Seven NFB films presented at Cinéfest Sudbury in September.

Seven NFB films presented at Cinéfest Sudbury in September. Outstanding National Film Board of Canada documentaries and animation.

Toronto – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Seven acclaimed National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentary and animated works from across the country will screen at the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival (September 18 to 26)—including Canadian and Ontario premieres.

Cinéfest Sudbury is presenting two award-winning feature-length NFB documentaries:

Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy (Seen Through Woman Productions/NFB), directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, a Vancouver-based filmmaker and actor, and member of the Kainai First Nation in southern Alberta and the Sámi in Norway.

Someone Like Me by the Vancouver filmmaking team of Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams.

Plus three NFB short docs:

Evan’s Drum by Montreal-based Inuk journalist Ossie Michelin, from North West River, Labrador, produced through the NFB’s Labrador Doc Project for Inuit creators from Nunatsiavut and Labrador.

Into Light, shot in Yellowknife by West Vancouver’s Sheona McDonald, a Canadian Screen Award-winning director, writer and producer.

PEI director and author Susan Rodgers’ Then Sings My Soul.

NFB auteur animation is also screening, with two acclaimed shorts:

Multi-award-winning Montreal animator and illustrator Claude Cloutier’s latest, Bad Seeds (Mauvaises herbes).

The Hangman at Home (Late Love Production/Floréal Films/Miyu Productions/NFB) by Danish-based animators Michelle and Uri Kranot.

Cinéfest Sudbury will present screenings both in theatre and online, with virtual screenings geo-restricted to Ontario.

For more information, please view the website:

https://mediaspace.nfb.ca/comm/seven-nfb-films-presented-at-cinefest-sudbury-in-september-outstanding-national-film-board-of-canada-documentaries-and-animation/