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Reel Events

NFB Reel Institute

Begins: August 15, 2011

August 15-19 - NEW! NFB Reel Institute (for Teens)

Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 4:30 PM$350 per weekAdvanced film training for emerging animators. Excellent for teens interested in creative careers. Highly experienced teachers. Ages 14+Register: m.matthews@nfb.ca / 416-973-7114.NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W)nfb.ca/mediatheque

Events

Movie Making Camps

Begins: July 11, 2011

July 11–15 - The Secret of the Lake – Movie-Making Camp

Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 4:30 PM$300 per weekChildren experiment with various hands-on techniques to create their own mystery movies. Ages 8-10. Register: m.matthews@nfb.ca / 416-973-7114.NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W)nfb.ca/mediatheque July 25-29 – The Disappearing Diamond (In French) – Movie-Making Camp

Free Events

Free Favourites at Four: The Strangest Dream

Begins: March 22, 2011

Wednesday, April 27 – Free Favourites at Four: The Strangest Dream

4 PM

FREE

Directed by Eric Bednarski,

2008, 89 min.

The Strangest Dream tells the story of Joseph Rotblat, the history of nuclear weapons, and the efforts of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs - an international movement Rotblat co-founded - to halt nuclear proliferation.

NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W) 416-973-3012

www.nfb.ca/mediatheque

Free Events

Free Favourites at Four presents Four Wings and a Prayer 4 PM

Begins: April 6, 2011

FREE

Directed by Nick de Pencier, 2007, 81 min.

A documentary about one of the world's most beautiful and mysterious creatures: the Monarch butterfly. Nowhere in nature is there a more powerful mix of scientific marvel, awesome beauty, and epic struggle for survival.

NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W) 416-973-3012

Animation Events

Animate This! Animation workshop for children aged 6 to 13

Begins: April 2, 2011

$5 per child; an adult must accompany children at no extra charge. Call 416-973-3012 to register.

April showers bring . . . April flowers! Spring into Daffodil Month by creating your own garden (2-D animation)!  Preceded by a complimentary screening program at 12 PM.

NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W) 416-973-3012

www.nfb.ca/mediatheque

Animation Events

Can’t Sit Still: Animation workshop for children aged 3 to 5

Begins: April 2, 2011

Saturday, April 2– Can’t Sit Still: Animation workshop for children aged 3 to 5

10:30 AM

$5 per child; an adult must accompany children at no extra charge. Call 416-973-3012 to register.

April showers bring . . . April flowers! Spring into Daffodil Month by creating your own garden (2-D animation)! Followed by a complimentary screening program at 12 PM.

NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W) 416-973-3012

www.nfb.ca/mediatheque

Events

WINTER WONDERLAND Holiday animation workshops for families

Begins: December 27, 2010

Monday December 27

Tuesday, December 28

Wednesday, December 29

Thursday, December 30

Friday, December 31

Sunday, January 2

12 PM and 3 PM each day

$5 per child, FREE for supervising adults

REGISTRATION REQUIRED by calling 416-973-3012

Throughoutthe holiday season, come in from the cold and enjoy our animationworkshops for families, suitable for children aged 6 to 13. We'll beoffering these workshops twice a day, at 12 pm and 3 pm, along with aholiday-themed screening program in the NFB Cinema!

Events

ANIMATE THIS! FUN ON THE SLOPES animation workshop for children aged 6 to 13

Begins: December 4, 2010

Saturday, December 4

Sunday, December 5

12:30 PM

$5 per child, FREE for supervising adults

Celebrate the winter wonderland by animating a snowy sport! Choose from tubing, snowboarding, skiing, tobogganing or just plain rolling down the hill!

Japan Events

SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION: KOJI YAMAMURA - Mastery of the Form

Begins: November 13, 2010

Saturday, November 13 - Masterclass at 10 AM, screening at 12 PM

Oscar®-nominated Koji Yamamura is the most successful auteur animation filmmaker in Japan today, and his international renown is almost beyond measure. Without a doubt, his oeuvre has set benchmarks for the limitless possibilities in short films – for art, for poetry, for transformation.

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