Tré Armstrong on dance, music and passion
A selection by Tré Armstrong
When asked about my playlist theme, I thought immediately about passion. What drives people? More importantly, why? What is it about our emotions that allow us to do the most daring things and take risks normally ignored? It's fascinating to ...
Playlists
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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
- Empathy—the ability to understand and share the feelings of another—is a vital skill for students navigating the diversity ...
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
- Discover Canada’s Prime Ministers Learn more about Canada’s 22 Prime Ministers since Confederation in 1867. Each Prime Minister ...
Tribute to Jacques Bensimon
- Jacques Bensimon, former NFB Government Commissioner, director, producer, and scriptwriter passed away on August 27, 2012 at the age of ...
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
ABOUT THIS PLAYLIST
This playlist was created to help educators at the secondary level to integrate documentary films about various ...
Damien Robitaille
- Showcase Francophonie
- Performer, musician and songwriter Damien Robitaille is a Franco-Ontarian from Lafontaine, a town outside Toronto ...
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
A unique chronicle of the Royal 22e Régiment
Shot in March 2011, the film captures the experiences of the Van ...
Reel Asian 2011
- The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is pleased to offer these titles for viewing on NFB.ca. Reel Asian ...
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
- 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
- For the 40th anniversary of the Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC), we asked the Festival programmers to draw up a ...
Ottawa International Animation Festival
- The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) and National Film Board of Canada (NFB) have had a close, intimate relationship dating ...
Damien Robitaille
- Showcase Francophonie
- Performer, musician and songwriter Damien Robitaille is a Franco-Ontarian from Lafontaine, a town outside Toronto ...
Thomas Waugh, Ezra Winton, Michael Baker
- Challenge for Change
- For decades, the bulk of the controversial NFB classic film series Challenge for Change/Société ...
Adam Symansky
- Donald Brittain: Writer, filmmaker, storyteller.
- NFB producer Adam Symansky was both a friend of Donald Brittain's and served as ...
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 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
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
- The first films on cultural communities in Canada were made at the NFB in the ...b
- A selection by Albert Ohayon
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
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
- Empathy—the ability to understand and share the feelings of another—is a vital skill for students navigating the diversity ...
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
- Discover Canada’s Prime Ministers Learn more about Canada’s 22 Prime Ministers since Confederation in 1867. Each Prime Minister ...
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 ...
Unikkausivut - Sharing our Stories
- The Inuit have a long and vibrant tradition of passing tales and legends down from one generation to the next ...
6 Christmas films
- The holidays are the perfect time to snuggle up with a steaming mug of hot chocolate and a good film ...
War & Peace
- NFB films encompass a wide variety of war topics studied in both elementary and high schools. War is an important ...
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
"There is no environment out there and we are here. We are the environment."
About the virtual classroom
Back by ...
Tribute to Jacques Bensimon
- Jacques Bensimon, former NFB Government Commissioner, director, producer, and scriptwriter passed away on August 27, 2012 at the age of ...
Hockey Movies
- Hockey and Canada are a natural fit. Hockey is the quintessential winter sport, and while we're fond of saying ...
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 ...
Films for Change
Films for Change is a bilingual NFB program designed to integrate documentary films on the environment into secondary level 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 ...
Work for All
- Work for All is a collection of short films and related on-line resources that address racism in the workplace. Created ...
