ARTS | NFB at The Rooms Launches This October

Herald Staff — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:44:04 +0000

The NFB at The Rooms is launching a new series this fall with 13 National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentary and animated works. The screenings run every Friday from October 22 to December 17.

The fall series is a continuation of the partnership between the NFB and The Rooms, which began in July with a summer program that welcomed guests back to The Rooms while keeping everyone safe. To continue to keep staff and the community safe, The Rooms has updated its COVID-19 protocols, which align with the provincial vaccine passport system that launches on October 22.

The Rooms is Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest public cultural space—an excellent choice for anyone looking for an enriching way to experience the finest in NFB cinema in a cozy public setting.

The table below shows the fall selection and schedule.

With the purchase of regular admission tickets, guests can watch the films and get full-day access to exhibits. The Rooms Café is open until 9 p.m.

Learn more at therooms.ca/visit-us.

Date	Time	Title	Director
October 22	Short 11 min 17 s	Stories Are in Our Bones	Janine Windolph
October 22	Feature 98 minutes	We Will Stand Up	Tasha Hubbard
October 29	Feature 106 minutes	The Silence	Renée Blanchar
November 5	Feature 119 minutes	The Forbidden Reel	Ariel Nasr
November 12	Short 5 min 41 s	Mystery of the Secret Room	Wanda Nolan of St. John’s
November 12	Feature 78 minutes	Conviction	Nance Ackerman, Ariella Pahlke and Teresa MacInnes
November 19	Feature 101 minutes	The Whale and the Raven	Mirjam Leuze
November 26	Short 4 minutes	The Storm	Monica Kidd with St. John’s animator Duncan Major
November 26	Feature 88 minutes	Wintopia	Mira Burt-Wintonick
December 3	Feature 75 minutes	Luben and Elena	Ellie Yonova
December 10	Short 13 min 7s	Nalujuk Night	Jennie Williams, an Inuk artist and filmmaker from Happy Valley-Goose Bay, now based in St. John’s
December 10	Feature 94 minutes	Theater of Life	Peter Svatek
December 17	Feature 91 minutes	Sovereign Soil	David Curtis

About The Rooms

A remarkable feature of the skyline of historic St. John’s, The Rooms is the place to experience the rich arts and culture of Newfoundland and Labrador. Here, you’ll find collections, exhibits and programs that tell our stories and interpret our natural world through art, artifacts, archaeology, architecture, and archival records—a portal to the many stories this province and its people have to tell. Since it opened in 2005, The Rooms has presented hundreds of exhibitions and more than 1,000 education and public programs, capturing the imagination of over 1 million visitors.

About the NFB

The NFB is Canada’s public producer and distributor of award-winning documentaries, auteur animation, interactive stories and participatory experiences, working with talented creators across the country. The NFB is taking action to combat systemic racism and become a more open and diverse organization, while working to strengthen Indigenous-led production and gender equity in film and digital media. NFB productions have won more than 7,000 awards, including 12 Oscars. To access this unique content, visit NFB.ca.

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ARTS | NFB at The Rooms Launches This October