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The NFB at the Oscars®

Dear Librarians,

We learned yesterday at the NFB that Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby's National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short The Flying Sailor has been nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the Academy Awards.

NFB productions and co-productions have garnered 77 Oscar® nominations and won the big prize on 12 occasions. Below, you will find suggestions for your programming from the Oscar winners and nominees list: two selections, one for adults and the other one for children.

Oscar® winners and nominees selection (79 min)

The Flying Sailor | Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby | 2022 | 7 min | Oscar®-nominated

Affairs of the Art | Joanna Quinn | 2021 | 16 min | Oscar®-nominated

Animal Behaviour | Alison Snowden & David Fine | 2018 | 14min | Oscar®-nominated

Flamenco at 5:15 | Cynthia Scott | 1983 | 29 min | Oscar®

Ryan | Chris Landreth | 2004 | 13 min | Oscar®

Oscar® winners and nominees - children selection (66 min)

My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts | Torill Kove | 1999 | 10 min | Oscar®-nominated

The Cat Came Back | Cordell Barker | 1988 | 7 min | Oscar®-nominated

Paradise | Ishu Patel | 1984 | 15 min | Oscar®-nominated

The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin | Janet Perlman | 1981 | 9 min | Oscar®-nominated

The Sand Castle| Co Hoedeman | 1977 | 13 min | Oscar®

Monsieur Pointu| Bernard Longpré, André Leduc | 1975| 12 min| Oscar®-nominated

Florence François

Programming Agent, NFB

f.francois@nfb.ca | nfb.ca/libraries

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