Grace An is a character-maker working in film and animation based in what is known as Toronto. Her shorts have been screened at the Phi Centre, the Fantasia International Film Festival, the Festival du nouveau cinéma and the Ottawa International Animation Festival. She holds a BFA in Film Animation at Concordia University and is currently...
2021 participants Meet the participants of this years’ edition. Click on each photo for full bio. Meet the team Read more on the NFB Blog
About this edition Due to COVID-19 health and safety restrictions, this will be a remote edition for participants outside of Greater Montreal. To the best of our ability, equipment will be provided for those working remotely. If travel guidelines allow, participants will travel to Montreal for orientation at the beginning of the program in November...
MAKE A FILM WITH THE NFB ANIMATION STUDIO The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is seeking submissions from emerging animation creators for the 14th edition of Hothouse. This edition will offer a three-month paid mentorship in all-inclusive, real-world animation filmmaking, in the unique tradition of NFB animation. We’re looking for six new talents who...
Hothouse takes place over 12 consecutive weeks in the NFB English Animation Studio. Not merely funding nor school: Hothouse is instead a paid mentorship in real-world animation filmmaking.
Howie Shia is a Saskatoon-born illustrator, animator and writer. His work has received several nominations and awards, including the 2007 Tokyo Anime Fair Grand Prix for Flutter and Canadian Screen Award nominations for his 2015 short BAM and his 2021 short 4 North A (written and co-directed by Jordan Canning). In addition to creating, writing...
Johanne Ste-Marie is a filmmaker, illustrator and producer. She co-founded Fluorescent Hill in 2002 and has directed various award-winning films, music videos and advertisements. She has been featured in many print publications, including IdN Magazine, Digital Arts UK, 3×3 and Res, where she was named a top ten creator/innovator to watch. Her work has been...
karla monterrosa (she/her) is a queer animation filmmaker, illustrator and comedian who was born and raised in San Salvador, El Salvador. In 2009, she relocated to Vancouver. She’s obsessed with the awkwardness of the human body (especially her own). karla works from personal yet universal experiences with embarrassment and everyday misfortunes. She hopes her work...
Louis Bodart received his bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts with a major in Film Animation at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in 2019. He graduated with his thesis film Teddy Bear Rescue, which was selected to screen at several festivals and won “Meilleur court Gaspésien” at Les Percéides in 2020. Louis directed two micro...
Lukas Conway is an animator currently living and working in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, and a recent graduate of Concordia University’s animation program. Situated between experimental and narrative film, Lukas’s work emphasizes stripped-down narratives that allow the audience to fill the space between frames with their own personal experience. Lukas is interested in animation as an experimental form...
Maral Mohammadian is a producer at the renowned National Film Board of Canada’s Animation Studio in Montreal. Her award-winning films include Shannon Amen by Chris Dainty, Deyzangeroo by Ehsan Gharib and The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer by Randall Okita. She has recently worked with international talents Daniel Gray (Hide) and Marta Pajek (Impossible Figures and Other Stories I) as part of international co-productions....
Noncedo Khumalo is an animator and filmmaker based in Montreal and raised in Swaziland and South Africa. She is largely interested in making Black queer art that humanizes our future and blends storytelling with the abstract.