Tuesday, January 20, 2009

National Film Board of Canada

Canada’s world-renowned National Film Board has launched a brand-new screening room sec­tion on their web­site, allowing free access to more than 700 films, clips and trailers. Included at launch are such anim­ated clas­sics as The Cat Came Back and The Sweater, doc­u­mentary Earth to Mouth (early work from Up the Yangtze (review) dir­ector Yung Chang), and Oscar-winning short doc If You Love This Planet. And I found all of those within ten minutes of browsing. This will be a massive resource for film lovers in Canada, though I’m not quite sure whether licensing restric­tions will apply out­side our bor­ders. If you’re viewing this site from out­side Canada, please click over and let me know if you can stream the films.

I’m leaking this news a bit, since the offi­cial press con­fer­ence isn’t until tomorrow, but I’m just so delighted that all the riches of the NFB are now avail­able right from my desktop.

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AJ Schnack announced the nom­inees for the second annual Cinema Eye Honors yes­terday at Sundance. The awards cere­mony will be held in New York City on Sunday March 29, 2009.

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking

  • Man on Wire, dir­ected by James Marsh and pro­duced by Simon Chinn (review)
  • My Winnipeg, dir­ected by Guy Maddin and pro­duced by Jody Shapiro and Phyllis Laing
  • The Order of Myths, dir­ected by Margaret Brown and pro­duced by Margaret Brown and Sara Alize Cross
  • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, dir­ected by Marina Zenovich and pro­duced by Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Lila Yacoub and Marina Zenovich
  • Waltz with Bashir, dir­ected by Ari Folman and pro­duced by Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli and Roman Paul (review)

Outstanding Achievement in Direction

Outstanding Achievement in Production

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Outstanding Achievement in Editing

Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation

Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition

Outstanding Achievement in International Feature

Outstanding Achievement in Debut Feature

Audience Choice Prize

UPDATE: AJ has posted video of the nom­in­a­tions announce­ment.

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