Editor: Spacing is pleased to showcase films from the NFB's online screening room. The NFB will be occasionally posting films here that explore our public spaces, Canadian or international cities and anything urban. The NFB is one of Canada's greatest resources; watch movies for free online at NFB.ca. Check out What on Earth!, an Oscar-nominated animated short from 1966 by Les Drew and Kaj Pindal. This animated short proposes what many earthlings have long feared – that the automobile has inherited the planet. When life on Earth is portrayed as one ...

Editor: Spacing is pleased to showcase films from the NFB's online screening room. The NFB will be occasionally posting films here that explore our public spaces, Canadian or international cities and anything urban. The NFB is one of Canada's greatest resources; watch movies for free online at NFB.ca. There was a lot of buzz around Invisible City when it premiered at Hot Docs last year (check out the Spacing review here)  and now the film has finally come to theatres. The film — by Academy-award ...

Memories of Angels was one of the NFB's most exciting films last year and is now online in its entirety. The film, a mash-up of beautiful black-and-white footage and music from Montreal in the 50s and 60s, generated a ton of great conversation (here and here) about the living history of Montreal and cities in general. Today, we're proud to say you can watch the whole thing online. Also check out this interview with director, Luc Bourdon about making the film.

Editor: Spacing is pleased to showcase films from the NFB's online screening room. The NFB will be occasionally posting films here that explore our public spaces, Canadian or international cities and anything urban. The NFB is one of Canada's greatest resources; watch movies for free online at NFB.ca. We released a free new NFB iPhone app yesterday. The app lets you watch hundreds of animated films and documentaries from NFB.ca, streaming, on your iPhone or iPod touch. We also built in a "Watch Later" feature that lets you load films ...

Editor: Spacing has partnered with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films from their new online screening room. Matt Forsythe of the NFB is occasionally posting films here on Spacing that explore our public spaces, Canadian or international cities and anything urban. Kyle MacDonald suggests this great film from 1955 about the challenges of managing Montreal traffic. Kyle writes: The fun action starts around 4:00 with elected Montreal officials detailing their plans to alleviate traffic congestion in the city. Kinda neat considering the current election focus on ...

Mark Lewis' Cold Morning trilogy is a film installation that focuses on urban spaces and architecture in Toronto. The trilogy was featured at the Venice Biennale and is now showing at TIFF. There's an interview with Mark Lewis over at the NFB blog about this installation. Here's an excerpt: Julie Matlin: In contrast with a lot of your work the film, Nathan Phillips Square features two actors. What made you decide to use actors for this film? Mark Lewis: I've used actors before, but there were two things about this project that called ...

Editor: Spacing is pleased to showcase films from the NFB's online screening room. The NFB will be occasionally posting films here that explore our public spaces, Canadian or international cities and anything urban. The NFB is one of Canada's greatest resources; watch movies for free online at NFB.ca. - - - - - - - - - - - - Check out Wild in the City - a short doc about a bunch of critters that have infiltrated downtown Vancouver. Also of interest: Watch Impressions of Expo 67 Watch ...

Editor: Spacing is pleased to showcase films from the NFB's online screening room. The NFB will be occasionally posting films here that explore our public spaces, Canadian or international cities and anything urban. The NFB is one of Canada's greatest resources; watch their movies for free anytime online - - - - - - - - - - - - This month, urban gardening! In this short film, Halifax gardener Carol Bowlby harvests a mouth-watering crop from her small backyard plot. In considering soil quality, lack of space and a ...

Editor: Spacing has partnered with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films from their new online screening room. Matt Forsythe of the NFB is occasionally posting films here on Spacing that explore our public spaces, Canadian or international cities and anything urban. - - - - - - - - - - - - Here's a impressionistic and nostalgic look at Montreal's Expo 67. The 8.5 minute wordless film - directed by William Brind - shows the expo as an exercise in wonderful urban naiveté and optimism. From the film's description: This film ...

Editor: Spacing is pleased to announce we've partnered with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films from their new online screening room. Matt Forsythe of the NFB will be occasionally posting films here on Spacing that explore our public spaces, Canadian or international cities and anything urban. The NFB is one of Canada's greatest resources; check out what else they're offering online. - - - - - - - - - - - - Hey, so let's kick this series off with the premiere of this awesome new animation by ...