From NFB to 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

information about this film

an article about the film

2009 films

Canadian documentary films

Documentary films about the cinema of Canada

Films directed by Denys Desjardins

National Film Board of Canada documentaries

2009 documentary films

Film box office

French-language Canadian films

2000s Canadian films

From NFB to Box-Office