BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1923@events.nfb.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250301T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250301T000000 DTSTAMP:20250213T202129Z URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/nuit-blanche-2025/ SUMMARY:Nuit blanche at the NFB DESCRIPTION:6 p.m. to 1 a.m. - ALL ACTIVITIES FREE OF CHARGE!\nA Pop-Fuelle d Night for the Whole Family! \nJoin us for a night of free activities! Ex perience a non-stop screening of our most POPular shorts and participate i n a quiz challenge to hunt for hidden characters in a short film. Enjoy a POP-UP\, behind-the-scenes experience with The Girl with the Red Beret\, w here you’ll help co-create an animated scene by sharing ideas as filmmak er Janet Perlman draws live\, with the participation of the STM. Plus\, we ’re rolling out the red carpet and offering a GIF opportunity with an Os car®.\n\nCome celebrate 85 years of creativity and innovation with us\, i n a festive and colourful atmosphere—perfect for families and film lover s alike!\n\nPresented as part of Nuit Blanche à Montréal\n\n \;\nTA KE A SELFIE WITH AN OSCAR®\nYour turn to shine on the red carpet! Pose wi th one of two real Oscars®: the Honorary Academy Award given to the NFB i n 1988 for excellence in every area of filmmaking\, and the Oscar® for No rman McLaren’s film Neighbours in 1953.\n\nThen share your GIF: dazzle y our followers with your star power on your socials!\n\n \;\nTHE GIRL W ITH THE RED BERET\nWith the participation of the STM.\n\nImmerse yourself in the creative process as filmmaker Janet Perlman takes you behind the sc enes of her animated short The Girl with the Red Beret\, a joyous\, heartw arming animated short set in the Montreal metro\, and help co-create an an imated scene by sharing your ideas with filmmaker Janet Perlman as she dra ws live at the NFB Space.\n\n \;\nENJOY AN ASSORTMENT OF SHORT FILMS\n Take in two delightful programs of short documentaries and animated films screening in a loop. Original\, award-winning\, Oscar®-nominated\, hilari ous films. There’s something for everyone.\n\n*Approximate runtime 30 mi nutes\, no reservations required\n\nProgram 1 schedule - In French\n18:15 / 19:00 / 19:45 / 20:30\n\nProgram 2 schedule - Bilingual\n21:15 / 22:00 / 22:45 / 23:30 / 12:15\n\n \;\n\nPROGRAM 1\n\nMeltdown\nCarrie Mombour quette\, 2012\nWithout words\n\nIn this short animation\, a polar bear mus t try his luck finding a job in the big city when the last of his Arctic i ce environment disappears. It’s hard fitting into the human world\, howe ver\, so this bear finds a more creative solution to his predicament.\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nThe Turtle Syndrome\nSamuel Cantin\, 2021\nOriginal French versi on with English subtitles\n\nWhat could the illness afflicting Henri Casta gnette be? Filled with anxiety\, the young man puts his fate in the hands of the off-puttingly exuberant Dr. Von Strudel. In The Turtle Syndrome\, S amuel Cantin\, author of the popular “motormouth” graphic novels Phobi e des moments seuls and Whitehorse\, recounts the story of an endearing an ti-hero’s frenzied and hilarious medical appointment.\n\n \;\n\nNort h Star - Observation\nPatrick Bossé\, 2023\nOriginal French version\n\nLa urie returns to the Ashuapmushuan Wildlife Reserve to meet with her father . Here\, as a child\, she honed her sense of observation\, which today ser ves her well in her astronomy career.\n\n \;\n\nI Like Girls\nDiane Ob omsawin\, 2016\nOriginal French version\n\nIn this animated short from Dia ne Obomsawin\, four women reveal the nitty-gritty about their first loves\ , sharing funny and intimate tales of one-sided infatuation\, mutual attra ction\, erotic moments\, and fumbling attempts at sexual expression. For t hem\, discovering that they're attracted to other women comes hand-in-hand with a deeper understanding of their personal identity and a joyful new s elf-awareness.\n\n \;\n\nPROGRAM 2\n\nThe Mental Load for Dummies\nJes sy Poulin\, 2018\nOriginal French version with English subtitles\n\nIn thi s humorous “experiential” documentary\, the words of four overworked A bitibi women encourage viewers to reflect on work/family balance and the d angers of exhaustion.\n\n \;\n\nBoat People\nKjell Boersma and Thao La m\, 2023\nOriginal English version with French subtitles\n\nAs a child in Vietnam\, Thao’s mother often rescued ants from bowls of sugar water. Ye ars later they would return the favour. Boat People is an animated docum entary that uses a striking metaphor to trace one family’s flight across the turbulent waters of history.\n\n \;\n\nCorpus and the Wandering\n Jo Roy\, 2024\nWithout words\n\nOne dancer\, one body\, one phone. In a ti me of collective alienation and technological mass control\, one woman red iscovers her soul and reclaims her mind. A short\, experimental self-portr ait composed of 100 video screens\, Corpus and the Wandering transcends the walls of a fragmented grid system to uncover the shared humanity in ea ch of us\, and our place in the cosmos.\n\n \;\n\nNeighbours\nNorman M claren\, 1952\nWithout words\n\nIn this short film\, Norman McLaren employ s the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to a nimate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who come to bl ows over the possession of a flower.\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.nfb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01 /Nuit-blanche_1920x1080-crea2.jpg CATEGORIES:Free Event LOCATION:NFB Space\, 1500 Balmoral St.\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 0H3\, Cana da GEO:45.507553;-73.568328 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1500 Balmoral St.\, Montrea l\, Quebec\, H3A 0H3\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=NFB Space:geo:45. 507553,-73.568328 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR