National Film Board of Canada

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Greetings dorks! We've got one final Gamercamp contest for you today! Enter for a chance to win one a pass to Toronto's Gamercamp Interactive and Game Conference on Friday, November 1 from 9 am - 5 pm, courtesy of Dork Shelf and our friends at Gamercamp!

Gil Alkabetz Retrospective & Workshop

An evening with the creator of many award-winning short animated films, presented by the Toronto Animated Image Society in partnership with Goethe Institut and the National Film Board of Canada. Best known for his animation in the award-winning film, RUN LOLA RUN, Alkabetz joins us from Stuttgart, Germany, to present his retrospective and to discuss ideas of storytelling.

TCAF 2011 Review: The Next Day

In the last few years, Paul Peterson and Jason Gilmore talked to four suicide survivors, about their experiences, the lead up and the aftermath. The compilation of these talks is called The Next Day, illustrated by acclaimed artist John Porcellino, accompanied by an interactive online component co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada. So even if you can’t talk to anyone else about it, I’m sure you may be comfortable reading it.