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The Flying Sailor

Our 77th Oscar® nomination!

The Flying Sailor

Contemplate the wonder and fragility of existence as you follow a sailor blown skywards after the largest accidental explosion in history, in Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby’s latest award-winning animated short.


New Releases

  • Heartbeat of a Nation
    Heartbeat of a Nation
    Eric Janvier 
    2022 | 20 min
  • Arctic Song
    Arctic Song
    Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher, … 
    2021 | 6 min
  • Alambic: Solid Ground
    Alambic: Solid Ground
    Beatriz Carvalho 
    2022 | 2 min
  • Alambic : Modern Alchemy
    Alambic : Modern Alchemy
    Bren López Zepeda 
    2022 | 2 min
  • Alambic : By Winds and Tides
    Alambic : By Winds and Tides
    Bogdan Anifrani-Fedach 
    2022 | 2 min
  • The Flying Sailor
    The Flying Sailor
    Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby 
    2022 | 7 min
  • Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics
    Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics
    Terril Calder 
    2021 | 19 min
  • Nalujuk Night
    Nalujuk Night
    Jennie Williams 
    2021 | 13 min

Transmission of Indigenous Knowledge

  • Heartbeat of a Nation
    Heartbeat of a Nation
    Eric Janvier 
    2022 | 20 min
  • Arctic Song
    Arctic Song
    Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher, … 
    2021 | 6 min
  • Evan's Drum
    Evan's Drum
    Ossie Michelin 
    2021 | 14 min
  • Nalujuk Night
    Nalujuk Night
    Jennie Williams 
    2021 | 13 min
  • ƛaʔuukʷiatḥ Dugout Canoe
    ƛaʔuukʷiatḥ Dugout Canoe
    Steven Davies 
    2021 | 10 min
  • Travelling College
    Travelling College
    Ernest Benedict 
    1968 | 9 min
  • Red Path
    Red Path
    Thérèse Ottawa 
    2015 | 15 min
  • Stories Are in Our Bones
    Stories Are in Our Bones
    Janine Windolph 
    2019 | 11 min

Inuit cinema at the NFB

  • Arctic Song
    Arctic Song
    Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher, … 
    2021 | 6 min
  • Nalujuk Night
    Nalujuk Night
    Jennie Williams 
    2021 | 13 min
  • Nalujuk Unnunga (Inuktitut Version)
    Nalujuk Unnunga (Inuktitut Version)
    Jennie Williams 
    2021 | 13 min
  • Being Prepared
    Being Prepared
    Carol Kunnuk 
    2021 | 9 min
  • Evan's Drum
    Evan's Drum
    Ossie Michelin 
    2021 | 14 min
  • Evanniup Kilautinga (Inuktitut Version)
    Evanniup Kilautinga (Inuktitut Version)
    Ossie Michelin 
    2021 | 14 min
  • Shaman
    Shaman
    Echo Henoche 
    2017 | 5 min
  • Three Thousand
    Three Thousand
    Asinnajaq 
    2017 | 14 min

CURATOR’S PERSPECTIVE

Arctic Winter Games 2023
CURATOR’S PERSPECTIVE

FILMMAKER IN FOCUS | Dennis Sawyer

A circumpolar filmmaker
FILMMAKER IN FOCUS | Dennis Sawyer

CLASSICS

Landmark films from our collection
CLASSICS

OUT OF THE VAULT

Newly unearthed gems from our archives
OUT OF THE VAULT

PAUSE

NFB Pause with Courtney Montour
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Media School: Digital Storytelling

Exclusive Online Workshop
Media School: Digital Storytelling

Indigenous Cinema

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

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New releases - Interactive works

  • Worlds of Ice (Omni)
    Worlds of Ice (Omni)
    Philippe Baylaucq
    2022 | 11 h
  • Plastisapiens
    Plastisapiens
    Miri Chekhanovich and Édith Jorisch with Dpt.
    2022 | 15 h
  • CHOM5KY vs CHOMSKY: A playful conversation on AI
    CHOM5KY vs CHOMSKY: A playful conversation on AI
    Created by Sandra Rodriguez
    2022 | 1 h
  • Traces : Expo 2020 Dubaï
    Traces : Expo 2020 Dubaï
    Kanva
    2022 | 3 h 37 min
  • Similkameen Crossroads
    Similkameen Crossroads
    Tyler Hagan
    2022 | 6 h
  • Vimy: A Living Memorial – The Digital Pilgrimage
    Vimy: A Living Memorial – The Digital Pilgrimage
    Anne Lagacé, Gonzalo Soldi, Claude Guilmain, Sylvain Bellemarre
    2022 | 15 h
  • The Orchid And The Bee
    The Orchid And The Bee
    Frances Adair McKenzie
    2022 | 5 h
  • Brainstream
    Brainstream
    Caroline Robert
    2021 | 20 h
  • Charity
    Charity
    Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko
    2021 | 12 h
  • Wayfinder
    Wayfinder
    Matt DesLauriers
    2021 | 10 h
  • Otherly
    Otherly
    Mirusha Yogarajah, Em Yue, Jess Murwin, Tristan Angieri, Grace An, Joanne Lam, Jackie! Zhou
    2021 | 10 h
  • Far Away from Far Away
    Far Away from Far Away
    Bruce Alcock and Jeremy Mendes
    2021 | 6 h
  • NFB Blog

    Indigenous-Made Animation Films

    • Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics
      Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics
      Terril Calder 
      2021 | 19 min
    • The Mountain of SGaana
      The Mountain of SGaana
      Christopher Auchter 
      2017 | 10 min
    • Three Thousand
      Three Thousand
      Asinnajaq 
      2017 | 14 min
    • Maq and the Spirit of the Woods
      Maq and the Spirit of the Woods
      Phyllis Grant 
      2006 | 8 min
    • Vistas: Walk-in-the-Forest
      Vistas: Walk-in-the-Forest
      Diane Obomsawin 
      2009 | 3 min
    • Vistas - The Visit
      Vistas - The Visit
      Lisa Jackson 
      2009 | 3 min
    • Vistas: Little Thunder
      Vistas: Little Thunder
      Nance Ackerman & Alan Syliboy 
      2009 | 3 min
    • Waseteg
      Waseteg
      Phyllis Grant 
      2010 | 6 min

    Winter Sports

    • First Arctic Winter Games
      First Arctic Winter Games
      Dennis Sawyer & R.C. Gibson 
      1970 | 25 min
    • The Second Arctic Winter Games
      The Second Arctic Winter Games
      Dennis Sawyer 
      1972 | 28 min
    • New Gold for Alaska
      New Gold for Alaska
      Dennis Sawyer 
      1974 | 50 min
    • Schefferville 4th Arctic Winter Games
      Schefferville 4th Arctic Winter Games
      Dennis Sawyer 
      1976 | 26 min
    • Gone Curling
      Gone Curling
      John Howe 
      1963 | 10 min
    • Thunderbirds in China
      Thunderbirds in China
      Les Rose 
      1974 | 57 min
    • The Sword of the Lord
      The Sword of the Lord
      Giles Walker 
      1976 | 57 min
    • The Rink
      The Rink
      Gilles Carle 
      1962 | 10 min

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