"A warm and welcoming environment where women could talk to other women about the perils and triumphs of a very difficult (and patriarchal) industry."

- Debra Felstead, Creative Producer, Toronto, ON

21st Annual
October 26 - 30, 2010

The Films

The Necktie

Director/Réalisateur: Jean-Francois Levesque
Producer/Producteur: Michele Belanger, Julie Roy, Rene Chenier
Writer/Scénariste: Jean-Francois Levesque
Country/Pays: Canada
Running Time/Durée: 13 min

It’s another NFB masterpiece, a multi award-winning labour of love about a man and his discovery of the meaning of life. Valentin works hard, keeps in line, and embodies model citizenship, year after ritualistically predictable year. You might say this brilliantly animated film gives new meaning to the phrase ‘dead-end job.’ But where there’s the NFB there’s hope, and so it is for Valentin and all of us along for his brilliantly imagined journey.