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NFB Offers You a Lot!
National Film Board of Canada — 40 years of quality film service to Canadians.
In Canada:
@ The NFB has produced more than 3,000 original films since 1939.
Over 450 different Canadian Producers and Directors have created our film collection.
The NFB operates 29 film libraries in Canada. NFB films are also available in some one
hundred affiliated film libraries across the country.
® Canadian audiences have access to 122,000 film prints in our cross-country Distribution system.
e Our Distribution offices offer programming advice, information sheets for each film, and catalogues.
e During our last fiscal year, a total of 492,000 film bookings have been fulfilled Canada.
Canadians have enjoyed 10,842 telecasts of NFB films and 13,958 screenings in theaters.
Outside Canada:
e NFB films can be acquired through our Distribution Offices in New York, London, Paris and Sydney (Australia).
e NFB film collections are versioned in 44 different languages, and distributed through 90 Canadian embassies and diplomatic missions in 80 foreign countries.
e Internationally, the NFB maintains a collection of 84,000 film prints which are seen annually by over 700 million viewers world-wide.
Awards
e In 1978/79, the NFB entered 75 international film festivals with 43 films and won 93 awards.
e Since 1939, NFB films have received more than 1,600 awards, including 4 Oscars, 20 Academy nominations, 3 Palmes d’or, and 5 Robert Flaherty awards.
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