BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1414@events.nfb.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230225T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230225T234500 DTSTAMP:20230223T162919Z URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/nuit-blanche/ SUMMARY:NUIT BLANCHE AT THE NFB  DESCRIPTION:CELEBRATING QUEBEC FILMMAKERS\nOn February 25\, come and celebr ate Quebec cinema! For the 20th Nuit blanche à Montréal\, the NFB salute s 50 years of the Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québ ec (ARRQ) with a dazzling program that showcases the diversity of our home grown talent. Watch the films at the Alanis Obomsawin Theatre and sample s ome virtual reality works at the NFB Space. The party will go all night lo ng!\n\nAs part of Nuit Blanche à Montréal.\nALL ACTIVITIES ARE FREE OF C HARGE!\n6 p.m. to 1 a.m.\n \;\n\n VIRTUAL REALITY STATIONS – NO RES ERVATIONS REQUIRED\n\nRoxham\nMichel Huneault\, 2018\, 15 minutes\nThis im mersive story centres on Roxham Road\, a small section of the border where people are arrested and welcomed at the same time. Photographer Michel Hu neault documented border interceptions of asylum seekers moving from the U nited States to Canada and their confusing quest for a safe place.\n\nGymn asia\nChris Lavis et Maciek Szczerbowski\, 2019\, 6 minutes\nStep into the stillness of an abandoned school and enter Gymnasia\, a place where the ghostly ephemera of a lost childhood await you. Recall the particular sigh ts and sounds of a child’s world through the echoes of ball games\, scho ol lessons and choir recitals. Gymnasia reanimates the memories of those forgotten days.\n\nA coproduction with Felix &\; Paul Studios.\n\n&nbs p\;\n\nFILM SCREENINGS – NO RESERVATION REQUIRED\n\nEnglish Program Sch edule\n6:15 / 7:45 / 9:15 / 10:45 / 00:15\n\nFrench Program Schedule\n7:0 0 / 8:30 / 10:00 / 11:30\n\n*Programs are approximately 35 minutes\n\n&nbs p\;\n\nENGLISH PROGRAM:\n\nN.B. The majority of these films are without wo rds. Films that are in English are presented with French subtitles.\n\nNFB Pause | 25 Years After Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance\nAnnie St-Pie rre\, 2018\nMaking movie history by documenting reality. Alanis Obomsawin shares her thoughts on Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance with #NFBPause .\n\nBlack Soul\nMartine Chartrand\, 2000\nMartine Chartrand’s animated short dives into the heart of Black culture with an exhilarating trip thou gh history. Watch as a young boy traces his roots through the stories his grandmother shares with him about the events that shaped their cultural he ritage.\n\nHothouse 5 – Orange\nSylvie Trouvé\, 2009\nThis animated sh ort poses some interesting questions: what if buildings pulsed\, trees tap ped out beats\, or shadows could whistle a tune? Through the creative inte rpretation and animation of the city's natural rhythms\, Orange orchestr ates a contagious urban dance. Produced as part of the 5th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.\n\nUnder the Weather\nTali\, 1997\nThis animated short follows a group of happy vacationers sunbathing... under c loudy skies. Despite the weather\, they look cheerful\, eating ice cream a nd hot dogs\, frolicking in the sand. When the sun finally breaks through the clouds\, everyone deserts the beach. The film presents a fanciful yet awkward scenario in which the strange behaviour of one person may be the d elight of another.\n\nZea\nAndré et Jean-Jacques Leduc\, 1981\nA superb v isual trick that will mystify its audience\, this animated film transforms the commonplace into magic.\n\nNFB Pause | New Technologies in Film Anima tion\nAnnie St-Pierre\, 2019\nAt the NFB\, both new and old technologies c o-exist in harmony. For our Animation Studio Technical Director\, Eloi Cha mpagne\, this means staying up-to-date on innovative production methods— including VR animation.\n\nMobilize\nCaroline Monnet\, 2015\nThis short fi lm\, crafted entirely out of NFB archival footage by First Nations filmmak er Caroline Monnet\, takes us on an exhilarating journey from the Far Nort h to the urban south\, capturing the perpetual negotiation between the tra ditional and the modern by a people moving ever forward.\n\nPart of the S ouvenir series\, it's one of four films by First Nations filmmakers that address Indigenous identity and representation\, reframing Canadian histor y through a contemporary lens.\n\nCarface\nClaude Cloutier\, 2015\nIn this animated short\, a Chevrolet Bel Air 1957 offers an ironic take on the ic onic American ballad “Que Sera\, Sera (Whatever Will Be\, Will Be)”. T he Chevy’s bumper transforms into a pair of seductive lips\, from which emerge the song’s reassuring lyrics\, while a choir of cars performs a b reathtaking dance number in the background. A biting satire of our Big Oil -based civilization\, Carface is a musical comedy of spectacular proport ions\, in which acclaimed animator and illustrator Claude Cloutier (The Tr enches\, Sleeping Betty) pokes at our contemporary insouciance about the environmental perils that threaten the planet.\n\n \;\n\nFRENCH PROGRA M:\n\nN.B. Films with an asterisk are in French only\; others are subtitle d in English.\n\nNFB Pause | Marc St-Pierre\nJoanie Lafrenière\, 2018\nTh e NFB’s French collection curator\, Marc St-Pierre\n\nI Like Girls*\nDia ne Obomsawin\, 2016\nIn this animated short from Diane Obomsawin\, four wo men reveal the nitty-gritty about their first loves\, sharing funny and in timate tales of one-sided infatuation\, mutual attraction\, erotic moments \, and fumbling attempts at sexual expression. For them\, discovering that they're attracted to other women comes hand-in-hand with a deeper underst anding of their personal identity and a joyful new self-awareness.\n\nAlam bic: Solid Ground*\nBeatriz Carvalho\, 2022\nSolid Ground is a poetic and sound-rich travelogue—a personal journal that reveals the thoughts of a n expatriate returning to her native land. Employing the rarely used monot ype animation technique\, Solid Ground reflects the personal experience o f discovering different lands and feeling as though one were simultaneousl y at home and elsewhere. A film from the Alambic collection\, a creative l ab by the NFB’s French Program Animation Studio that’s designed for em erging filmmakers.\n\nFernand Dansereau: In a Lifetime\nSylvie Lapointe\, 2022\nFernand Dansereau is one of Quebec’s most prolific filmmakers\, ha ving produced\, directed and written more than sixty documentaries\, ficti on films and television serial dramas. Over the course of his career\, he has helped forge new filmmaking practices such as cinéma de relation and direct cinema. This short film traces a long journey\, during which Danse reau has constantly travelled the pathways of creativity\, with kindness a s his guide\, giving voice to people seeking to define the essence of a na tion. In the process\, it affords the viewer a glimpse into the filmmaker ’s own soul.\n\nMagical Caresses | Masturbation : A Short Story of a Gre at Taboo\nLori Malépart-Traversy\, 2022\n*This film deals with mature sub ject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.\nHistory as it was never taught in school. This animated short looks back at the surprising story of our relationship with masturbation—and its repression—from prehistory to t oday. From the Magical Caresses animated documentary series\, in which L ori Malépart-Traversy takes a playful and uninhibited look at solo sexual ity.\n\nTout écartillé\nAndré Leduc\, 1972\nExperimental short film on a Robert Charlebois song.\n\nNFB Pause | Karla Baumgardner\nAnnie St-Pierr e\, 2018\n"You have to have the reaction time of a goalie to do Foley." Em my-award winning Foley artist Karla Baumgardner reveals the secrets of how to add sound effects to animated film.\n\nSweet Childhood\nZviane\, 2017\ nIn this animated short\, cartoonist Zviane comes across an old audiocasse tte while packing up before a move. Just the sight of the tape plunges her back into her childhood fantasies and her perceptions of the world. But t he reality of what's on the tape results in a hilarious episode that quest ions just how "sweet" childhood really is.\n\n \;\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.nfb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02 /Nuit-Blanche_EN.jpg CATEGORIES:Free Event,Installations & VR,NFB Meet-Ups,Screenings 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:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR