Nadine Viau
@nadineviau.bsky.social
Attachée de presse | Animation Publicist
National Film Board of Canada | Office national du film du Canada
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National Film Board of Canada | Office national du film du Canada
Maman de Lionel
Fan finie de sports ⚽️🥅🏒⚾️🎾🏀
#fyc
Animated Short Film
Animated Short Film
The painterly art & tech behind stop-motion animated ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’ ->
This NFB film has a fascinating combo of traditional puppet & set builds, stop-motion & digital VFX (incl mouth replacement).
Listen to podcast at @beforesmag.bsky.social:
beforesandafters.com/2025/11/24/t...
This NFB film has a fascinating combo of traditional puppet & set builds, stop-motion & digital VFX (incl mouth replacement).
Listen to podcast at @beforesmag.bsky.social:
beforesandafters.com/2025/11/24/t...
December 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
#fyc
Animated Short Film
Animated Short Film
#FYC
Oscars shortlist for Best Animated Short Film includes #NFB fable 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀, by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski!
En présélection aux Oscars dans la catégorie « Best Animated Short Film » 𝗟𝗮 𝗷𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 #ONF!
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Oscars shortlist for Best Animated Short Film includes #NFB fable 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀, by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski!
En présélection aux Oscars dans la catégorie « Best Animated Short Film » 𝗟𝗮 𝗷𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 #ONF!
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Oscars shortlist for Best Animated Short Film includes National Film Board of Canada fable The Girl Who Cried Pearls by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski - Media Space
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) stop-motion animated fable The Girl Who Cried Pearls by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski i...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
#FYC
Oscars shortlist for Best Animated Short Film includes #NFB fable 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀, by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski!
En présélection aux Oscars dans la catégorie « Best Animated Short Film » 𝗟𝗮 𝗷𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 #ONF!
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Oscars shortlist for Best Animated Short Film includes #NFB fable 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀, by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski!
En présélection aux Oscars dans la catégorie « Best Animated Short Film » 𝗟𝗮 𝗷𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 #ONF!
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✨ #FYC Best Animated Short ✨
Merci 🙏 @animationworld.bsky.social
🎤 Feature #interview with filmmaker Chris Lavis about the #NFB production THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS !
🎤 Grande entrevue à lire !
Merci 🙏 @animationworld.bsky.social
🎤 Feature #interview with filmmaker Chris Lavis about the #NFB production THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS !
🎤 Grande entrevue à lire !
#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 11:46 PM
✨ #FYC Best Animated Short ✨
Merci 🙏 @animationworld.bsky.social
🎤 Feature #interview with filmmaker Chris Lavis about the #NFB production THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS !
🎤 Grande entrevue à lire !
Merci 🙏 @animationworld.bsky.social
🎤 Feature #interview with filmmaker Chris Lavis about the #NFB production THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS !
🎤 Grande entrevue à lire !
#FYC - #NFB
Wait—There’s a “𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢-𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢” Making-Of?!
From the 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫-𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 team of 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 & 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐳𝐜𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢!
Quoi ? … Il existe un making-of de 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢-𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢 ?!
Du duo 𝐚𝐮𝐱 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 & 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐳𝐜𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢!
blog.nfb.ca/blog/2025/12...
Wait—There’s a “𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢-𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢” Making-Of?!
From the 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫-𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 team of 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 & 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐳𝐜𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢!
Quoi ? … Il existe un making-of de 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢-𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢 ?!
Du duo 𝐚𝐮𝐱 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 & 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐳𝐜𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢!
blog.nfb.ca/blog/2025/12...
Wait—There’s a "Madame Tutli-Putli" Making-Of?! - NFB Blog
Ever wondered which Canadian films went global and stayed in people’s minds? The NFB is home to tons of films that have travelled the world, but one modern classic that...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
#FYC - #NFB
Wait—There’s a “𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢-𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢” Making-Of?!
From the 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫-𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 team of 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 & 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐳𝐜𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢!
Quoi ? … Il existe un making-of de 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢-𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢 ?!
Du duo 𝐚𝐮𝐱 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 & 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐳𝐜𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢!
blog.nfb.ca/blog/2025/12...
Wait—There’s a “𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢-𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢” Making-Of?!
From the 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫-𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 team of 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 & 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐳𝐜𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢!
Quoi ? … Il existe un making-of de 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢-𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢 ?!
Du duo 𝐚𝐮𝐱 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 & 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐳𝐜𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢!
blog.nfb.ca/blog/2025/12...
[ FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ]
Best Animated Short
via @cartoonbrew.bsky.social
📿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (#NFB)
🎥 Inkwo 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻, Amanda Strong (Spotted Fawn/NFB)
🪒 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝘀, Andrea Dorfman (NFB)
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Best Animated Short
via @cartoonbrew.bsky.social
📿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (#NFB)
🎥 Inkwo 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻, Amanda Strong (Spotted Fawn/NFB)
🪒 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝘀, Andrea Dorfman (NFB)
www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/oscar...
Profiling 39 Of This Year’s Oscar-Qualified Animated Shorts
With shortlist voting starting today, we've revisiting all 39 Oscar-qualified animated short profiles we put together this year.
www.cartoonbrew.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
[ FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ]
Best Animated Short
via @cartoonbrew.bsky.social
📿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (#NFB)
🎥 Inkwo 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻, Amanda Strong (Spotted Fawn/NFB)
🪒 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝘀, Andrea Dorfman (NFB)
www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/oscar...
Best Animated Short
via @cartoonbrew.bsky.social
📿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (#NFB)
🎥 Inkwo 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻, Amanda Strong (Spotted Fawn/NFB)
🪒 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝘀, Andrea Dorfman (NFB)
www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/oscar...
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION - Best #animated short
🎤 Entrevue – Interview
🙏 Merci Animation For Adults & Chris Perkins
📿 The AFA Podcast Interview: With Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (The Girl Who Cried Pearls)
www.animationforadults.com/2025/12/the-...
#animation #animatedshort #NFB #ONF
🎤 Entrevue – Interview
🙏 Merci Animation For Adults & Chris Perkins
📿 The AFA Podcast Interview: With Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (The Girl Who Cried Pearls)
www.animationforadults.com/2025/12/the-...
#animation #animatedshort #NFB #ONF
The AFA Podcast Interview: With Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
Interview with the directors of The Girl Who Cried Pearls.
www.animationforadults.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION - Best #animated short
🎤 Entrevue – Interview
🙏 Merci Animation For Adults & Chris Perkins
📿 The AFA Podcast Interview: With Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (The Girl Who Cried Pearls)
www.animationforadults.com/2025/12/the-...
#animation #animatedshort #NFB #ONF
🎤 Entrevue – Interview
🙏 Merci Animation For Adults & Chris Perkins
📿 The AFA Podcast Interview: With Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (The Girl Who Cried Pearls)
www.animationforadults.com/2025/12/the-...
#animation #animatedshort #NFB #ONF
[ FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION – Best Animated Short ]
Entrevue - Interview via @animationworld.bsky.social
Avec : Christine Noël, productrice exécutive des unités d'animation à l’#ONF !
#NFB EP Christine Noël on ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’ and Shaping the Future of #Animation.
#NFBanimation
Entrevue - Interview via @animationworld.bsky.social
Avec : Christine Noël, productrice exécutive des unités d'animation à l’#ONF !
#NFB EP Christine Noël on ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’ and Shaping the Future of #Animation.
#NFBanimation
#NFB EP Christine Noël on #TheGirlWhoCriedPearls and Shaping the Future of #Animation - the executive producer discusses Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski’s #stopmotion film, her support for diverse creators and efforts to sustain the NFB’s legacy of innovation. bit.ly/48yMXOb #AnimationWorld
December 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
[ FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION – Best Animated Short ]
Entrevue - Interview via @animationworld.bsky.social
Avec : Christine Noël, productrice exécutive des unités d'animation à l’#ONF !
#NFB EP Christine Noël on ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’ and Shaping the Future of #Animation.
#NFBanimation
Entrevue - Interview via @animationworld.bsky.social
Avec : Christine Noël, productrice exécutive des unités d'animation à l’#ONF !
#NFB EP Christine Noël on ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’ and Shaping the Future of #Animation.
#NFBanimation
Reposted by Nadine Viau
Today's Oscar-qualified short is 'Inkwo for When the Starving Return' from director Amanda Strong. Set in the near future, it turns on Dove, a mysterious warrior who can shift gender and must master their Inkwo (medicine) to battle monstrous forces.
www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/inkwo...
www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/inkwo...
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Today's Oscar-qualified short is 'Inkwo for When the Starving Return' from director Amanda Strong. Set in the near future, it turns on Dove, a mysterious warrior who can shift gender and must master their Inkwo (medicine) to battle monstrous forces.
www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/inkwo...
www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/inkwo...
🏆 [ PRIX – AWARDS ] 🏆
2025 New York City Short Film Festival
✨ Félicitations à la cinéaste 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐣𝐦 pour ce prix remporté!
🔹 BEST ANIMATION: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐞 (𝐋𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭)
𝐌𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭-𝐦é𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐝’#𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 au #newyorkcityshortfilmfestival
2025 New York City Short Film Festival
✨ Félicitations à la cinéaste 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐣𝐦 pour ce prix remporté!
🔹 BEST ANIMATION: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐞 (𝐋𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭)
𝐌𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭-𝐦é𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐝’#𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 au #newyorkcityshortfilmfestival
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🏆 [ PRIX – AWARDS ] 🏆
2025 New York City Short Film Festival
✨ Félicitations à la cinéaste 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐣𝐦 pour ce prix remporté!
🔹 BEST ANIMATION: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐞 (𝐋𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭)
𝐌𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭-𝐦é𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐝’#𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 au #newyorkcityshortfilmfestival
2025 New York City Short Film Festival
✨ Félicitations à la cinéaste 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐣𝐦 pour ce prix remporté!
🔹 BEST ANIMATION: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐞 (𝐋𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭)
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