Filmmaking Movies

A group of frustrated actors, writers and directors take to the desert to make a film about themselves, then get lost in it.

Michael Dudok de Wit was asked by the famous Japanese animation studio Ghibli, to create his first feature length animated film. This would be...

Filmmaker Alexander Freeman who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of two, was raised by his loving and supportive parents but the one...

A comedy drama following Annie Freeman, an actor who must navigate misogyny and ageism in the film industry. With no appropriate acting roles...

An ambitious young filmmaker rushes to get her first film finished on schedule, or else face breaching her contract and being sued.

Short film by Sandi Mitchell showing footage of the ruins of the NFB's Halifax office after it was destroyed in a fire in 1991.

A documentary about the making of the first Star Wars film (and to a lesser extent Empire and Jedi) including a look at some of the deleted scenes,...

Discussion of the making of the film Summer Stock (1950).

Documentary about Buster Keaton's The 'High Sign' (1921) and Keaton's developing style.

A director (P. Chann) tries to make a movie following the guise of Joseph Campbell's framework.

Julian has agreed to help Henry make his first film--but, on the day of shooting, Julian shows up having taken four tabs of LSD. Across the streets...

A filmmaker takes revenge on a festival that has rejected her year after year. But her revenge will not be bitter, cruel or violent. Instead she will...

Andrew, a sound recordist, fuels his obsession with a young actress through nefarious means. When Andrew’s flirtations are turned down by...

Against a collage of excerpts that span thirty-four films, a filmmaker reflects on the community he has built over more then a decade of low-budget...

Terrytoons animated short film directed by Frank Moser

An intimate look at cinematographic creation, this visual essay shares with us secrets of the legendary Canadian animator Norman Mclaren and his...

Interview with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich about Red River and the two versions of the film.