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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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Payback
- About the film From Award-winning director Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes), and based on Margaret Atwood’s bestselling and visionary work ...
Damien Robitaille
- Showcase Francophonie
- Performer, musician and songwriter Damien Robitaille is a Franco-Ontarian from Lafontaine, a town outside Toronto ...
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 ...
Ora
About the film
Ora is an experimental short film that brings together the artistic worlds of choreographer José Navas and ...
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 ...
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
- About the film “We used to march in the streets; now we run for a cure.” Barbara Ehrenreich, author and ...
Ottawa International Animation Festival
- The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) and National Film Board of Canada (NFB) have had a close, intimate relationship dating ...
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 ...
Canada Day
In honour of the holiday, we've put together a selection of films that reflect and honour our great country ...
Pete Standing Alone Trilogy
Pete Standing Alone has come full-circle in his dedication to preserving the traditional ways of his people on the Blood ...
Cold Morning
- “Lewis makes his own unique display of visibility. In focusing his spectators’ attention and expectations, he proposes a poetics of ...
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 ...
Thomas Waugh, Ezra Winton, Michael Baker
- Challenge for Change
- For decades, the bulk of the controversial NFB classic film series Challenge for Change/Société ...
Damien Robitaille
- Showcase Francophonie
- Performer, musician and songwriter Damien Robitaille is a Franco-Ontarian from Lafontaine, a town outside Toronto ...
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
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 ...
Work for All
- Work for All is a collection of short films and related on-line resources that address racism in the workplace. Created ...
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
- About the film “We used to march in the streets; now we run for a cure.” Barbara Ehrenreich, author and ...
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
This playlist consists of the trailer and 6 clips from Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie. The clips represent ...
Films for Change
Films for Change is a bilingual NFB program designed to integrate documentary films on the environment into secondary level education ...
War & Peace
- NFB films encompass a wide variety of war topics studied in both elementary and high schools. War is an important ...
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 ...
Films for Halloween
- BOO! We put together a collection of 10 NFB films to spook you out for Halloween. Break out the candy ...
Ora
About the film
Ora is an experimental short film that brings together the artistic worlds of choreographer José Navas and ...
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 ...
Pete Standing Alone Trilogy
Pete Standing Alone has come full-circle in his dedication to preserving the traditional ways of his people on the Blood ...
Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary
- Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary investigates a unique cinematic genre though encounters with some of its most influential filmmakers ...
