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Here At Home
A window into a radical Canadian experimentBe among the first to experience our latest interactive web documentary that takes you inside a study of mental illness and homelessness being conducted by the Mental Health Commission of Canada. -
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The Hutterites
A different kind of familyOn the International Day of the Family, watch Colin Low's classic film that takes you inside the Hutterite colony in Alberta, and introduces you to the teachings of religious leader Jacob Hutter. -
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Canada Vignettes: Dance
“Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.” Samuel BeckettWatch this very short animation in which a map of Canada morphs into human forms to the rhythms of a dance. -
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A Trip Down Memory Lane
Happy Birthday, Arthur LipsettCelebrate Arthur Lipsett’s birthday (Sunday May 13) with this collage film that juxtaposes snippets from 5 decades of newsreel… to bone-chilling effect. More about the film on the NFB.ca blog. -
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Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must be More to Life
Farewell to the King of All Wild ThingsMaurice Sendak has died. Celebrate his unique spark with this animated short based on the story he told Stephen Colbert was his own personal favourite. Read more on the NFB.ca blog.
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Films
Canada at the Coronation
- This documentary depicts the colour and pageantry of the coronation of Her Majesty ...
- Allen Stark ,
- 1953,
- 48 min 52 s
No Way! Not Me
- In this short documentary, social activist and educator Rosemary Brown speaks to the ...
- Ariadna Ochrymovych ,
- 1987,
- 29 min 39 s
Wasp Wings
- This documentary short is a record of the role played by Spitfires in ...
- 1945,
- 40 min
Paul-André Fortier
- This short film pays tribute to dancer Paul-André Fortier, who for the past ...
- 2012,
- 5 min 50 s
Music Is Not a Luxury
- This short film pays tribute to Toronto philanthropist Earlaine Collins, recipient of the ...
- 2012,
- 5 min 5 s
Mise en Scène
- This short film is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to award-winning director, writer and composer ...
- 2012,
- 7 min 14 s
Inner Rush
- This short film pays tribute to Rush, one of rock's most successful ...
- 2012,
- 6 min 25 s
Imaginary Heroine
- This short film pays tribute to actress and comedian Mary Walsh. Layering archival ...
- 2012,
- 4 min
Constellation
- Combining the music of Chopin with digital animation, this short film artfully defines ...
- 2012,
- 6 min 1 s
Denis Marleau
- This short film pays tribute to Denis Marleau, a major figure in Quebec ...
- ONFB ,
- 2012,
- 4 min 53 s
Deepa Mehta In Profile
- This short film is a tribute to award-winning director and screenwriter Deepa Mehta ...
- 2012,
- 6 min 14 s
Jigging for Lake Trout
- In this short documentary about the Netsilik Inuit, more wildlife returns as winter ...
- Quentin Brown ,
- 1967,
- 31 min 56 s
Group Hunting on the Spring Ice: Part 3
- In the third installment of this documentary series on the Netsilik Inuit, the ...
- Quentin Brown ,
- 1967,
- 33 min
Group Hunting on the Spring Ice: Part 2
- In the second installment of this documentary series about the Netsilik Inuit, the ...
- Quentin Brown ,
- 1967,
- 27 min 56 s
Hard Light (Trailer)
- This feature film uses Michael Crummey’s seminal piece of Newfoundland literature to ...
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 2 min
Legend of a Warrior (Trailer)
- In this feature length documentary, filmmaker Corey Lee attempts to reconnect with his ...
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 1 min 37 s
Courage (Trailer)
- This feature doc introduces us to Izabel, Bebeth, Natasha, Benoît, Grace and Jean ...
- 2011,
- 2 min 2 s
Kali the Little Vampire (Trailer)
- This animated short tells the story of Kali, a young vampire who suffers ...
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 1 min 2 s
Pink if People knew (Pre Roll)
- Billions of dollars have been raised through the tireless efforts of women and ...
- 2011,
- 2 min 6 s
Who Cares (Trailer)
- In this cinema vérité documentary, director Rosie Dransfeld captures the gritty and dangerous ...
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 1 min 36 s
Bydlo (Trailer)
- An allegory of mankind heading for disaster, this animated short is a tragic ...
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 1 min 1 s
Wiebo's War (Pre roll)
- This feature documentary focuses on Wiebo Ludwig, a suspect in a recent string ...
- ONFB,
- 2011,
- 2 min 32 s
Exile (Trailer)
- This feature documentary revisits the exile of the Jewish people from their homeland ...
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 1 min 41 s
Edmond Was a Donkey (Trailer)
- This animated short about social conformity tells the story of Edmond - a very ...
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 41 s
The Lumberfros
- In Abitibi, hundreds of kilometres from Montreal, thousands of workers go North to ...
- Stéphanie Lanthier,
- 2011,
- 1 min 41 s
Elisha and the Cacao Trees (Trailer)
- What links a village in Belize and millions of North American kids? Chocolate ...
- Rohan Fernando,
- 2010,
- 1 min 3 s
Here and the Great Elsewhere (Trailer)
- This abstract yet compelling philosophical tale uses the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen as a metaphor ...
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 1 min 21 s
Pumpkins and Old Lace
- The perfect “Granny or Grandpa” poster face is what the photographer from Discra ...
- 2011,
- 1 min 2 s
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Unikkausivut - Sharing our Stories
- The Inuit have a long and vibrant tradition of passing tales and legends down from one generation to the next ...
Payback
- About the film From Award-winning director Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes), and based on Margaret Atwood’s bestselling and visionary work ...
