{"id":235983,"date":"2019-10-28T19:05:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T23:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=235983"},"modified":"2019-10-28T19:05:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T23:05:25","slug":"the-nfb-at-ridm-2019-feature-documentaries-by-simon-beaulieu-will-prosper-alanis-obomsawin-yung-chang-and-tasha-hubbard-including-two-world-premieres-and-three-films-in-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/28\/the-nfb-at-ridm-2019-feature-documentaries-by-simon-beaulieu-will-prosper-alanis-obomsawin-yung-chang-and-tasha-hubbard-including-two-world-premieres-and-three-films-in-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"The NFB at RIDM 2019. Feature documentaries by Simon Beaulieu, Will Prosper, Alanis Obomsawin, Yung Chang and Tasha Hubbard, including two world premieres and three films in competition."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The NFB will also be at Forum RIDM (November 16 to 20), the festival\u2019s industry event, where it will take part in various sessions in addition to awarding a prize at the Cuban Hat Pitch. (File Photo By Chicoutimi – Own work\/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The\u00a0National Film Board of Canada<\/a>\u00a0(NFB) is back at the\u00a0Montreal International Documentary Festival<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(RIDM) with eight productions and co-productions, including six feature-length docs. These auteur works tackle complex current events and run the gamut of emotions and characters\u2014from hope to dehumanization, from bridge-building protagonists to deep individualism. Two of these films are having their world premieres: Simon Beaulieu\u2019s\u00a0White Noise<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(NFB) and Will Prosper\u2019s\u00a0Kenbe la<\/em><\/strong>, Until We Win<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(NFB). Four other films will be having their Quebec premieres: Yung Chang\u2019s\u00a0This Is Not a Movie<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(TINAM Inc.\/Sutor Kolonko<\/a>\/NFB), Tasha Hubbard\u2019s\u00a0n\u00eepawistam\u00e2sowin: We Will Stand Up<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(Downstream Documentary Productions<\/a>\/NFB, in association with\u00a0CBC Docs<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0APTN<\/a>), Nance Ackerman, Ariella Pahlke and Teresa MacInnes\u2019s\u00a0Conviction<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Sea to Sea Productions<\/a>\/NFB, in association with the\u00a0CBC Documentary Channel<\/a>), and Alanis Obomsawin\u2019s\u00a0Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(NFB), screening for the first time in French. RIDM takes place November 14 to 24, 2019.<\/p>\n

Two works will be presented in the UXdoc Space, which is dedicated to interactive projects, installations and virtual reality works: the VR experience\u00a0Homestay<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by\u00a0Paisley Smith<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jam3<\/a>\u00a0(NFB), having its Quebec premiere; and\u00a0Bulle<\/em><\/strong>, the latest project from the NFB \u00d7 UQAM\u00a0Jeunes pousses<\/a>\u00a0interactive school, showing here as a preview only, during a panel featuring an assisted navigation session. The NFB will also be at Forum RIDM (November 16 to 20), the festival\u2019s industry event, where it will take part in various sessions in addition to awarding a prize at the Cuban Hat Pitch.<\/p>\n

NFB<\/strong>\u00a0works selected for RIDM 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canadian Feature Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

White Noise\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Simon Beaulieu (77 min, NFB) \u2013\u00a0World premiere with the filmmaker in attendance<\/strong>
\nTheatrical release: early 2020
\nElectronic press kit:\u00a0mediaspace.nfb.ca\/whitenoise<\/a><\/p>\n