NFB Pause with Beatriz Carvalho

With his Alambic short By Wind and Tide, animator Bogdan Anifrani-Fedach takes a deep experimental dive into the birth of an idea—how it takes shape, how it is released.

Meet Anne-Marie Bousquet, producer for the new experimental NFB film lab Alambic, offering emerging artists the opportunity to craft original visual stories in the space of a few months.

"It's a film about metaphysical transformation, from grief to hope." With her comic book-inspired approach, Bren López Zepeda addresses resilience, reconstruction and rebirth in her Alambic short Modern Alchemy.

Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Theodore Ushev reveals his "extremely personal and imperfect" approach to work, and the seven-year process of making The Physics of Sorrow.

“This city is the beating heart of my literature.”

Follow Dany Laferrière as he visits the exhibition dedicated to his life and work in Montreal’s Quartier des spectacles.

"Our generation is often described as apolitical, lazy, always on our phones, and so on. I felt that wasn’t a fair portrait."

Loïc Darses’ documentary gives a voice to 17 young, diverse Quebecers, to express their views on culture, politcs, and the legacy of the 1995 referendum.

"Girls have to take up space in the sciences. We're here and we matter!" Meet Laurie Rousseau-Nepton, astrophysicist, inspiring role model, and host of our upcoming documentary series North Star.

In THIS IS NOT A CEREMONY, writer and director Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon) takes us to a place where past, present and future are one; where colonial rules are forgotten; and where we can finally get to the truth of the matter.

In Gymnasia, @felixandpaul helped to bring puppets and a manufactured environment to life through the magic of virtual reality.

Discover the technical ingenuity behind this groundbreaking production Gymnasia

"The only known film soundtrack scored by jazz legend John Coltrane was Gilles Groulx’s classic of Quebecois cinema, The Cat in the Bag. Previously hidden in plain sight, this score is now available to the world. What do these recordings represent in Coltrane's body of work?"

"The more Inuit filmmakers we have out there telling stories about Inuit, the more that we can see ourselves reflected back in the media, the more that we can feel that we have the power to tell our stories too." Meet Ossie Michelin and Jennie Williams, two Inuit filmmakers who have decided to share unique stories and traditions from the Labrador Inuit.