The NFB at the 2019 Congrès mondial acadien: Connecting with audiences.

August 1, 2019 – Moncton – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be taking part in this year’s Congrès mondial acadien (CMA), held August 10 to 24 in Prince Edward Island (PEI) and Southeastern New Brunswick. This flagship event and celebration of the region’s cultural identity offers a valuable opportunity for the NFB to connect with audiences and make its works as widely accessible as possible, both of which are core NFB priorities. Blind Vaysha VR, the virtual reality version of Theodore Ushev’s award-winning short, will be presented in each of the PEI communities visited by the CMA. It will also be available at the Extrême Frontière Space in the Canadian Heritage Pavilion in Moncton, along with the 360-degree short documentary The 3rd Wheel, by Acadian director André Roy, and three programs of animated shorts for the whole family. The Canadian Francophonie Studio – Acadie’s interim producer, Christine Aubé, will be present throughout the CMA, in both PEI and Moncton. The congress, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, is held every five years.

Blind Vaysha VR by Theodore Ushev

• Vaysha is not like other little girls. Her left eye sees only the past; her right, only the future. “Blind Vaysha,” they call her.

The 3rd Wheel by André Roy

• In Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, a school gym becomes the site of an experiment in reverse inclusion when non-disabled students ask for wheelchairs so that they can play basketball with their classmates, two sisters who have muscular dystrophy.

Animated shorts for the whole family

Three 30-to-40-minute programs of short films will be screened according to a schedule available onsite. The programs will give audiences a glimpse of the diverse, creative scope of animation at the NFB.

Other films, including Les artisans de l’atelier (The Artisans) by Acadian filmmaker Daniel Léger, will be screened at various local partner libraries of the NFB Film Club during the CMA.

About the NFB

The NFB is Canada’s public producer of award-winning creative documentaries, auteur animation, interactive stories and participatory experiences. NFB producers are embedded in communities across the country, from St. John’s to Vancouver, working with talented creators on innovative and socially relevant projects. The NFB is a leader in gender equity in film and digital media production, and is working to strengthen Indigenous-led production, guided by the recommendations of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. NFB productions have won over 7,000 awards, including 24 Canadian Screen Awards, 21 Webbys, 12 Oscars and more than 100 Genies. To access NFB works, visit NFB.ca or download its apps for mobile devices.

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