From NFB to Box-Office
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Directed by | Denys Desjardins |
Written by | Denys Desjardins |
Produced by | Denys Desjardins |
Cinematography | Jean-Pierre St-Louis Alex Margineanu |
Edited by | Vincent Guignard |
Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
From NFB to Box-Office (French: De l'office au box-office) is a 2009 documentary by Quebec film director and producer Denys Desjardins. The film documents the development of Quebec cinema, from the founding of the National Film Board of Canada in 1939 to the creation of the Canadian Film Development Corporation in 1968, recounting the stories of Quebec filmmakers who never gave up on their dream to produce feature-length fiction films, and creating a Quebec film industry.
Filmmakers featured
- Denys Arcand
- Paule Baillargeon
- Roger Blais
- Michel Brault
- Marcel Carrière
- Fernand Dansereau
- André Forcier
- Claude Fournier
- Jacques Godbout
- Guy Godin
- Denis Héroux
- Pierre Juneau
- Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- André Lamy
- André Link
- Jean-Claude Labrecque
- Jean-Claude Lord
- Pierre Patry
- Anne Claire Poirier
- Roger Racine
- Jean Roy
- Stéphane Venne
- René Verzier
See also
- The Private Life of Cinema
References