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Start of the NFB
The NFB was formed to control government media and propaganda. NFB was also financed by the Beurau of information to help start up. -
Hired New Film Makers
Hired young Canadian actors who were already well known such as Ross McLean and Donald Buchanan. He aswell hired film makers with loer amounts of expierience who were not as important yet such as Donald Fraser, James Beveridge, Tom Daly, Sydney Newman and Stanley Jackson. -
End of 1940
By the end of 1940, the organization had a dozen employees, all anglophone except for Philéas Côté, director of Distribution. He was the first French Canadian to be hired by the NFB. -
Powers of Government Merged with NFB
Order in Council, the powers, duties and functions of the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau were merged with those of the NFB, and transferred from the Department of Trade and Commerce to the Department of National Defence. -
Film Released First in Canada
The first part of the NFB's work was completed in Canada.There were specific reasons for how fast the film adapted to Canadians. Canada is aware of the situation in the world and includes as few English-speaking countries seem to do, this is a situation of a new kind. -
NFG Obtains Prizes
the body itself that has awarded two prizes: an honorable mention for introducing the best selection of films to the 4e international Festival of film of Brescia, Italy, and the Cup awarded also to the best selection of films by the Institute of National Light at the Sestriere ski club Festival, in Italy -
New Headquarters
Constructing new headquarters in Ville St-Laurent, North of Montreal. -
New Film distribution
Requests came especially of cities or villages far from sources of supply in films. By multiplying the intermediate cinematheques and depositing a high quantity of films, the Agency can meet these specific needs. -
Canadian Features
The Film Board distributed them world-wide and thus was able to test the market for Canadian features. -
Production Decreased, Distibution Increased.
In 1970, production decreased but distribution in Canada reached record levels. On the English side, the films expressed the morose climate at the Film Board, while French Production was motivated by the political climate in Quebec. -
Renewing the NFB in Canada
Drew up a five-year plan to renew and re-establish the National Film Board as the central energizing force in Canadian film. -
Hearing for The Deaf
After two years’ hard work, a research team from French Production, along with a committee composed solely of the hard of hearing, prepared a communication plan that matched the needs of the deaf, of whom there were around a million in Canada -
NFB Logo Remade
The NFB logo, created in 1969 by graphic artist Georges Beaupré, was redesigned by animation filmmaker Ishu Patel. -
New Documentaries Launched
The Acadia Centre launched Chroniques de l’Atlantique, a collection of one-hour documentaries on the Acadian identity, produced in cooperation with Productions du Phare-Est. -
Highlighting 100 years of cinems
At NFB Montreal, the Cinema, Cinema screenings highlighted a hundred years of cinema, from early silent films with piano accompaniment from the time of Alice Guy-Blaché to the virtual images and computer animation of the 1990s. -
Leadership Award
At the end of May, in Ottawa, the Association of Professional Executives of the Public Service of Canada presented its Leadership Award to NFB Chairperson Sandra Macdonald, for “leading the NFB through a revitalization which respected employees’ concerns while achieving significant cost-savings and increases in production and maintaining the Board’s tradition of excellence.” -
Films on Racism
NFB launched a call for proposals for short films on the theme of racism in the workplace.