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HBO Documentary News Series AXIOS Season Finale Debuts December 12

Dec 11, 2021 | Business

The Emmy^®-winning series AXIOS on HBO will debut its season finale SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12 (6:00-6:30 p.m. ET/PT). The sharp and insightful news-making series features thought-provoking interviews with top leaders from the worlds of politics, tech, media, science, and business. Directed and produced by Emmy^® winners Matthew ONeill and Perri Peltz, the series features Axios signature Smart Brevity^® analysis, documentary-style reporting, and in-depth conversations on the topics and trends shaping the globe.

The series will air on HBO and be available to stream on HBO Max.

This weeks episode features the following segments:

Andrew Boz Bosworth, the incoming CTO of Meta (formerly Facebook), joins Axios chief technology correspondent Ina Fried to discuss the companys future, the spread of vaccine misinformation on its platforms, whether the company did enough in the leadup to the January 6 Capitol attack, and how Bosworth envisions the metaverse, the all-immersive internet of tomorrow.
House Majority Whip Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) speaks with Axios political reporter Alexi McCammond about President Bidens falling approval ratings, his hopes for election reform, voting rights and the filibusters future.
Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson welcomes Axios transportation correspondent Joann Muller to the companys headquarters in Newark, California, where they discuss the affordability of the high-end electric vehicle market, how startup Lucid stacks up against iconic American car manufacturers like Ford and General Motors, and Rawlinsons thoughts on his competitor and former employer, Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
The Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. and Kim Teehee, The Cherokee Nations first named delegate to Congress, sit down with Axios race and justice reporter Russell Contreras in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where they discuss their ongoing effort to seat Teehee in the House of Representatives, why a treaty promising the tribe a Congressional seat has gone unfulfilled for nearly 200 years and what impact Teehee could have on tribal and federal government relations.

AXIOS is a co-production of HBO Documentary Films, AXIOS and DCTV; executive produced by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen & Roy Schwartz; directed and produced by Perri Peltz and Matthew ONeill.

VIDEO: Incoming Meta CTO on Facebooks COVID vaccine campaign | Axios on HBO

Canada – NFB salutes documentary filmmaker Serge Giguère, winner of the 2021 Albert Tessier Award.

Nov 13, 2021 | International

Montreal – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

The National Film Board of Canada would like to congratulate Serge Giguère on winning the 2021 Albert Tessier Award, Quebec cinema’s highest honour. The award acknowledges the acclaimed documentary filmmaker’s rich contribution to Quebec culture. Mr. Giguère will receive his award today at 6:00 p.m. at the Musée de la civilisation in Quebec City, in the presence of the other 15 Prix du Québec recipients.

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“The NFB is pleased that this prestigious award has been given to one of Quebec’s leading documentary filmmakers, with whom we’ve had the honour of collaborating for many years. Rooted in the tradition of direct cinema, Serge Giguère’s remarkable body of work spans more than half a century,” said Claude Joli-Coeur, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada. “These films serve as keen observers of our society, encountering and respectfully listening to a wide range of original and creative individuals.”

Serge Giguère’s career highlights

Serge Giguère has directed some 15 documentaries over the past 50 years. He’s also worked as a cameraman on approximately 60 films produced at the NFB and elsewhere, including documentaries by Pierre Perrault, Arthur Lamothe and Maurice Bulbulian.
In 1984, he formed Les Productions du Rapide-Blanc in association with Sylvie Van Brabant.
From 1998 to 2001, he was filmmaker-in-residence at the National Film Board of Canada, where he directed Le reel du mégaphone (The Megaphone Reel) in 1999 and Suzor-Coté in 2001.
In 2006, he filmed À force de rêves (Driven by Dreams, Les Productions du Rapide-Blanc/NFB), which in 2007 won the best documentary award at the Gala Québec Cinéma and the Special Jury Prize for Best Canadian Feature Documentary at Hot Docs in Toronto.
After Le Nord au cœur (2012), a film about geographer and linguist Louis-Edmond Hamelin, he directed Le mystère Macpherson (Finding MacPherson) in 2014 (Les Productions du Rapide-Blanc/NFB). Winner of the best feature documentary award at the Gala Québec Cinéma, the film offers a whimsical look at the extraordinary creative process behind Martine Chartrand’s animated film MacPherson.
His most recent film, Les lettres de ma mère (My Mother’s Letters, 2018), received both critical and popular acclaim.
Serge Giguère has won numerous other awards. These include a Gémeaux Award and three honours for best medium-length film of the year from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma for his outstanding portraits of Quebeckers: 9, Saint-Augustin (Les Productions du Rapide-Blanc/NFB, 1996), Le roi du drum (1991) and Oscar Thiffault (1988). He also won the 2008 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts for artistic achievement.
Giguère’s work is unique for being both unpredictable and wide-eyed, disciplined and meticulous. It’s rich in remarkable encounters and intimate moments with people who speak as individuals, yet whose words and actions reveal much about the larger community to which they belong.

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Canada – NFB documentary and animation on display at the Edmonton International Film Festival. Courtney Montour’s Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again, Sheona McDonald’s Into Light and Joanna Quinn and Les Mills’ Affairs of the Art showcased at EIFF.

Sep 11, 2021 | International

Montreal – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Three National Film Board of Canada produced and co-produced short films are being featured at the Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF), with in-person screenings October 1 through 10, and virtual screenings available across Alberta from October 4 at 9 a.m. to October 31 at 9 p.m.

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again by Courtney Montour (34 min)

Sunday, October 3, 3:15 p.m. | Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre (Studio A 5.0: Reality Bytes)
Wednesday, October 6, 1:30 p.m. | Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre (Short Stop: EIFF U)

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again shares the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act, and became a key figure in Canada’s women’s rights movement. Using never-before-seen archival footage and audio recordings, Mohawk filmmaker Courtney Montour engages in a deeply personal conversation with the late Mohawk woman, who challenged sexist and genocidal government policies that stripped First Nations women and children of their Indian status when they married non-Indian men.

Montour speaks with the late Cree activist Nellie Carlson, Mary’s lifelong friend and co-founder of Indian Rights for Indian Women, and meets with Edmonton’s Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse and her daughter Isabella in Mary’s kitchen in Kahnawà:ke to honour the legacy of a woman who galvanized a national network of allies to help restore Indian status to thousands of First Nations women and children.

Award: Best Director, 2021 Weengushk International Film Festival

Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/mary-two-axe-earley-i-am-indian-again

Into Light by Sheona McDonald (19 min)

Friday, October 8, 3:30 p.m. at Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre (Short Stop: Queer Eye 2.0)

When a child reveals who they truly are on the inside, how does a parent set aside their own expectations to help them become their most authentic self? Set against the northern landscape of Yellowknife, Sheona McDonald’s new documentary captures a season of change as a mother and child navigate the complexities of gender identity together.

Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/into-light-short-film

Affairs of the Art by Joanna Quinn and Les Mills (16 min)

Co-produced by Beryl Productions International and NFB

Saturday, October 9, 8:30 p.m. | Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre (Short Stop: The Naughty Bits)

The first co-production between Beryl Productions International and the NFB, Affairs of the Art features Quinn’s signature hand-drawn animation with attitude and Mills’ raucously humorous scenarios, in an endearing romp through one family’s eccentric addictions.

The film comes to Edmonton after a tour of some of the world’s major festivals, garnering distinguished honours: Special Jury Distinction for Direction – Short Film, 2021 Annecy International Animation Film Festival; Award for Best Animation – International Competition, 2021 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival; Jury Award in the Comedy category, 2021 Aspen Shortsfest; Award for Best Short Film, 2021 Kaboom Animation Festival, Amsterdam.

Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/affairs-of-the-art