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Gun Runners

New - Chasing dreams, Kenyan style

Gun Runners

Follow Julius Arile and Robert Matanda, two Kenyans who traded their rifles for sneakers, as they try to make it big as professional marathon runners in this feature documentary by Anjali Nayar.


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New Releases

  • Gun Runners
    Gun Runners
    Anjali Nayar 
    2016 | 1 h 29 min
  • The Apollo of Gaza
    The Apollo of Gaza
    Nicolas Wadimoff 
    2018 | 1 h 18 min
  • Snow Warrior
    Snow Warrior
    Kurt Spenrath & Frederick Kroetsch 
    2018 | 8 min
  • John Ware Reclaimed
    John Ware Reclaimed
    Cheryl Foggo 
    2020 | 1 h 12 min
  • Kenbe la, Until We Win
    Kenbe la, Until We Win
    Will Prosper 
    2019 | 1 h 20 min
  • Martha
    Martha
    Daniel Schubert 
    2020 | 21 min
  • Borealis
    Borealis
    Kevin McMahon 
    2020 | 1 h 30 min
  • The End of Certainties
    The End of Certainties
    Jean-Daniel Lafond 
    2020 | 45 min

Recently Added

  • Sea Sprites
    Sea Sprites
    Roger Blais 
    1961 | 5 min
  • Meditation in Motion
    Meditation in Motion
    Irene Angelico 
    1978 | 10 min
  • Hope
    Hope
    Thomas Buchan & Stuart Reaugh 
    2008 | 58 min
  • People and Science: Deadlines
    People and Science: Deadlines
    Jefferson Lewis 
    1987 | 11 min
  • The Newcomers
    The Newcomers
    David Bennett 
    1953 | 27 min
  • The Buildings Already Begun
    The Buildings Already Begun
    William Pettigrew 
    1967 | 17 min
  • Station Master
    Station Master
    William Davidson 
    1954 | 15 min
  • The Sky Is Blue
    The Sky Is Blue
    Rick Raxlen 
    1969 | 4 min

Curator's choice of the week

  • Nollywood Babylon
    Nollywood Babylon
    Ben Addelman & Samir Mallal 
    2008 | 1 h 14 min
  • Mozambique: Building a Future
    Mozambique: Building a Future
    Charles Konowal 
    1987 | 27 min
  • Not Far from Bolgatanga
    Not Far from Bolgatanga
    Michael Rubbo & Barrie Howells 
    1982 | 28 min
  • War Hospital
    War Hospital
    David Christensen & Damien Lewis 
    2005 | 1 h 29 min
  • Tales of Sand and Snow
    Tales of Sand and Snow
    Hyacinthe Combary 
    2004 | 48 min

The Apollo of Gaza

New - An archaeological thriller by Nicolas Wadimoff
The Apollo of Gaza

Snow Warrior

New - Neither snow nor rain...
Snow Warrior

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7 docs on belonging for Instagram Stories
Otherly

nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up (Cree version)

An essential documentary by Tasha Hubbard, now subtitled in Cree!
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up (Cree version)

John Ware Reclaimed

New Release - Retracing Canada’s Black pioneers
John Ware Reclaimed

Kenbe la, Until We Win

New Release - Chasing a dream, from Haiti to Montreal
Kenbe la, Until We Win

Indigenous Cinema

Discover the NFB’s rich online collection of Indigenous-made films.

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New Releases - Interactive Works

  • Otherly
    Otherly
    Mirusha Yogarajah, Em Yue, Jess Murwin, Tristan Angieri, Grace An, Joanne Lam, Jackie! Zhou
    2021 | 10 min
  • Far Away From Far Away
    Far Away From Far Away
    Bruce Alcock and Jeremy Mendes
    2021 | 30 min
  • Roundup
    Roundup
    Nettie Wild
    2020 | 3 min
  • The Book of Distance
    The Book of Distance
    Randall Okita
    2020 | 30 min
  • Agence
    Agence
    Pietro Gagliano
    2020 | 10 min
  • Bubble
    Bubble
    Gabriel Turcotte-Dubé, Camille Foisy, Louise Hammouda, Diana Aziz, Marianne Bourdages, Marie-Blanche Rossi, Jonathan Gagnon, Andréa Henry-Etesse
    2020 | 5 min
  • Yesterday Today Tomorrow
    Yesterday Today Tomorrow
    From the minds inside Jam3
    2020 | 10 min
  • FIRST PHOTO HERE
    FIRST PHOTO HERE
    Joella Cabalu and Kindred & Scout
    2020 | < 1 min
  • 60 Day Cycle
    60 Day Cycle
    Anthill Films
    2020 | 5 min
  • Motto
    Motto
    Vincent Morisset, Sean Michaels, Édouard Lanctôt-Benoit and Caroline Robert
    2020 | 1 h
  • Parliament: The Virtual Experience
    Parliament: The Virtual Experience
    Library of Parliament and the National Film Board of Canada
    2020 | 15 min
  • Perfumed Dreaming
    Perfumed Dreaming
    Kathleen Hepburn
    2020 | 5 min
  • NFB Blog

    History

    • John Ware Reclaimed
      John Ware Reclaimed
      Cheryl Foggo 
      2020 | 1 h 12 min
    • Balakrishna
      Balakrishna
      Colin MacKenzie & Aparna Kapur 
      2019 | 15 min
    • High Wire
      High Wire
      Claude Guilmain 
      2019 | 1 h 22 min
    • Open Sky: Portrait of a Pavilion in Venice
      Open Sky: Portrait of a Pavilion in Venice
      Katerine Giguère 
      2020 | 26 min
    • The Van Doos, 100 Years with the Royal 22e Régiment
      The Van Doos, 100 Years with the Royal 22e Régiment
      Claude Guilmain 
      2014 | 52 min
    • Impressions of Expo 67
      Impressions of Expo 67
      William Brind 
      1967 | 8 min
    • Danny
      Danny
      Justin Simms & William D. MacGillivray 
      2014 | 1 h 23 min
    • Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada
      Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada
      Karen Cho 
      2012 | 1 h 27 min

    Spring Break

    • The Tournament
      The Tournament
      Sam Vint 
      2020 | 22 min
    • Mamie
      Mamie
      Janice Nadeau 
      2016 | 6 min
    • Old Dog
      Old Dog
      Ann Marie Fleming 
      2020 | 3 min
    • Balakrishna
      Balakrishna
      Colin MacKenzie & Aparna Kapur 
      2019 | 15 min
    • Blackberry Subway Jam
      Blackberry Subway Jam
      Robert Doucet 
      1984 | 8 min
    • The Magic Flute
      The Magic Flute
      Gayle Thomas 
      1977 | 7 min
    • A Sea Turtle Story
      A Sea Turtle Story
      Kathy Shultz 
      2012 | 9 min
    • The Tooth
      The Tooth
      Guy Delisle 
      2017 | 3 min

    The Green Channel

    • Borealis
      Borealis
      Kevin McMahon 
      2020 | 1 h 30 min
    • Balakrishna
      Balakrishna
      Colin MacKenzie & Aparna Kapur 
      2019 | 15 min
    • Way of the Hunter
      Way of the Hunter
      Robert Moberg 
      2018 | 16 min
    • Ramaillages (Gatherings) - Episode 1 - Territories
      Ramaillages (Gatherings) - Episode 1 - Territories
      Moïse Marcoux-Chabot 
      2020 | 37 min
    • Ramaillages (Gatherings) - Episode 2 - Seeds
      Ramaillages (Gatherings) - Episode 2 - Seeds
      Moïse Marcoux-Chabot 
      2020 | 32 min
    • Ramaillages (Gatherings) - Episode 3 - Roots
      Ramaillages (Gatherings) - Episode 3 - Roots
      Moïse Marcoux-Chabot 
      2020 | 33 min
    • Ramaillages (Gatherings) - Episode 4 - Embers
      Ramaillages (Gatherings) - Episode 4 - Embers
      Moïse Marcoux-Chabot 
      2020 | 30 min
    • Ramaillages (Gatherings) - Episode 5 - Harvests
      Ramaillages (Gatherings) - Episode 5 - Harvests
      Moïse Marcoux-Chabot 
      2020 | 30 min

    Oscar ® winners and nominees

    • Animal Behaviour
      Animal Behaviour
      Alison Snowden & David Fine 
      2018 | 14 min
    • Blind Vaysha
      Blind Vaysha
      Theodore Ushev 
      2016 | 8 min
    • Wild Life
      Wild Life
      Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby 
      2011 | 13 min
    • Sunday
      Sunday
      Patrick Doyon 
      2011 | 9 min
    • Madame Tutli-Putli
      Madame Tutli-Putli
      Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski 
      2007 | 17 min
    • The Danish Poet
      The Danish Poet
      Torill Kove 
      2006 | 15 min
    • Ryan
      Ryan
      Chris Landreth 
      2004 | 13 min
    • Strange Invaders
      Strange Invaders
      Cordell Barker 
      2001 | 8 min

    Funny films

    • Manivald
      Manivald
      Chintis Lundgren 
      2017 | 12 min
    • Freaks of Nurture
      Freaks of Nurture
      Alexandra Lemay 
      2018 | 6 min
    • Shop Class
      Shop Class
      Hart Snider 
      2018 | 8 min
    • Village of Idiots
      Village of Idiots
      Eugene Fedorenko & Rose Newlove 
      1999 | 12 min
    • Canada Vignettes: Instant French
      Canada Vignettes: Instant French
      André Leduc 
      1979 | 1 min
    • Subconscious Password
      Subconscious Password
      Chris Landreth 
      2013 | 10 min
    • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts
      My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts
      Torill Kove 
      1999 | 10 min
    • My Financial Career
      My Financial Career
      Gerald Potterton 
      1962 | 6 min

    Health and Wellness

    • Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia
      Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia
      Josiane Blanc 
      2019 | 23 min
    • My Urban Garden
      My Urban Garden
      Polly Bennell 
      1984 | 26 min
    • Shredded
      Shredded
      Douglas C. Taplin & Richard Gaudio 
      2005 | 22 min
    • Age Is No Barrier
      Age Is No Barrier
      Francis Damberger 
      1989 | 24 min
    • Daisy: The Story of a Facelift
      Daisy: The Story of a Facelift
      Michael Rubbo 
      1982 | 57 min
    • A Part of Me
      A Part of Me
      André Roy 
      2016 | 23 min
    • Indigenous Plant Diva
      Indigenous Plant Diva
      Kamala Todd 
      2008 | 9 min
    • Island Green
      Island Green
      Millefiore Clarkes 
      2013 | 25 min
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