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Spice Radio 1200AM interviews director and author Eisha Marjara about her #HotDocs24 award-winning film, AM I THE SKINNIEST PERSON YOU'VE EVER SEEN?, ahead of its DOXA Festival screening May 10.
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FREE EVENT!
Don't miss the upcoming screening of Lisa Jackson's (Lisa Jackson) WILFRED BUCK on May 23.
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Wilfred Buck is opening in cinemas across Canada. Click for details. Documentary about Cree Elder ‘The Star Guy’ to premiere at Toronto film festival #Indigenous #film #stars #culture windspeaker.com/news/windspeak…

'The film’s ambiguity is a key part of its beauty and strength.'
Read POV Magazine's full review of Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky's A MAN IMAGINED → bit.ly/3UOxe8b

Don't miss its North American premiere at DOXA Festival tomorrow.

🌟 TRAILER DROP 🌟
Enjoy a first look at Lisa Jackson's (Lisa Jackson) stellar feature documentary on the extraordinary life of Wilfred Buck. Now playing at DOXA Festival and coming soon to select theatres near you. 🌠 #NFB

🎬👨🏻‍👩🏻‍👧🏻‍👦🏻 Thao Lam and Kjell Boersma's BOAT PEOPLE is an inspiring tale, beautifully depicted through animated paper cut-out collages, showcasing the bravery of one family amongst many who braved the South China Sea to escape the Vietnam War→ bit.ly/BoatPeopleNFB #AHM2024

🙌 You should absolutely have ANYTHING FOR FAME on your radar. Stream it for free in #Canada on our website or app bit.ly/FameNFB

... And now available to stream everywhere else on Paramount+!

Check out this interview with the director, Tyler Funk, and…

Podcast! We talk Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee, co-directors of Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, playing May 11 closing night at DOXA 2024 in Vancouver.
Lucah Rosenberg-Lee Banger Films Katja De Bock Elliot Page National Film Board of Canada
DOXA Festival #anyotherway
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@TheNFB is quite busy this month! Not only does it have a terrific lineup celebrating #AsianHeritageMonth , but also we got picks for Hothouse14,, #animation , #documentary #environmentalism and much more. Info at: otakunoculture.com/2024/05/05/the…

Congrats to our @hotdocs award-winning films! ANY OTHER WAY: THE JACKIE SHANE STORY gets special jury prize for Cdn feature and AM I THE SKINNIEST PERSON YOU'VE EVER SEEN? scores best Cdn short. Both have final screenings this weekend...don't miss them! #HotDocs24

Very proud to announce that our film AM I THE SKINNIEST PERSON YOU'VE EVER SEEN? won the The Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Doc at Hot Docs! Congratulations to director Eisha Marjara and our whole team! Coproduced by compassproductions.ca & National Film Board of Canada thanks SODEC

🎥🌸 How many of these recent releases have you streamed?
In honour of Asian Heritage Month, we've rounded up seven films that celebrate the contribution of Asian and Asian-Canadian directors → bit.ly/3JGqCT9 #AHM2024

🔷🔹 Ponder the loss of a colour with Leanne Allison's LOSING BLUE, coming to nfb.ca and the #NFB Films app on May 9 → bit.ly/LosingBlueNFB

📆 Don't miss Arash Akhgari at the Cinémathèque QC for a FREE Artist Talk and first look at IN THE SHALLOWS on May 11.
More info → bit.ly/4a0FTIX
Proudly hosted in collaboration with Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation.

This Red Dress Day (May 5), watch Christine Welsh's FINDING DAWN, a feature doc that accompanies Dawn Crey's family following the discovery of her remains on Robert Pickton's farm → bit.ly/3GDxNIf 🧡 #MMIWG2S

#Toronto
Don't miss tonight's screening of Hot Docs' 2024 DGC (@DGCTalent) Special Jury Prize — Canadian Feature — winner: ANY OTHER WAY: THE JACKIE SHANE STORY! Ticket and info here → bit.ly/4aPz0LR

✨ The DGC (DGC National) Special Jury Prize — Canadian Feature Documentary: ANY OTHER WAY: THE JACKIE SHANE STORY — directed by Michael Mabbott & Lucah Rosenberg-Lee

✨ Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary, supported by John and Betty Youson: AM I THE SKINNIEST PERSION YOU'VE EVER SEEN?— directed by Eisha Marjara

It is #MayThe4th so here is a friendly reminder that it was Canadian Roman Kroitor who came up with the idea of The Force.
Kroitor was a co-inventor of IMAX & NFB director.
George Lucas first heard about the idea of The Force watching Kroitor talk to Warren McCulloch in the…