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To help you navigate this site, we've invited experts and media personalities to make recommendations and provide their perspective on NFB films.

Speak Up Speak Up Speak Up Speak Up

Speak Up

  • Although life in society is by nature a collective experience, stellar ideas often spring from inspired individuals. Indeed, we owe ...
Tremplin Program - Winners Tremplin Program - Winners Tremplin Program - Winners Tremplin Program - Winners

Tremplin Program - Winners

  • This selection brings together the films made by the winners of the National Film Board of Canada's Tremplin program ...
Learning Through Empathy - Secondary and Postsecondary Learning Through Empathy - Secondary and Postsecondary Learning Through Empathy - Secondary and Postsecondary Learning Through Empathy - Secondary and Postsecondary

Learning Through Empathy - Secondary and Postsecondary

  • Empathy—the ability to understand and share the feelings of another—is a vital skill for students navigating the diversity ...
Learning Through Empathy - Elementary Learning Through Empathy - Elementary Learning Through Empathy - Elementary Learning Through Empathy - Elementary

Learning Through Empathy - Elementary

  • This playlist offers elementary school teachers unique Canadian resources that will help students explore, discuss, and ultimately express empathy, an ...
Prime Ministers of Canada Prime Ministers of Canada Prime Ministers of Canada Prime Ministers of Canada

Prime Ministers of Canada

  • Discover Canada’s Prime Ministers Learn more about Canada’s 22 Prime Ministers since Confederation in 1867. Each Prime Minister ...
Virtual Classroom to commemorate Remembrance Day 2012 Virtual Classroom to commemorate Remembrance Day 2012 Virtual Classroom to commemorate Remembrance Day 2012 Virtual Classroom to commemorate Remembrance Day 2012

Virtual Classroom to commemorate Remembrance Day 2012

  • About the virtual classroom

    Participate in a real-time conversation with Canadian soldiers who recently served in Afghanistan. To mark Remembrance ...

Contemporary Voices: Films for Global Education Contemporary Voices: Films for Global Education Contemporary Voices: Films for Global Education Contemporary Voices: Films for Global Education

Contemporary Voices: Films for Global Education

  • ABOUT THIS PLAYLIST

    This playlist was created to help educators at the secondary level to integrate documentary films about various ...

Hothouse Hothouse Hothouse Hothouse

Hothouse

  • TWELVE-WEEKS PAID APPRENTICESHIP IN REAL-WORLD ANIMATION FILMMAKING

    Hothouse is an apprenticeship program for emerging Canadian filmmakers. Located in Montreal, Quebec ...
Showcase Francophonie

Damien Robitaille

  • Showcase Francophonie
  • Performer, musician and songwriter Damien Robitaille is a Franco-Ontarian from Lafontaine, a town outside Toronto ...
Stop-Motion Animation Workshop Stop-Motion Animation Workshop Stop-Motion Animation Workshop Stop-Motion Animation Workshop

Stop-Motion Animation Workshop

  • Learn to animate—one frame at a time Experience the National Film Board of Canada’s stop-motion animation workshop online ...
Portraits of soldiers in Afghanistan Portraits of soldiers in Afghanistan Portraits of soldiers in Afghanistan Portraits of soldiers in Afghanistan

Portraits of soldiers in Afghanistan

  • A unique chronicle of the Royal 22e Régiment

    Shot in March 2011, the film captures the experiences of the Van ...

Reel Asian 2011 Reel Asian 2011 Reel Asian 2011 Reel Asian 2011

Reel Asian 2011

Unikkausivut - Sharing our Stories Unikkausivut - Sharing our Stories Unikkausivut - Sharing our Stories Unikkausivut - Sharing our Stories

Unikkausivut - Sharing our Stories

  • The Inuit have a long and vibrant tradition of passing tales and legends down from one generation to the next ...
War & Peace War & Peace War & Peace War & Peace

War & Peace

  • NFB films encompass a wide variety of war topics studied in both elementary and high schools. War is an important ...
Festival du nouveau cinéma: 40 years of new cinema Festival du nouveau cinéma: 40 years of new cinema Festival du nouveau cinéma: 40 years of new cinema Festival du nouveau cinéma: 40 years of new cinema

Festival du nouveau cinéma: 40 years of new cinema

Ottawa International Animation Festival Ottawa International Animation Festival Ottawa International Animation Festival Ottawa International Animation Festival

Ottawa International Animation Festival

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Challenge for Change

Thomas Waugh, Ezra Winton, Michael Baker

  • Challenge for Change
  • For decades, the bulk of the controversial NFB classic film series Challenge for Change/Société ...
Tré Armstrong on dance, music and passion

Tré Armstrong

Alanis Obomsawin Retrospective

Alanis Obomsawin

Colin Low: Recollections from a Distinguished Career

Colin Low

Donald Brittain: Writer, filmmaker, storyteller.

Adam Symansky

Norman McLaren: Hands-on Animation

Donald McWilliams

The Strength of Peace

Douglas Roche

The Aboriginal Voice: the National Film Board and Aboriginal Filmmaking through the Years

Gil Cardinal

Manifesto for Interventionist Media - because Art is a Hammer

Katerina Cizek

Showcase Francophonie

Damien Robitaille

  • Showcase Francophonie
  • Performer, musician and songwriter Damien Robitaille is a Franco-Ontarian from Lafontaine, a town outside Toronto ...
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Bill Mason: Beyond the wild, beyond the paddle Bill Mason: Beyond the wild, beyond the paddle Bill Mason: Beyond the wild, beyond the paddle Bill Mason: Beyond the wild, beyond the paddle

Bill Mason: Beyond the wild, beyond the paddle

  • I never met Bill Mason in person. He left the National Film Board shortly after ...b
  • A selection by Albert Ohayon
10 great films from the last decade that you may not have seen 10 great films from the last decade that you may not have seen 10 great films from the last decade that you may not have seen 10 great films from the last decade that you may not have seen

10 great films from the last decade that you may not have seen

  • With the first decade of this century coming to an end, many people have decided ...b
  • A selection by Albert Ohayon
The 1950s: Television and the Move to Montreal The 1950s: Television and the Move to Montreal The 1950s: Television and the Move to Montreal The 1950s: Television and the Move to Montreal

The 1950s: Television and the Move to Montreal

  • The National Film Board was affected by two major factors in the 1950s. The first ...b
  • A selection by Albert Ohayon
Canada’s Diverse Cultures Canada’s Diverse Cultures Canada’s Diverse Cultures Canada’s Diverse Cultures

Canada’s Diverse Cultures

  • The first films on cultural communities in Canada were made at the NFB in the ...b
  • A selection by Albert Ohayon
The 1960s: An Explosion of Creativity The 1960s: An Explosion of Creativity The 1960s: An Explosion of Creativity The 1960s: An Explosion of Creativity

The 1960s: An Explosion of Creativity

  • The 1960s was a period of great change at the National Film Board (NFB). Filmmakers ...b
  • A selection by Albert Ohayon
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Oscar Winners Oscar Winners Oscar Winners Oscar Winners

Oscar Winners

  • Here is a list of Oscar-winning films produced by the NFB. Each of these nine films is remarkable in its ...

Speak Up Speak Up Speak Up Speak Up

Speak Up

  • Although life in society is by nature a collective experience, stellar ideas often spring from inspired individuals. Indeed, we owe ...
Unikkausivut - Sharing our Stories Unikkausivut - Sharing our Stories Unikkausivut - Sharing our Stories Unikkausivut - Sharing our Stories

Unikkausivut - Sharing our Stories

  • The Inuit have a long and vibrant tradition of passing tales and legends down from one generation to the next ...
World War I Armistice World War I Armistice World War I Armistice World War I Armistice

World War I Armistice

  • On November 11, 1918, the war to end all wars finally came to an end. To commemorate Remembrance Day and ...
Work for All Work for All Work for All Work for All

Work for All

  • Work for All is a collection of short films and related on-line resources that address racism in the workplace. Created ...
Vistas Vistas Vistas Vistas

Vistas

  • Vistas is a series of short films on the subject of nationhood. From Halifax to Vancouver, every production studio in ...
The Second World War The Second World War The Second World War The Second World War

The Second World War

  • Selected films about the Second World War including Churchill's Island, the first documentary film to receive an Academy Award.
Stop-Motion Animation Workshop Stop-Motion Animation Workshop Stop-Motion Animation Workshop Stop-Motion Animation Workshop

Stop-Motion Animation Workshop

  • Learn to animate—one frame at a time Experience the National Film Board of Canada’s stop-motion animation workshop online ...
How Do They...? How Do They...? How Do They...? How Do They...?

How Do They...?

  • Everybody loves a good "how-to" film. Here we've assembled a selection of short films demonstrating how to do everything ...
Films for Change Films for Change Films for Change Films for Change

Films for Change

  • Films for Change is a bilingual NFB program designed to integrate documentary films on the environment into secondary level education ...

Dance and film at the NFB Dance and film at the NFB Dance and film at the NFB Dance and film at the NFB

Dance and film at the NFB

  • Film and dance are both movement-based art forms, so it makes sense that they would come together in projects focusing ...

100 Years of Parks Canada 100 Years of Parks Canada 100 Years of Parks Canada 100 Years of Parks Canada

100 Years of Parks Canada

  • Parks Canada is celebrating 100 years of history.

    National parks are one of our most precious Canadian natural resources. With ...

Atlantic Film Festival 2008 Atlantic Film Festival 2008 Atlantic Film Festival 2008 Atlantic Film Festival 2008

Atlantic Film Festival 2008

  • Nine days in Halifax. Four world premieres. Eight Atlantic premieres. Enjoy...
Winter Across Canada Winter Across Canada Winter Across Canada Winter Across Canada

Winter Across Canada

  • To those who live elsewhere, winter in Canada means one thing - snow. But to Canadians, winter isn't so easily ...

10 Films by Influential Women 10 Films by Influential Women 10 Films by Influential Women 10 Films by Influential Women

10 Films by Influential Women

Tahani Rached, a committed filmmaker Tahani Rached, a committed filmmaker Tahani Rached, a committed filmmaker Tahani Rached, a committed filmmaker

Tahani Rached, a committed filmmaker