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3D isn’t only for the movie theaters and televisions, folks. In commemoration of the first anniversary of their online screening room (yesterday!), the National Film Board of Canada is sending out free 3D glasses and launching two new sections of their site to offer viewers goodies in both 3D and HD. This adds to the 1,400+ titles already available for free viewing on the website.
The 3D section is kicking off with the shorts Falling in Love Again, Drux Flux, Sandde, and Facing Champlain, plus a number of making-of feature for Champlain. On the HD side of things, there’s a little more variety. While Cordell Barker got his latest short, Runaway, screening at Sundance (brief review here), his Oscar-nominated 1988 short The Cat Came Back](The Cat Came Back (Short 1988) - IMDb) is on the site, along with flicks that include the 1965 short High Steel](High Steel (Short 1965) - IMDb), Chris Landreth’s Oscar-winning Ryan](Ryan (Short 2004) - IMDb), the 2007 Oscar nominee Madame Tutli-Putli](Madame Tutli-Putli (Short 2007) - IMDb), and The Stratford Adventure](The Stratford Adventure (Short 1954) - IMDb), which includes footage of the iconic Alec Guinness.
Best of all, there’s none of that darned region-blocking, so everyone should be able to dig into all that the NFB has to offer. Currently, the NFB is offering free Color Code glasses to watch the 3D shorts online. If you live in Canada, the shipping is free, and if you live Stateside, my sources tell me they’re still free … you just have to pay a buck for shipping.