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
To help you navigate this site, we've invited experts and media personalities to make recommendations and provide their perspective on NFB films.
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
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 ...
Comedy films
- Included amongst our collection of documentaries and auteur animations lies a small treasure trove of intensely funny films. These rare ...
The NFB Celebrates Black History Month
To celebrate Black History Month, we've selected a group of NFB of films that can only scratch the surface ...
Mediatheque
- The NFB Mediatheque offers week-long animation camps during March Break and throughout the summer months, for burgeoning animators ages 8 ...
Winter Sports Movies
- From hockey, to tobogganing and skiing, and back to hockey again, here are some films to get you into the ...
The NFB and Fogo Island, Newfoundland: A continuing story
Fogo Island - Then and Now
On June 1, 2010, the NFB, along with the Shorefast Foundation and the Fogo Island ...
Cartoons for Kids
- Remember the good old days of hanging out on the couch and enjoying the Saturday morning cartoons? Why not take ...
Canada's Got Treasures!
- Canada's Got Treasures! is an online interactive space created by the Virtual Museum of Canada which brings museum treasures ...
2010 World Expo in Shanghai
- Canada at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo
Canada is taking part in the Shanghai World Expo, which runs from May ...
Filmmaker in Residence
"DON'T MISS!"
-The National Post"EMOTIONAL"
-The Toronto SunThe National Film Board of Canada placed media maker Katerina ...
Canadian Diaries: A Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers Playlist
- From August 24-26, 2010, the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers (CSIF) will run a themed program called Canadian Diaries. This ...
NFB in 3D
While 3D films are making a comeback today, the NFB has been exploring the medium since the 1950s with Norman ...
The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
- To celebrate the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal's 31st edition (June 25 to July 6, 2010), we've ...
Annecy and Zagreb Film Festivals
- In honour of the Animafest Festival in Zagreb (June 1 - 6) and the Annecy Festival (June 1 - 12), we've ...
Biodiversity: Relationships between people and their environment
- To celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, the NFB, with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, presents this playlist of ...
Tahani Rached, a committed filmmaker
- The Hot Docs Festival pays tribute to filmmaker Tahani Rached in its Focus on Retrospective program, which showcases the work ...
