$120,000 in grants from the Shaw Media-Hot Docs Funds have been awarded to five projects, Shaw Media has announced. Three completion grants totaling $100,000 go to How to Build A Time Machine (Primitive Entertainment), Spirit
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Three NFB Shorts in LA Shorts Fest
(via onf-nfb.gc.ca) Coming up in the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival (LA Shorts Fest): Three animated shorts from the National Film Board of Canada have been chosen to premiere. They are If I Was God
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Pitch Your Idea at Pitch This! at The Animation Conference
(Via WireService.ca) The Animation Conference (TAC) committee is accepting submissions for Pitch This!, a program that offers animation producers potential career-changing pitching opportunities. At TAC in Ottawa this September, the two producers selected by the
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The Tragic Story of Nling: A Review
An animated movie made in 2006 by Jeffrey St. Jules, The Tragic Story of Nling is a film about suffering and living in struggle. This movie tells the sad story of a city called Capillia.
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Table Kid Kirby: An Animated Series Review
Table Kid Kirby is a stop-motion animation series by Paul Whittington about a little clay man who comes to life. It all starts out when a blob of clay transforms into a clay man and
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6 (Mostly) Good News Stories About Film in Canada
Filmmaker Paul Plett (also an amateur musician) thought it was strange nobody had ever made a documentary about the world of Canadian folk music — so he decided to do it himself. Northern Folk will
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