Night Mayor - Online

The National Film Board of Canada adds to its online collection today with Guy Maddin’s Night Mayor. Presented in HD, Night Mayor is Maddin’s first film to be added to an official online collection.

“I thought Night Mayor could unspool luminously and infinitely in its own enchanted, and frequently visited, corner of cyberspace,” says Guy Maddin. “Now, if only I could get my films on radio and Telex I’d really be set!”

Night Mayor can be viewed at http://www.NFB.ca/hd/night_mayor/. It was recently awarded the Short Film Jury Award for Experimental Short at the 2010 South by Southwest (SXSW).

Night Mayor tells the tale of Nihad Ademi, a Bosnian immigrant who serves as Winnipeg’s “night mayor.” Ademi somehow harnesses the multi-coloured waves of the Aurora Borealis and uses its power to broadcast images of his beloved adoptive country to its identity-starved citizens from coast to coast. In Night Mayor, produced by Joe MacDonald of the NFB’s Prairie Centre in Winnipeg, Maddin has created another of his vividly detailed, comical fantasias.

About the NFB

Canada’s public film producer and distributor, the National Film Board of Canada creates social-issue documentaries, auteur animation, alternative drama and digital content that provide the world with a unique Canadian perspective. The NFB is expanding the vocabulary of 21st-century cinema and breaking new ground in form and content through community filmmaking projects, cross-platform media, programs for emerging filmmakers, stereoscopic animation – and more. It works in collaboration with creative filmmakers and co-producers in every region of Canada, with Aboriginal and culturally diverse communities, as well as partners around the world. Since the NFB’s founding in 1939, it has created over 13,000 productions and won over 5,000 awards, including 12 Oscars and more than 90 Genies. In 2009, Neighbours/Voisins by NFB animation founder Norman McLaren was added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. The NFB’s new website features over 1,400 productions online, and its iPhone app has become one of the most popular and talked about downloads. Visit today and start watching.