Women in film - NFB

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A curated selection of films made by women.

As the Crow Flies

Tess Girard
2016 | 1 h 34 min
Highway to Heaven

Sandra Ignagni
2019 | 16 min
Old Dog

Ann Marie Fleming
2020 | 3 min
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

Alanis Obomsawin
2019 | 1 h 5 min
Roundup

Nettie Wild
2020 | 3 min
What is Democracy?

Astra Taylor
2018 | 1 h 47 min
John Ware Reclaimed

Cheryl Foggo
2020 | 1 h 12 min
Birth of a Family

Tasha Hubbard
2016 | 1 h 19 min
The Girls of Meru

Andrea Dorfman
2017 | 1 h 27 min
A Better Man

Attiya Khan & Lawrence Jackman
2017 | 1 h 19 min
Freedom Road: Context

Angelina McLeod & Paula Kelly
2019 | 15 min
Freedom Road: Men / Ininiwag

Angelina McLeod
2019 | 15 min
Freedom Road: Women / Ikwewag

Angelina McLeod
2019 | 12 min
Freedom Road: Elders / Gitchi-aya'aag

Angelina McLeod
2019 | 12 min
Freedom Road: Youth / Oshkaadiziig

Angelina McLeod
2019 | 14 min
Urban.Indigenous.Proud: Full Circle

Kristi Lane Sinclair
2018 | 8 min
Urban.Indigenous.Proud: Places to Gather and Learn

Darlene Naponse
2018 | 10 min
The Bassinet

Tiffany Hsiung
2019 | 6 min
Freaks of Nurture

Alexandra Lemay
2018 | 6 min
Picture This

Jari Osborne
2017 | 33 min
My Prairie Home

Chelsea McMullan
2013 | 1 h 16 min
To Wake Up the Nakota Language

Louise BigEagle
2017 | 6 min
Threads

Torill Kove
2017 | 8 min
19 Days

Asha Siad & Roda Siad
2016 | 26 min
Totem Talk

Annie Fraziér Henry
1997 | 22 min
Camera Test

Joyce Wong
2019 | 5 min
Question Period

Ann Marie Fleming
2019 | 4 min
Unmothered

Marie-France Guerrette
2018 | 1 h 15 min
The Zoo

Julia Kwan
2018 | 11 min
Buying Sex

Teresa MacInnes & Kent Nason
2013 | 1 h 15 min
Stories We Tell

Sarah Polley
2012 | 1 h 48 min
Payback

Jennifer Baichwal
2011 | 1 h 26 min
Show Girls

Meilan Lam
1998 | 52 min
By Woman's Hand

Pepita Ferrari
1994 | 58 min
To my birthmother...

Beverly Shaffer
2002 | 54 min
Beyond December 6

Catherine Fol
1991 | 28 min
Our Dear Sisters

Kathleen Shannon
1975 | 14 min
Help!

Noémie Payant-Hébert
2016 | 5 min
Rock the Box

Katherine Monk
2015 | 10 min
Who Cares

Rosie Dransfeld
2012 | 1 h 19 min
Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada

Karen Cho
2012 | 1 h 27 min
Bone Wind Fire

Jill Sharpe
2011 | 30 min
Why Women Run

Meredith Ralston
1999 | 46 min
Motherland: Tales of Wonder

Helene Klodawsky
1994 | 1 h 29 min
The Colour of Beauty

Elizabeth St. Philip
2010 | 17 min
Me and the Mosque

Zarqa Nawaz
2005 | 52 min
My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts

Torill Kove
1999 | 10 min
Flamenco at 5:15

Cynthia Scott
1983 | 29 min
If You Love This Planet

Terre Nash
1982 | 25 min
Baseball Girls

Lois Siegel
1995 | 1 h 20 min
Mabel's Saga

JoDee Samuelson
2004 | 15 min
Finding Dawn

Christine Welsh
2006 | 1 h 13 min
Sandra Oh, Inspiration

Karen Lam
2019 | 4 min