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Bruce Dickinson Mentors in NFB Animated Film Champion Feminism

6/26/2026

Summary

Story summary

The National Film Board of Canada is producing an animated film that features Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson as a mentor.
Novelist Catherine LePage pitched the story to the board.
Marketing head Christine Noël secured Bruce Dickinson’s involvement contacting his agent and noting his bilingualism.
The film urges women to rely on themselves than a “prince charming” and asks men to accept vulnerability, linking the theme to hyper-masculinity and feminism.

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Story summary

The National Film Board of Canada is producing an animated film that features Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson as a mentor.
Novelist Catherine LePage pitched the story to the board.
Marketing head Christine Noël secured Bruce Dickinson’s involvement contacting his agent and noting his bilingualism.
The film urges women to rely on themselves than a “prince charming” and asks men to accept vulnerability, linking the theme to hyper-masculinity and feminism.