODUCER RENÉ JODOIN

By Mike Valiquette on January 29, 2015

Best Thing Ever Today: Torill Kove Reacts to Oscar Nomination

By Mike Valiquette on January 16, 2015

Oscar Nominations Announced, Torill Kove’s Me and Moulton for Best Animated Short

By Mike Valiquette on January 16, 2015

Me and My Moulton, by Torill Kove, Available Online For 48 Hours Only

By Mike Valiquette on December 2, 2014

press release: Classic NFB Stereoscopic Films Screening at MOMA

By Mike Valiquette on October 28, 2014

Amir Avni’s McLaren retrospective available online

By Mike Valiquette on October 6, 2014

from the internets: Grayden Laing interviews Torill Kove

By Mike Valiquette on September 23, 2014

OIAF 2014 Winners Announced! Poland and Canada Take Top Prizes

By Mike Valiquette on September 22, 2014

press release: NFB swag at Roots

By Mike Valiquette on September 10, 2014

press release: 17 NFB Films Featured at OIAF 2014

By Mike Valiquette on September 10, 2014

from the internets: Oscar-Winning Animator Torril Kove at TIFF

By Mike Valiquette on September 3, 2014

OIAF 2014 Announces Selection For Feature Film Category

By Mike Valiquette on July 7, 2014

Happy Canada Day!

By Mike Valiquette on July 2, 2014

Hothouse 10 Call for Submissions

By Mike Valiquette on June 6, 2014

press release: Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre’s Jutra selected for Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes

By Mike Valiquette on April 23, 2014

NFB’s Filmmaker Assistance Program Guidelines

By Mike Valiquette on April 22, 2014

from the internets: AWN Interviews Retiring NFB Producer, Marcy Page

By Mike Valiquette on April 3, 2014

press release: NFB Launches StopMo Studio App

By Mike Valiquette on March 14, 2014

Subconscious Password wins at Canadian Screen Awards

By Mike Valiquette on March 10, 2014

from the internets: More Cordell Barker on NFB Blog

By Mike Valiquette on January 30, 2014

press release: McLaren Wall-to-Wall: NFB and Quartier des Spectacles Partnership issue call for projects to mark centenary of celebrated Canadian filmmaker Norman McLaren

By Mike Valiquette on December 5, 2013

from the internets: NFB Animation Blog

By Mike Valiquette on November 25, 2013