Academy Salutes NFB Shorts in D.C.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008
By: Ryan Ball

Celebrating more than 50 years of Oscar-worthy short-subject films, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in partnership with the Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film and the Foundation for the National Archives, will present “A Salute to the National Film Board of Canada” on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. in the William G. McGowan Theater at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The evening will be hosted by animation critic, historian and Animation Magazine contributor Charles Solomon, with an introduction by Academy President Sid Ganis.

The program will feature a panel discussion with NFB chair and Government Film Commissioner Tom Perlmutter, NFB animation producer Marcy Page, and Torill Kove, animator of the Oscar-winning 2006 short The Danish Poet. Torill’s film will be screened, along with several other NFB-produced films, including Neighbours (1952), Walking (1969), Bob’s Birthday (1993) and Ryan (2004).

Tickets for the event are free and do not require reservations. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The National Archives Building is located at 700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. The entrance for special events is on Constitution Ave.For more information, go to www.archives.gov.

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