NFB Filmmaker in Residence : “Interventionist Media”

In March 2010 CURL partnered up with Artscape and The Firehouse to produce a series of 8 videos from the Creative Places & Spaces conference which took place on October 29-20, 2009 in Toronto . We hope that these video will spark some discussion about the idea of a creative and collaborative city.

This video highlights the unique challenges of the NFB’s pilot project Filmmaker-in-Residence. Katerina Cizek, is Filmmaker-in-Residence at St. Michael`s hospital, working with partners on the frontline: doctors, nurses, researchers and patients. From local projects at the Inner City Health Unit, to global ones, FIR partners media with medicine in innovative ways.

What happens when a hospital and a filmmaker collaborate with homeless youth, medical staff, police officers and cyclists?

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