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
RiP! A Remix Manifesto by Brett Gaylor
- Join Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor as he explores the issues behind copyright in the information age. Using mash-up ...
10 Films by Influential Women
- In honour of International Women's Day (March 8), we've put together a selection of 10 films directed by ...
Celebrating the 2010 Cultural Olympiad
- These 3 films were produced in partnership with VANOC and Canada CODE for the 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
Created by 3 ...
Vistas
- Vistas is a series of short films on the subject of nationhood. From Halifax to Vancouver, every production studio in ...
World War I Armistice
- On November 11, 1918, the war to end all wars finally came to an end. To commemorate Remembrance Day and ...
Classic Trailers
- Journey back to the 1980s (and even earlier) as we revisit some of the NFB's classic feature films through ...
How Do They...?
- Everybody loves a good "how-to" film. Here we've assembled a selection of short films demonstrating how to do everything ...
Facing Champlain
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Quebec City and its founder, Samuel de Champlain, the National Film Board of Canada ...
The NFB at 70: A Retrospective
On May 27, 2009, an exhibition of 24 photos from NFB films was launched in Ottawa celebrating our 70th anniversary ...
Animal Documentary Playlist
- Animals, both wild and domestic, are endlessly fascinating. They amuse us, educate us, often tug at our heart strings and ...
Hot Docs 2009
- Watch trailers and clips for some of the films we have heading to the 2009 Hot Docs documentary film festival ...
Hot Docs 2009 Spotlight on the NFB at 70
- A selection of 6 of the 12 films being presented at the 2009 Hot Docs festival program, Spotlight on the ...
Oscar Winners - It's Oscar Time
Here is a list of Oscar-winning films produced by the NFB. Each of these nine films is remarkable in its ...
2009 Genie Playlist
This year, the NFB has five films competing for six awards at the 2009 Genies: Drux Flux (Best Animated Short ...
The Second World War
- Selected films about the Second World War including Churchill's Island, the first documentary film to receive an Academy Award.
Triage
- Trailers and clips from the powerful documentary film, Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's humanitarian dilemma.
