Madame Tutli-Putli from the National Film Board of Canada

Posted by A.R. Van Halleorg on 2010/01/31 2 comments

2007 Oscar®-nominated short-film Madame Tutli-Putli. One of the many treasures of the National Film Board of Canada.

Watch the high-definition version of the film here.

Author: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
Provided by National Film Board of Canada

This stop-motion animated film takes viewers on an exhilarating existential journey into the fully imagined, tactile world of Madame Tutli-Putli. As she travels alone on the night train, weighed down with all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past, she faces both the kindness and menace of strangers. Finding herself caught up in a desperate metaphysical adventure, adrift between real and imagined worlds, Madame Tutli-Putli confronts her demons.

Holiday Greetings From the National Film Board of Canada

Posted by A.R. Van Halleorg on 2009/12/26 0 comments

Oh yeah, here’s a nice little greetings card for the holidays from the National Film Board of Canada.

You can even send it to people you know, so go ahead and visit the card.

http://www3.nfb.ca/greetingcard2009/

National Film Board – Commissioners Remember

Posted by A.R. Van Halleorg on 2009/11/26 0 comments

Past commissioners share their experiences and memories from their days with the NFB.

Author: NFB /ONF
Provided by National Film Board of Canada

Former Commissioners of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) talk about their experiences at the institution. In conjunction with celebrations marking the NFB’s 70th anniversary, director Philippe Baylaucq met with Jacques Bensimon (2001-2006), Sandra M. Macdonald (1995-2001), Joan Pennefather (1989-1994), François N. Macelora (1984-1988) and André Lamy (1975-1979). What are their impressions? A common point emerges: the creative freedom given to artists and the filmmakers’ authenticity of vision.

NFB Video Plugin – Changes to Come

Posted by A.R. Van Halleorg on 2009/08/25 0 comments

Working on the next change to the NFB Video Plugin. I’m writing it here, because to be honest we don’t have our official page up yet. Once the page is done, you’ll find more information on the NFB.ca website. Until then! This is what’s coming up…

An issue that came up a few times is how many times the links are being read by the plug-in. Correct, it is a lot of times. So, we’re going to cut down on that if the user so chooses. So the question is…do you want to keep track of your embeds?

1 – I don’t want to keep track of them.
[WARNING : Choosing this option means the plug-in will verify the link every time.]
2 – I’d like to keep them, but leave my oe links tidy when editing my posts.
3 – I’d like to automatically replace my oe links by the embed code
[WARNING : If you don't know HTML or you don't care to go back and have to fix individual posts, you should set your caption options first.]

The second addition I’d like to add in this version hopefully is a separate tab where you can see a list of the last 10/20/30/50/100 links that you embedded on your blog, what post it belongs to and the date. For multiple links on your site, it will indent and show them in Maroon. Why do I want to do this? It’s so you can see if you have duplicate content on your site. Which you don’t want if you like SEO.

Anyways, update more later on the progress.

Sebastian’s Voodoo – 5th NFB Online Short Film Competition Winner

Posted by A.R. Van Halleorg on 2009/05/21 2 comments

The 2009 NFB Online Short Film Competition Finalist is Sebastian’s Voodoo by Joaquin Baldwin (Seen below).

A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death.

For more information, such as the titles of the runner’s up (there were quite a few good ones this year), please visit the NFB’s press release.

The competition was held by the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with Short Film Corner and in association with YouTube.