Katja De Bock

🎬 7,000+ films, 86 years, 11 Oscar®-winning films, and counting. The National Film Board of Canada has been dedicated to promoting, preserving, and reflecting the Canadian sense of self through stories. #StreamCanadian for free on NFB.ca and NFB Films app. 🍿

First Comes Love: Nakabingwit is an engaging film that delves into the impacts race, class and difference have on three Filipina–white couples navigating modern love and real-world problems. #NFB doreenn.substack.com/p/first-come...

📣 A new rom-com documentary, filmed in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, sparks conversations around race and belonging. 📽️ Director Joella Cabalu’s FIRST COMES LOVE: NAKABINGWIT has its Ontario premiere at the 2026 Reelworld Film Festival on Sunday Oct. 25. www.yourcitywithin.com/canadian-rom...

‘Come for the rom-com, stay for the harder conversations’: Filipina director Joella Cabalu on FIRST COMES LOVE: NAKABINGWIT in a new interview with Mabuhay Canada (Toronto). mabuhaycanada.org/first-comes-...

😱 It's scary season! My #LastFourWatched include: OBSESSION 😨 BACKROOMS 🫣 BLACK ZOMBIE 👍 BOT LOVE 🤖 (a new Canadian doc about people with AI-driven romantic companions ~ it has no poster, therefore, it doesn't show in my profile). Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

📣 Next screenings of FIRST COMES LOVE: NAKABINGWIT • Oct 25 | Reelworld Toronto • Nov 14 | Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) • Nov 15 | Mighty Niagara Film Festival, St. Catharines, Ontario New review below ⬇️!

Read Shruthi Budnar's article on how the audience responded to world premiere of Joella Cabalu's First Comes Love: Nakabingwit at VIFF. NFB presents Ontario premiere on Sunday as part of Reelworld Film Fest. @katjadebock.bsky.social @nfb-jennifer.bsky.social torontospark.ca/hybrid-story...

🫣 BREAD WILL WALK, a scary short animated film, directed by Alex Boya, is now available for free streaming on the NFB platform. All roles in the film are voiced by Jay Baruchel! ⬇️ Capsule review by @nestruck.bsky.social in the G&M!

Screening of "There Are No Words" + conversation with award-winning filmmaker Min Sook Lee, October 21, 6 PM, SFU Harbour Centre. Free event, but please register to secure your spot www.eventbrite.ca/e/film-screening-there-are-no-words-by-min-sook-lee-2025-tickets-2003042793917 @bcpolicy.bsky.social

Min Sook Lee shares why she confronted family secrets after decades of silence in THERE ARE NO WORDS: povmagazine.com/min-sook-lee...

VIFF review for STILL NIGHT, BURNING HOUSE, directed by Carol Nguyen.

VIFF/TIFF - Ladies And Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney https://hnmag.ca/?p=25922

Two fantastic Canadian movies among my #LastFourWatched! 🎙️ MILE END KICKS, by Chandler Levack 💔 BLUE HERON, by Sophy Romvari And two good documentary series! 🤔 WHAT'S NEXT? THE FUTURE WITH BILL GATES 🙁 MICHAEL JACKSON: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

Now availalble for worldwide streaming on the NFB platform!

🍞 Le pain se lève (Bread Will Walk) d’Alex Boya est maintenant offert gratuitement partout dans le monde sur les plateformes de l’ONF. Le court métrage avait notamment été présenté à la Quinzaine des cinéastes à Cannes. 👉 ctvm.info/onf-le-pain-... #ONF #AlexBoya #Animation

Only documentaries among my #LastFourWatched, all seen at the 2026 Vancouver Int'l Film Festival. They're strong but sad. THE FLIGHT ✈️ 😢 TURTLE ISLAND RAP 🎶 🎤 A PLACE OF ABSENCE 😢 ❤️‍🩹 STILL NIGHT, BURNING HOUSE 💔 😢 Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

Hybrid storytelling as a Filipino mode of collective healing. Read Shruthi Budnar's take on Joella Cabalu's First Comes Love: Nakabingwit in @pancouver.bsky.social. It was produced by National Film Board of Canada. @katjadebock.bsky.social @viffest.bsky.social pancouver.ca/viff-2026-hy...

Prior to its world premiere at #VIFF2026, Soran Mardookhi's documentary THE FLIGHT was discussed on CBC The Early Edition with @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social 🎙️https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91-the-early-edition/clip/16242005-new-film-explores-aftermath-flight-ps752 #NFB

VIFF 2026: Soran Mardookhi reflects on how grieving families persevere with their fight for justice in The Flight. @viffest.bsky.social @katjadebock.bsky.social Read @nuralsumbultepe.bsky.social interview @pancouver.bsky.social. pancouver.ca/viff-2026-so...

“Defiance of simulacrum, defiance of verisimilitude—even in service of factual content—opens up new doors for image-making.” for @filmmakermagazine.com, i interviewed Matthew Rankin about his hilarious, surreal dive into Canadian conservative political arcana, Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney

Watch THE FLIGHT Oct 8+11 at VIFF Vancouver. #NFB #VIFF2026

Kurdish-Canadian director Soran Mardookhi, with his latest documentary feature The Flight, recalls the doomed Ukraine Airlines Flight PS752 that in January 2020 crashed soon after taking off from an airport near Tehran.

In the heat of election season, Canadian auteur Matthew Rankin’s celebratory evisceration of electoral politics is exactly what we need to watch right now. Lucky for us, it’s screening at @viffest.bsky.social. @dorothywoodend.bsky.social writes. 🗳️🎬 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

More VIFF Vancouver screenings of LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BRIAN MULRONEY on Oct 6 & 11. #NFB #VIFF2026

NEW REVIEW — I'm kicking off my first-ever #VIFFest with Filipino Canadian docu-hybrid #FirstComesLoveNakabingwit, a heartfelt look at the trials of tribulations (and compassion) that comes from being in an interracial relationship, premiering tomorrow: www.mediaversityreviews.com/film-reviews...

Watched only two movies, so no #LastFourWatched this week: 🩸 THE INVENTOR: OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY, a great primer by Alex Gibney about the Elizabeth Holmes story 🎭 THE DEBUT, an adorable tragicomedy by the massively talented Jesse Eisenberg. Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

I talked to Joella Cabalu about her new documentary First Comes Love: Nakabingwit. It premieres at the Vancouver International Film Festival starting this weekend: thecommentary.ca/ontheline/24...

Oct 8 + 11 at VIFF Vancouver. #VIFF2026 #NFB

Two AI docs among my #LastFourWatched! THE AI DOC OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST 😀 GHOST IN THE MACHINE 😐 And I revisited two ghosts from the past in THE TERMINATOR 😎 (relates to the AI docs) MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT 😞 #LetterboxdFriday

📣 Winnipeg filmmaker and artist Matea Radic is taking her animated short film Paradaïz to Los Angeles this fall, where it will have its Los Angeles premiere at the highly selective Animation Is Film festival, running October 16 to 19. classic107.com/articles/win...

Watch it soon at VIFF Vancouver!

“This hallucinatory string of Heritage Minutes has real but limited appeal,” writes Adam Nayman of Matthew Rankin’s latest biopic. “It’s a comedy that only a wonk could love [...] but there’s a little wonk in all of us these days.” https://thewalrus.ca/brian-mulroney-biopic/

Filipino Canadian filmmaker Joella Cabalu takes the rom-com past the meet-cute in First Comes Love: Nakabingwit, exploring race, culture and communication across relationships in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. #VIFF #CanadianFilm #FilipinoCanadian www.scene49.ca/entertainmen...

📽️ NIRILAURTA screening in Iqaluit had to send 40 people home due to a full house! nunavutnews.com/2026/09/21/w...

🎥 The National Film Board (NFB) documentary STOLEN TIME, which follows an Ontario lawyer taking on Canada's for-profit nursing-home industry, will screen at St. Albert's Arden Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 22. www.stalbertgazette.com/local-entert...

🎬 Sean Edwards se joint à l’ONF comme producteur au sein de l’Unité documentaire de l’Ouest à Vancouver. Cofondateur de Ramble Films, il cumule 12 ans d’expérience en production et création. 👉 ctvm.info/onf-vancouve... #ONF

'Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney' elects a gonzo political and historical vision of our 18th Prime Minister 🗳️ at @tiffnet.bsky.social bit.ly/4ha4pNC #TIFF26

Lovely shorts seen at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF) among my #LastFourWatched. YAYA, by Sebastian Cerani 🥲 SISTERS, by Maria Munro 👍 WATER MY STEPS ORCHID COLOR, by Emmanuel Saavedra 🥺 PASTA NEGRA, by Jorge Thielen Armand 👍 Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

'Still Night, Burning House' dissects a Vietnamese-Canadian family's past traumas 🇻🇳 at @tiffnet.bsky.social bit.ly/4xTeDJ8 #TIFF26

For Carol Nguyễn, Crying Is Back on the Table. @tiffnet.bsky.social doc Still Night, Burning House confirms a major talent. #tiff26 povmagazine.com/for-carol-ng...

Watch your screens! REDEFINED films will be launched on the NFB platform tonight!

There’s never been a film like Mathew Rankin’s Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney, writes @filmfest.bsky.social #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/ladies-and-g...

Matthew Rankin's story of Brian Mulroney’s political ascent offers a critique of televisual culture and a snapshot of a less extreme political era.

📍 Catch LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BRIAN MULRONEY at the fall festivals, including TIFF Toronto, AIFF Halifax and VIFF Vancouver!

🎙️ Joella Cabalu, director of FIRST COMES LOVE: NAKABINGWIT, is interviewed on OMNI News Filipino about her upcoming VIFF world premiere. #NFB #VIFF2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SO3...