''The Curve'' is a Canadian short film series, released in 2020 by the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; ) is a Canadian public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and altern ...

as a response to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

.Dave McGinn
"Why the NFB’s breakout short film How to Be at Home leans into loneliness"
''

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'', October 19, 2020. Based around the concept of documenting a strange and unique period in history, the project commissioned various filmmakers to make short films which were distributed by the NFB on a dedicated streaming platform. The only rules were that the film had to be about life during the pandemic, and that the filmmakers had to follow whatever health guidelines and restrictions were in place where they lived; otherwise, they were given carte blanche to make their film in any format they wanted. The most successful films in the project were

Andrea Dorfman Andrea Dorfman (born October 29, 1968) is a Canadian screenwriter and film director based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She directed the Emmy Award films ''Flawed (film), Flawed'' (2010) and ''Big Mouth'' (2012).Dorfman, Andrea. "Andreadorfman.com , ...

's '' How to Be At Home'', which accrued over 55,000 views within just a few weeks of its debut and was named to the

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's year-end

Canada's Top Ten Canada's Top Ten is an annual honour, compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival to identify and promote the year's best Canadian films."Canada's Top Ten awards will honour excellence in Canadian cinema". ''Welland Tribune'', November 23, ...

list for short films, and Eli Jean Tahchi's '' Sometimes I Wish I Was on a Desert Island (Y’a des fois où j’aimerais me trouver sur une île déserte)'', which was a

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nominee for Best Short Documentary at the

24th Quebec Cinema Awards The 24th Quebec Cinema Awards were held on June 5, 2022, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2021. The ceremony was hosted by actress Geneviève Schmidt. '' Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres)'' and ''Maria Chapdelaine'' initially rec ...

.Naomie Gelper
"Tous les lauréats du 24e Gala Québec Cinéma"
'' Métro'', June 5, 2022.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Curve, The 2020 in Canadian cinema Canadian films about the COVID-19 pandemic Canadian film series National Film Board of Canada series

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