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From NFB to Box-Office is a quebecois film of genre Documentary directed by Denys Desjardins with Denys Arcand

From NFB to Box-Office (2009)

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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.

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Partant de la fondation de l’Office national du film du Canada en 1939, ce film met en valeur le travail des artisans du cinéma qui cherchent à réaliser des longs métrages de fiction à l’intérieur de cette institution

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