Katja De Bock
@katjadebock.bsky.social
National Film Board of Canada publicist.
Interested in documentary and animation, news and the environment.
Based in Vancouver, B.C.
FlemishCat on Letterboxd & Peliplat.
Interested in documentary and animation, news and the environment.
Based in Vancouver, B.C.
FlemishCat on Letterboxd & Peliplat.
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Katja De Bock
@katjadebock.bsky.social
· Mar 19
🎬 7,000+ films, 86 years, 11 Oscar®-winning films, and counting.
The National Film Board of Canada has been dedicated to promoting, preserving, and reflecting the Canadian sense of self through stories. #StreamCanadian for free on NFB.ca and NFB Films app. 🍿
The National Film Board of Canada has been dedicated to promoting, preserving, and reflecting the Canadian sense of self through stories. #StreamCanadian for free on NFB.ca and NFB Films app. 🍿
Ending 2025 with my favourite non-NFB documentaries of the year:
📹 MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
🎥 RIEFENSTAHL
I loved all my NFB films! As a pars pro toto, please check out INCANDESCENCE if you missed it:
❤️🔥 In Canada, on nfb.ca.
🔥 In the USA, on Prime Video.
#HappyHolidays!
📹 MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
🎥 RIEFENSTAHL
I loved all my NFB films! As a pars pro toto, please check out INCANDESCENCE if you missed it:
❤️🔥 In Canada, on nfb.ca.
🔥 In the USA, on Prime Video.
#HappyHolidays!
December 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Ending 2025 with my favourite non-NFB documentaries of the year:
📹 MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
🎥 RIEFENSTAHL
I loved all my NFB films! As a pars pro toto, please check out INCANDESCENCE if you missed it:
❤️🔥 In Canada, on nfb.ca.
🔥 In the USA, on Prime Video.
#HappyHolidays!
📹 MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
🎥 RIEFENSTAHL
I loved all my NFB films! As a pars pro toto, please check out INCANDESCENCE if you missed it:
❤️🔥 In Canada, on nfb.ca.
🔥 In the USA, on Prime Video.
#HappyHolidays!
📣 New podcast: Documentary filmmakers Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper discuss the challenges and protocols of filming in dangerous environments, drawing from their experience creating INCANDESCENCE, an immersive NFB documentary about increasingly intense wildfires. ❤️🔥
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Navigating Risk
Podcast Episode · The Checklist · 11/24/2025 · 32m
podcasts.apple.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
📣 New podcast: Documentary filmmakers Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper discuss the challenges and protocols of filming in dangerous environments, drawing from their experience creating INCANDESCENCE, an immersive NFB documentary about increasingly intense wildfires. ❤️🔥
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
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✨FYC -ANIMATED SHORT FILM ✨
📿𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐬 (#ONF/#NFB)
→By allowing room for experimentation and spontaneity, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 & 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐳𝐜𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢 discovered that mistakes transformed the creative process.
👀 Français → bit.ly/4p791Wo
@echampagne.bsky.social @nfb-jennifer.bsky.social
📿𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐬 (#ONF/#NFB)
→By allowing room for experimentation and spontaneity, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 & 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐳𝐜𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢 discovered that mistakes transformed the creative process.
👀 Français → bit.ly/4p791Wo
@echampagne.bsky.social @nfb-jennifer.bsky.social
Anarchists of Animation: How the Creators of The Girl Who Cried Pearls Broke Every Rule—and Made Magic - NFB Blog
Dive into the unique creative process of The Girl Who Cried Pearls’ filmmakers, Lavis and Szczerbowski, who embrace experimentation and spontaneity.
blog.nfb.ca
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
✨FYC -ANIMATED SHORT FILM ✨
📿𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐬 (#ONF/#NFB)
→By allowing room for experimentation and spontaneity, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 & 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐳𝐜𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢 discovered that mistakes transformed the creative process.
👀 Français → bit.ly/4p791Wo
@echampagne.bsky.social @nfb-jennifer.bsky.social
📿𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐬 (#ONF/#NFB)
→By allowing room for experimentation and spontaneity, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 & 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐳𝐜𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢 discovered that mistakes transformed the creative process.
👀 Français → bit.ly/4p791Wo
@echampagne.bsky.social @nfb-jennifer.bsky.social
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Inkwo was completed and released by the National Film Board of Canada last month. Watch the film and behind the scenes videos here: www.animateclay.com/post/inkwo-f...
Inkwo for when the Starving Return
INKWO FOR WHEN THE STARVING RETURN │ Full Animated Film │ National Film Board of CanadaInkwo was completed and released by the National Film Board of Canada last month. The story is about "... a futur...
www.animateclay.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Inkwo was completed and released by the National Film Board of Canada last month. Watch the film and behind the scenes videos here: www.animateclay.com/post/inkwo-f...
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BEST DOCUMENTARY
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
December 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
BEST DOCUMENTARY
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
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For Best Documentary Film, the winner is GRAND THEFT HAMLET. Runner-up is ORWELL 2+2=5.
December 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
For Best Documentary Film, the winner is GRAND THEFT HAMLET. Runner-up is ORWELL 2+2=5.
I'd love to see this one!
Secret Mall Apartment - Winner for Best Documentary #KCFCC #KCFCCAwards
December 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I'd love to see this one!
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Love to see Aoife Kelleher's TESTIMONY name-checked by Dublin Film Critics Circle for both Best Documentary and Best Irish Film. Big congratulations to the whole team!
www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
Dublin Film Critics Circle awards 2025: Sinners wins near unprecedented number of categories
Big winners among Irish productions were Sinéad O’Shea’s Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story and Brendan Canty’s Christy
www.irishtimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Love to see Aoife Kelleher's TESTIMONY name-checked by Dublin Film Critics Circle for both Best Documentary and Best Irish Film. Big congratulations to the whole team!
www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
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An old man tells his granddaughter the story behind his fortune in Oscar-longlisted short film The Girl Who Cried Pearls www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-g... #filmsky 🎬
The Girl Who Cried Pearls - Film Review - Eye For Film
A haunting fable about a girl overwhelmed by sorrow, the boy who loves her, and how greed leads good hearts to wicked deeds.
www.eyeforfilm.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
An old man tells his granddaughter the story behind his fortune in Oscar-longlisted short film The Girl Who Cried Pearls www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-g... #filmsky 🎬
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BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sabbath Queen
Runner-up: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Sabbath Queen
Runner-up: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
December 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sabbath Queen
Runner-up: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Sabbath Queen
Runner-up: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
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"Unfair, undemocratic, and a bit crass—and like congressional gerrymandering, it seems like a race to the bottom."
open.substack.com/pub/anthonyk...
open.substack.com/pub/anthonyk...
The Awards-Media-Industrial Complex is a Racket, Especially for Docs and International Films
Just walk away.
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"Unfair, undemocratic, and a bit crass—and like congressional gerrymandering, it seems like a race to the bottom."
open.substack.com/pub/anthonyk...
open.substack.com/pub/anthonyk...
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In the early 80s, the Haida Nation fought an important battle to save their way of life
DocFest 2025 Review: The Stand | Exposed Magazine
A documentary by Christopher Aucher The Haida people live on Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands) in British Columbia, and have done so for many generations. They have their own...
www.exposedmagazine.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In the early 80s, the Haida Nation fought an important battle to save their way of life
Watched
The Alabama Solution 👍
Apocalypse in the Tropics 🫤
Coexistence, My Ass! 👍
Come See Me in the Good Light ❤️
Mr. Nobody against Putin 💯
Mistress Dispeller 🫤
The Perfect Neighbor 👍
Yanuni 👍
The Alabama Solution 👍
Apocalypse in the Tropics 🫤
Coexistence, My Ass! 👍
Come See Me in the Good Light ❤️
Mr. Nobody against Putin 💯
Mistress Dispeller 🫤
The Perfect Neighbor 👍
Yanuni 👍
Oscar Shortlists: 15 Documentary Features and 15 Short Docs Advance in the Race #Oscars povmagazine.com/oscar-docume...
Oscar Documentary Shortlists Go Serious and International - POV Magazine
Oscar shortlists for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short include Come See Me in the Good Light, The Perfect Neighbor, and Coexistence, My Ass!
povmagazine.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Watched
The Alabama Solution 👍
Apocalypse in the Tropics 🫤
Coexistence, My Ass! 👍
Come See Me in the Good Light ❤️
Mr. Nobody against Putin 💯
Mistress Dispeller 🫤
The Perfect Neighbor 👍
Yanuni 👍
The Alabama Solution 👍
Apocalypse in the Tropics 🫤
Coexistence, My Ass! 👍
Come See Me in the Good Light ❤️
Mr. Nobody against Putin 💯
Mistress Dispeller 🫤
The Perfect Neighbor 👍
Yanuni 👍
⚪️This pearl is going for gold! 🤩
THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS is among the 15 shortlisted by
@theacademyusa.bsky.social for this year's Animated Short Film Oscar® → bit.ly/3MFL3nV
Congrats to directors Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, the National Film Board of Canada team, and fellow contenders.
THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS is among the 15 shortlisted by
@theacademyusa.bsky.social for this year's Animated Short Film Oscar® → bit.ly/3MFL3nV
Congrats to directors Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, the National Film Board of Canada team, and fellow contenders.
December 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
⚪️This pearl is going for gold! 🤩
THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS is among the 15 shortlisted by
@theacademyusa.bsky.social for this year's Animated Short Film Oscar® → bit.ly/3MFL3nV
Congrats to directors Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, the National Film Board of Canada team, and fellow contenders.
THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS is among the 15 shortlisted by
@theacademyusa.bsky.social for this year's Animated Short Film Oscar® → bit.ly/3MFL3nV
Congrats to directors Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, the National Film Board of Canada team, and fellow contenders.
Just watched The Perfect Neighbor last night and my mind is still blown. What a powerful documentary, made primarily with bodycam footage.
Best Documentary
Winner: The Perfect Neighbor
Runner-Up: Predators
Winner: The Perfect Neighbor
Runner-Up: Predators
December 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Just watched The Perfect Neighbor last night and my mind is still blown. What a powerful documentary, made primarily with bodycam footage.
Haven’t seen this documentary but the synopsis on Letterboxd looks interesting.
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Haven’t seen this documentary but the synopsis on Letterboxd looks interesting.
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Our winner for Best Documentary Film is The Tenderness Tour and our runner-up is Orwell: 2+2=5
December 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Our winner for Best Documentary Film is The Tenderness Tour and our runner-up is Orwell: 2+2=5
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Our 2025 winner for BEST DOCUMENTARY
Orwell 2+2=5
Orwell 2+2=5
a poster that says big brother is watching you with a drawing of a person 's eyes
ALT: a poster that says big brother is watching you with a drawing of a person 's eyes
media.tenor.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Our 2025 winner for BEST DOCUMENTARY
Orwell 2+2=5
Orwell 2+2=5
Nice to see a local film win this category.
The SFCS 2025 award for Best DOCUMENTARY FILM:
📽️ WTO/99 - Ian Bell
📽️ WTO/99 - Ian Bell
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Nice to see a local film win this category.
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In the Room details the stories of five Afghan women, each with their own experiences living under the rule of the Taliban.
ubyssey.ca/culture/iin-...
ubyssey.ca/culture/iin-...
In the Room is a cautionary tale well told
In the Room details the stories of five Afghan women, each with their own experiences living under the rule of the Taliban.
ubyssey.ca
December 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
In the Room details the stories of five Afghan women, each with their own experiences living under the rule of the Taliban.
ubyssey.ca/culture/iin-...
ubyssey.ca/culture/iin-...
🥲 “I quite literally fell to my knees and started crying because it wasn’t just the excitement and the honour I felt, but I finally got my answer," says {RE}DEFINED finalist Maxime Kornachuk in @winnipegfreepress.com upon hearing he was selected.
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www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communit...
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www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communit...
‘Animation is an expression of yourself’
www.winnipegfreepress.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🥲 “I quite literally fell to my knees and started crying because it wasn’t just the excitement and the honour I felt, but I finally got my answer," says {RE}DEFINED finalist Maxime Kornachuk in @winnipegfreepress.com upon hearing he was selected.
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www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communit...
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www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communit...
It's #FYC season, so my #LastFourWatched include the Oscar-qualifying:
🎙️ COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT (documentary)
🪒 HAIRY LEGS (animation)
💧 THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS (animation)
and I revisited the classic animation
🚂 MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI.
Happy #LetterboxdFriday!
🎙️ COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT (documentary)
🪒 HAIRY LEGS (animation)
💧 THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS (animation)
and I revisited the classic animation
🚂 MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI.
Happy #LetterboxdFriday!
December 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It's #FYC season, so my #LastFourWatched include the Oscar-qualifying:
🎙️ COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT (documentary)
🪒 HAIRY LEGS (animation)
💧 THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS (animation)
and I revisited the classic animation
🚂 MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI.
Happy #LetterboxdFriday!
🎙️ COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT (documentary)
🪒 HAIRY LEGS (animation)
💧 THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS (animation)
and I revisited the classic animation
🚂 MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI.
Happy #LetterboxdFriday!
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#ChrisLavis Talks #TheGirlWhoCriedPearls - the Oscar-nominated filmmaker discusses #MaciekSzczerbowski and his latest #stopmotion tour de force and how the tough decision to cut 3 minutes from the film was ultimately the right call. bit.ly/453mnf8 #NFB #Animation #AnimationWorld
December 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#ChrisLavis Talks #TheGirlWhoCriedPearls - the Oscar-nominated filmmaker discusses #MaciekSzczerbowski and his latest #stopmotion tour de force and how the tough decision to cut 3 minutes from the film was ultimately the right call. bit.ly/453mnf8 #NFB #Animation #AnimationWorld
“Camera angles can be as powerful as protest signs.” —Moira Simpson.
She’s one of three Vancouver-based filmmakers who prove you don’t need a Marvel-sized budget to tell stories that stick.
👉 Read more → bit.ly/48IuTRU
#StreamCanadian
She’s one of three Vancouver-based filmmakers who prove you don’t need a Marvel-sized budget to tell stories that stick.
👉 Read more → bit.ly/48IuTRU
#StreamCanadian
The Canadian Storytellers You Need to Know: Three Vancouver-Based Female Filmmakers - NFB Blog
Ever felt like mainstream foreign movies don’t tell your story? Vancouver is home to groundbreaking female filmmakers who’ve brought to light Canadian stories that would have otherwise been overlooked...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“Camera angles can be as powerful as protest signs.” —Moira Simpson.
She’s one of three Vancouver-based filmmakers who prove you don’t need a Marvel-sized budget to tell stories that stick.
👉 Read more → bit.ly/48IuTRU
#StreamCanadian
She’s one of three Vancouver-based filmmakers who prove you don’t need a Marvel-sized budget to tell stories that stick.
👉 Read more → bit.ly/48IuTRU
#StreamCanadian