Saigon Story breathes wisdom and insights into famous photo that helped define Vietnam War - Pancouver Tthe DOXA Documentary Film Festival will present Kim Nguyen's stunning new documentary about two families' quest for peace.

Kim Nguyen's new documentary SAIGON STORY: TWO SHOOTINGS IN THE FOREST KINGDOM plays April 29 + 30 at Hot Docs Toronto and May 1 + 7 at DOXA Vancouver.

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Christian Zyp of @cjsrfm.bsky.social interviews Coty Savard (producer) & Connor McNally (subtitle editor) about Gil Cardinal's film FOSTER CHILD: ohpikihâkan awâsis.

Plays Sat 18 April at @dreamspeakers.bsky.social in Edmonton!

🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/7BKC...

Now learning Polish!

NFB producer Coty Savard went on CBC Edmonton AM this morning to discuss the new nêhiyawêwin/Cree syllabics-subtitled version of Gil Cardinal's FOSTER CHILD, which is presented by @dreamspeakers.bsky.social on Saturday April 18 in Edmonton.

🎙️ www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Beverly Shaffer: Smashing Stereotypes, One Film at a Time - NFB Blog This Curator's Perspective is about Beverly Shaffer, one of Canada’s most talented documentary filmmakers.

🎬 How Academy Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Beverly Shaffer reframed the gaze by centering women, not stereotypes, on and off screen.
Read the National Film Board of Canada's latest blog post to learn more → bit.ly/4tNN9T1
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Special premiere of Film “Foster Child” screening with Cree subtitled version at the Dreamspeakers International Film Festival The National Film Board of Canada presents a special premiere screening of the new Cree Language subtitled ver...

🎙️ Sweet and short interview with #NFB producer Coty Savard on Raven Radio ( @windspeaker.bsky.social News) Edmonton, hosted by Johanna Luna. @dreamspeakers.bsky.social
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Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Among my #LastFourWatched:

THE EMPIRE OF SCENTS and THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT, both directed by the wonderful Canadian director Kim Nguyen👍

DARK WATERS, a literally dark environmental/legal drama 🫤

SCOOP, a surprisingly thrilling watch about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. 🫢

Documentary with Cree syllabics screening at Edmonton Indigenous film fest | Watch News Videos Online Watch Documentary with Cree syllabics screening at Edmonton Indigenous film fest Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

Gil Cardinal documentary FOSTER CHILD, newly subtitled with Cree syllabics, to screen at Edmonton's Dreamspeakers Int'l Indigenous Film Festival on Sat April 18.
📺 @globalnews.ca @dreamspeakers.bsky.social #NFB globalnews.ca/video/117678...

📢 The DOXA 2026 lineup includes these National Film Board of Canada (co-)productions:

SAIGON STORY: TWO SHOOTINGS IN THE FOREST KINGDOM, by Kim Nguyen (War Witch, The Hummingbird Project)

THERE ARE NO WORDS, by Min Sook Lee (Migrant Dreams, Tiger Spirit).

Congrats to all #DOXA2026 selects!

Min Sook Lee's THERE ARE NO WORDS is playing April 17 at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina.

🎟️ www.fullframefest.org/film/there-a...

Documentary 7 BEATS PER MINUTE featuring Campbell River freediving guru, Kirk Krack, is available to screen free on #NFB platforms → bit.ly/7BPM_nfb

Article by Robin Grant → campbellrivermirror.com/2026/03/30/c... #StreamCanadian

📣 Big SXSW News! 🎬

Peter Debruge — Texas native, legendary film critic, veteran festival juror, and former chief critic at Variety — is stepping into a major new role as Director of the SXSW Film & TV Festival, taking the reins from longtime leader Claudette Godfrey starting April 6.

I'd KICK you, rather than I'd KILL you, apologies!

Incidentally, I watched Double Indemnity yesterday.

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Among my #LastFourWatched:

👍Top Notch drama WAR WITCH, by Canadian director Kim Nguyen
😎 A great film noir, DOUBLE INDEMNITY
👩‍💻 boring M3GAN 2.0
⭐ Amazing Rose Byrne in IF I HAD LEGS I'D KILL YOU

❤️ 💪🏻 🇨🇦

Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television We are the Canadian Academy. We inspire creativity, develop talent, and celebrate the best in Canadian visual storytelling.

📣 Huge congratulations to the teams behind the 8️⃣ (!) National Film Board of Canada productions nominated for this year's #CdnScreenAwards! 🍁🤩
#StreamCanadian #NFB
www.academy.ca

Why not have the eligibility the entire calendar year (Jan 1-Dec 31)?

A photograph can never capture the whole truth...

A Noble Television and National Film Board of Canada co-production, Kim Nguyen's SAIGON STORY: TWO SHOOTINGS IN THE FOREST KINGDOM will have its world premiere at Hot Docs 2026!

‘It’s a success for Canada’: Oscar winner for The Girl Who Cried Pearls urges Ottawa to maintain support for National Film Board

www.hilltimes.com/2026/03/20/i...

Oh. So you can stream Canadian animation & documentaries for free. Everything the National Film Board has is just... there. No gate kept. www.nfb.ca/animation/

Yes to this collection, especially INTERSTELLAR 😍.

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! My #LastFourWatched include

👍 2 top-notch Canadian documentaries by Min Sook Lee
👍 CATCH ME IF YOU CAN by Steven Spielberg
😮 A Leni Riefenstahl doc about Nuba tribes in 1970s Sudan, streaming on Kanopy, an astonishing historical document.

NFB Oscar-Winning Short 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls' Now Streaming for Free Worldwide The National Film Board of Canada is making Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski's Oscar-winning short 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls' available to viewers around the world for free! #TheGirlWhoCriedPearls #AcademyAwards #NFB

The National Film Board of Canada is making Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski's Oscar-winning short 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls' available to viewers around the world for free!

#TheGirlWhoCriedPearls #AcademyAwards #NFB

I’m no fan of AI but the French calls with the @duolingoverde.bsky.social character Lily are amazing. She reacts so well to my lines. 😲 🦜

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📣 THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS got 50,000+ views on nfb.ca since the #Oscars win on Sunday. The increase in traffic briefly disrupted the site on Sunday evening! 😘

THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS Accepts the Oscar for Animated Short Film YouTube video by ABC

So proud of the National Film Board of Canada!

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What a great picture, AP! 😍

Mr. Nobody Against Putin is a phenomenal documentary, which I first watched at the 2025 DOXA documentary film festival in Vancouver, with a roaring audience, then a second time at home, streaming with the family. Congratulations! #Oscars