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Katja De Bock

@katjadebock.bsky.social
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National Film Board of Canada publicist. Interested in documentary and animation, news and the environment. Based in Vancouver, B.C. FlemishCat on Letterboxd & Peliplat.

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Darth Kater🇨🇦 @darthkater.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
September 30th is Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada. It is a federal statutory holiday observed annually to honour the survivors, families, and communities affected by the church-run and gov't sanctioned and funded Indian residential school system in Canada 🟥💔🟥 "We Were Children": watch it!
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WE WERE CHILDREN | Full Documentary | National Film Board of Canada
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Joseph Planta @joeplanta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I talked to Joella Cabalu about her new documentary First Comes Love: Nakabingwit. It premieres at the Vancouver International Film Festival starting this weekend: thecommentary.ca/ontheline/24...
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The filmmaker Joella Cabalu discusses her new documentary First Comes Love: Nakabingwit, which debuts at the Vancouver International Film Festival, with Joseph Planta.
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oct 8 + 11 at VIFF Vancouver. #VIFF2026 #NFB
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Two AI docs among my #LastFourWatched! THE AI DOC OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST 😀 GHOST IN THE MACHINE 😐 And I revisited two ghosts from the past in THE TERMINATOR 😎 (relates to the AI docs) MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT 😞 #LetterboxdFriday
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📣 Winnipeg filmmaker and artist Matea Radic is taking her animated short film Paradaïz to Los Angeles this fall, where it will have its Los Angeles premiere at the highly selective Animation Is Film festival, running October 16 to 19. classic107.com/articles/win...
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Winnipeg filmmaker Matea Radic heads to Los Angeles with NFB animated short
Winnipeg filmmaker and artist Matea Radic is taking her animated short film Paradaïz to Los Angeles this fall, where it will have its Los Angeles premiere at the highly selective Animation Is Film fes...
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Watch it soon at VIFF Vancouver!
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 24/09/2026
“This hallucinatory string of Heritage Minutes has real but limited appeal,” writes Adam Nayman of Matthew Rankin’s latest biopic. “It’s a comedy that only a wonk could love [...] but there’s a little wonk in all of us these days.” thewalrus.ca/brian-mulroney-biopic
On the left: an image of a man dressed in an elaborate stage costume in front of the name Mulroney written in red and blue text. On the right: text that reads “The Brian Mulroney biopic is a hallucinatory string of Heritage Minutes. A new TIFF documentary turns the lens on the Canadian cult of personality”
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scene49canada.bsky.social @scene49canada.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Filipino Canadian filmmaker Joella Cabalu takes the rom-com past the meet-cute in First Comes Love: Nakabingwit, exploring race, culture and communication across relationships in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. #VIFF #CanadianFilm #FilipinoCanadian www.scene49.ca/entertainmen...
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Kevin Kirkpatrick (organizer): "The great part about working with the National Film Board is that they offer these movies free for Canadians..." www.sasktoday.ca/southwest/lo...
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Swift Current Culture Days event brings Sask stories to big screen
Saskatchewan history remembered as the Lyric Theatre brings his three films from the past for Culture Days.
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📽️ NIRILAURTA screening in Iqaluit had to send 40 people home due to a full house! nunavutnews.com/2026/09/21/w...
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'We demand to be heard'; food security documentary packs Iqaluit cinema - Nunavut News
'Nirilaurta,' set in Taloyoak, highlights hunting and fishing
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🎥 The National Film Board (NFB) documentary STOLEN TIME, which follows an Ontario lawyer taking on Canada's for-profit nursing-home industry, will screen at St. Albert's Arden Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 22. www.stalbertgazette.com/local-entert...
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Documentary exposes Canada's long-term-care woes
St. Albert screening of Stolen Time focuses on long-term care challenges.
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CTVM.info @lilianetremblay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🎬 Sean Edwards se joint à l’ONF comme producteur au sein de l’Unité documentaire de l’Ouest à Vancouver. Cofondateur de Ramble Films, il cumule 12 ans d’expérience en production et création. 👉 ctvm.info/onf-vancouve... #ONF
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YVArcade @yvarcade.com · 15/09/2026
'Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney' elects a gonzo political and historical vision of our 18th Prime Minister 🗳️ at @tiffnet.bsky.social bit.ly/4ha4pNC #TIFF26
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Lovely shorts seen at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF) among my #LastFourWatched. YAYA, by Sebastian Cerani 🥲 SISTERS, by Maria Munro 👍 WATER MY STEPS ORCHID COLOR, by Emmanuel Saavedra 🥺 PASTA NEGRA, by Jorge Thielen Armand 👍 Happy #LetterboxdFriday!
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YVArcade @yvarcade.com · 14/09/2026
'Still Night, Burning House' dissects a Vietnamese-Canadian family's past traumas 🇻🇳 at @tiffnet.bsky.social bit.ly/4xTeDJ8 #TIFF26
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
For Carol Nguyễn, Crying Is Back on the Table. @tiffnet.bsky.social doc Still Night, Burning House confirms a major talent. #tiff26 povmagazine.com/for-carol-ng...
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For Carol Nguyễn, Crying Is Back on the Table - POV Magazine
Carol Nguyễn discusses her feature debut Still Night, Burning House and revisiting a family trauma with hope to inspire collective healing.
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Watch your screens! REDEFINED films will be launched on the NFB platform tonight!
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
There’s never been a film like Mathew Rankin’s Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney, writes @filmfest.bsky.social #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/ladies-and-g...
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney Review: Move Over, Heritage Minutes! - POV Magazine
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney review: the story of Canada's 18th Prime Minister gets a freewheeling take from Matthew Rankin.
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IndieWire @indiewire.com · 14/09/2026
Matthew Rankin's story of Brian Mulroney’s political ascent offers a critique of televisual culture and a snapshot of a less extreme political era.
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‘Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney’ Review: Matthew Rankin’s Psychedelic Tour Through Mid-Century Canadian Conservative Politics
Matthew Rankin's story of Brian Mulroney’s political ascent offers a critique of televisual culture and a snapshot of a less extreme political era.
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
📍 Catch LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BRIAN MULRONEY at the fall festivals, including TIFF Toronto, AIFF Halifax and VIFF Vancouver!
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🎙️ Joella Cabalu, director of FIRST COMES LOVE: NAKABINGWIT, is interviewed on OMNI News Filipino about her upcoming VIFF world premiere. #NFB #VIFF2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SO3...
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Pelikula ng Filipino Canadian director tampok sa VIFF 2026 | OMNI News Filipino
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CTV News Winnipeg @ctvnewswinnipeg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Matthew Rankin's Brian Mulroney doc shows politician 'charming the whole country into oblivion'
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Matthew Rankin's Brian Mulroney doc shows politician 'charming the whole country into oblivion'
The documentary, Matthew Rankin’s followup to the Oscar-shortlisted “Universal Language,” presents a history of Canada’s Progressive Conservative Party through the lens of Brian Mulroney’s rise to power.
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🎙️ “I want this film to be the next chapter in the canon of Filipino representation:” Director Joella Cabalu about her documentary FIRST COMES LOVE: NAKABINGWIT. 📍 World premiere Oct 3 at VIFF Vancouver. Article by Lillian Liao: thelasource.com/cover-story/... #VIFF2026
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A heart-to-heart about race in relationships—First Comes Love: Nakabingwit premieres at VIFF
Joella shows a photo of Luka to her friend Jessie. | Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) (2026).  First Comes Love: Nakabingwit is an invitation to difficult conversations—one that com...
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CTVM.info @lilianetremblay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🌟 Pour une 2e année consécutive, Suzanne Guèvremont, présidente de l’ONF, figure au Canada25 du Hollywood Reporter, qui souligne les chefs de file de l’industrie canadienne. 👉 ctvm.info/the-hollywoo...
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The Hollywood Reporter confirme le leadership de Suzanne Guèvremont parmi les 25 chefs de file de l’industrie au Canada
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In festivals this fall, inclucing 📍TIFF Toronto 📍AIFF Halifax 📍VIFF Vancouver LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BRIAN MULRONEY The new film by Matthew Rankin!
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
📣 This is much better news from Nunavut! #Nirilaurta: Let Us Eat tours three Nunavut communities. 📍Sept 15 Iqaluit 📍Sept 19 Rankin Inlet 📍Sept 22 Baker Lake Director Malaya Qaunirq Chapman in attendance! nunatsiaq.com/stories/arti...
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Documentary on Inuit food, family set to screen in 3 Nunavut communities
Nunavummiut have the chance to see a new documentary about Inuit food, resilience, culture and family this month as Nirilaurta: Let us Eat is set to screen in three communities.
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A mix of fun and sadness this week! My #LastFourWatched include: THE UNDOING 👍 🔨 SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH 😔 ☦️ GEOSTORM 🫤 ☀️ 2012 😅 ⚓ Happy #LetterboxdFriday!
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
More interviews with Tyra Delver, director of BANNOCK IS LOVE, an NFB/TIFF film in the #REDEFINED series, premiering Sept. 16. ravenradio.ca/2026/09/11/3...
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Indigenous Filmmaker from northern Alberta debuts her film “Bannock is Love” at the 51st Toronto International Film Festival
A Cree Filmmaker from Saddle Lake Cree Nation will premiere her film" Bannock is Love" on September 16, 2026 a...
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
📣 Four screenings of NIRILAURTA planned in the next few weeks! The documentary NIRILAURTA: LET US EAT, directed by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, questions soaring grocery prices and the high cost of hunting and travel in the North. #NFB Details: events.nfb.ca/events/tags/...
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Native Calgarian Podcast 🪶🧡>🇨🇦 @nativecalgarian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
pahkwêsikan sâkihitowin: Bannock is Love, by Tyra Delver ((pauck way see gone sah gee tah win)) follow on Instagram: www.instagram.com/ayikisfilms TIFF premiere: Wed 16 Sept at 6 pm ET, Toronto tiff.net/films/redefi... The film will be released on the NFB’s platforms (nfb.ca, the NFB app and the
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Barry Hertz @hertzbarry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“I was struck watching Mulroney in the ‘84 campaign. He’s got Matt that Johnson energy – he can’t stop!”: I talked with Matthew Rankin about the wildest, most unpredictable, and frequently terrifying film at TIFF: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BRIAN MULRONEY. #TIFF26 www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
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With Matthew Rankin’s gonzo doc, TIFF’s biggest star might be Brian Mulroney
Dissection of former PM’s ambitions is history on acid at Midnight Madness
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Still Night, Burning House shows once again that Nguyễn may be Canada’s most notable wunderkind since Xavier Dolan." #TIFF26 #VIFF2026
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🎞️ Leading up to the opening of TIFF this week, the Hollywood Reporter looks at the 25 top dealmakers and decision-makers in Canada, including NFB Film Commissioner Suzanne Guèvremont/ www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus... Via @thr.com , story by Etan Vlessing
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Canada’s Top 25 Entertainment Dealmakers
Trump’s trade war has given the country’s entertainment industry something it hasn’t had in years: leverage, swagger and a hit list of its own.
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Kind of a meh #LastFourWatched. 🎬 The doc TRUE NORTH: CANADIAN MYTHS AND BLACK POWER is gorgeously shot and edited, but I already know the story from other docs, so no revelations for me. THE WHISPER MAN is 🫤. CLEANER's ending 🙄 *SMILES AND KISSES YOU* is so cringy! 😦
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
📺 Winnipeg artist Maxime Kornachuk spoke on CTV Your Morning Winnipeg about his #Redefined short documentary, WHERE OUR FLOWERS GROW. World premiere Sept. 16 at #TIFF26 and on the #NFB platform. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS_2...
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Métis filmmaker’s TIFF debut
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Tyra Delver's #REDEFINED film featured in Windspeaker News! World premiere Sept. 16 at TIFF and on the NFB platform.
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Animation World Network @animationworld.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New #TheodoreUshev and #MicheleLemieux Shorts Lead #NFB's 16 Film Slate: 'Les Villes Inconnues des Mères Disparues' and 'Polka,' along with 'Hostel la Vista,' join 4 feature documentaries, 3 mid-length docs and 6 short docs and series in production. bit.ly/4qVlsHB #Animation #AnimationWorld
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
👀 "Tickets for the REDEFINED screening are sold. But the NFB will begin showing all five films on its website starting on Sept. 16." Ladies and gentleman, please meet Winnipeg filmmaker Maxime Kornachuk! 😀
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🙂 Meet Tyra Delver, director of short NFB #REDEFINED film pahkwêsikan sâkihitowin: Bannock is Love. 📽️ The short documentary will make its world premiere on Sept 16 at #TIFF26 and it will be released on the #NFB platforms that same night. Article by #macewanu www.macewan.ca/campus-life/...
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Tyra Delver brings bannock to the big screen
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Fred Connelly @brendonconnelly.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Will there ever be a National Film Board with a more impressive catalogue of work than the Canadian one? I fully recommend a deep expedition into their YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydia...
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Mindscape
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
50/50 results, my #LastFourWatched. Happy #LetterboxdFriday!
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
👀 Regina Leader-Post A1 story this week: Jessie Ray Short and her film MOON NOONK EDOUARD. ❤️
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Ladies and Gentlemen, our new cover boy. #POV126 coming soon!
Prime Minster Brian Mulroney appears in a fantastical image. He is pictured from the waist up wearing a flamboyant Liberace-style coat. There is a dazzling background behind him with campaign signs. He looks pale and a bit like a vampire. He is pictured on a magazine cover that says POV at the top in patriotic red. The headline reads Life of Brian: Docufantasia reimagines Mulroney in the age of separatism and Much Music. [Subscribe!]
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
📣 Filmmaker appeal to the public: If you own letters written by her great-granduncle Edouard Beaupré (1881-1904), aka the Willow Bunch Giant aka le Géant Beaupré, please reach out to her for her further research. 📝 Article by Florence Hwang: leaderpost.com/news/willow-...
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Regina filmmaker wants to 'humanize' the Willow Bunch Giant at RIFFA
Jessie Ray Short's new film on her great-granduncle, the Willow Bunch Giant, is showing this week at the Regina International Film Festival.
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
📻 Le Festival international du film de Regina (RIFFA) présente le 19 août 2026 le court métrage documentaire de l’ONF Moon Noonk Edouard, un portrait d’Edouard Beaupré, dit le  Géant Beaupré , l’un des hommes les plus grands que l’histoire ait connu. 🎙️ ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Today in Documentary 3 new animated documentary shorts - 'Ambiguous Losses,' 'Hospital, With Love,' and 'Matrescence' - are now streaming for free on the National Film Board of Canada website. Find more to watch here: www.nonfics.com/p/week-in-do...
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This Week In Documentary
Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - August 14-20, 2026
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🎉 Congrats to all #REDEFINED filmmakers and their teams! • RE/ROUTE by Gabrielle Côté • pahkwêsikan sâkihitowin: Bannock is Love by Tyra Delver • Where Our Flowers Grow by Maxime Kornachuk • Restaurant Kids by Sylvia Mok • Butter Chicken to Go by Prajj #TIFF26 torontoguardian.com/2026/08/rede...
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REDEFINED brings five new Canadian and Indigenous voices to TIFF Lightbox this September
Five emerging filmmakers explore culture, belonging, identity and what it means to be Canadian in a new NFB and TIFF [...]
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Katja De Bock @katjadebock.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
📣PILUK story by @kambole.bsky.social in Variety now up! #Locarno79 #Elisapie #NFB variety.com/2026/film/gl...
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Locarno: The Filmmakers Behind ‘Piluk,’ From the National Film Board of Canada, Discuss the Language of Animation
Given all the technology that surrounds us, I still think that not all has been said with paper and pencil.
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Little Big Animation @littlebiganimation.eu · 11/08/2026
A l'occasion de #Locarno2026, Muriel a pu échanger avec Elisapie Isaac et Marc Séguin pour le court métrage #Piluk produit par l'ONF :
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Locarno 2026 - Rencontre avec Elisapie Isaac et Marc Séguin pour le court "Piluk" - Little Big Animation
Passé plus tôt par le Festival international du court métrage à Clermont-Ferrand, Piluk, réalisé par Elisapie Isaac et Marc Séguin et produit par l'ONF, voyage cette semaine au Festival de Locarno.
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