From NFB to Box-Office
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{{Infobox film
| name = From NFB to Box-Office
| image =
| caption =
| director = Denys Desjardins
| producer = Denys Desjardins
| writer = Denys Desjardins
| music =
| cinematography = Jean-Pierre St-Louis
Alex Margineanu
| editing = Vincent Guignard
| distributor = National Film Board of Canada
| released = {{Film date|2009|2|22}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = Canada
| language = French
| budget =
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From NFB to Box-Office ({{langx|fr|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
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110715215245/http://www.rvcq.com/archive/fest.f/2009/pages/festival/films_details.php?iID=592 information about this film]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090607014216/http://www.journalmetro.com/Culture/article/184826 an article about the film]
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Category:Canadian documentary films
Category:Documentary films about the cinema of Canada
Category:Films directed by Denys Desjardins
Category:National Film Board of Canada documentaries
Category:2009 documentary films
Category:French-language Canadian films
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