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Hothouse

Short, surprising and always entertaining!

Hothouse

Discover the latest edition of Hothouse shorts by emerging Canadian animators.


New Releases

  • Hothouse 13 - 100 Miles
    Hothouse 13 - 100 Miles
    Louis Bodart 
    2022 | 1 min
  • Hothouse 13 - BANG
    Hothouse 13 - BANG
    Lukas Conway 
    2022 | 1 min
  • Hothouse 13 - The Commute
    Hothouse 13 - The Commute
    Tarun Padmakumar 
    2022 | 1 min
  • Hothouse 13 - Baek-il
    Hothouse 13 - Baek-il
    Grace An 
    2022 | 1 min
  • Hothouse 13 - Lo 100to
    Hothouse 13 - Lo 100to
    Karla Monterrosa 
    2022 | 1 min
  • Hothouse 13 - 100 Ghosts
    Hothouse 13 - 100 Ghosts
    Noncedo Khumalo 
    2022 | 1 min
  • Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
    Courtney Montour 
    2021 | 34 min
  • Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
    Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
    Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers 
    2021 | 2 h 4 min

To Watch this Week

  • 4 North A
    4 North A
    Jordan Canning & Howie Shia 
    2020 | 10 min
  • Hedgehog's Home
    Hedgehog's Home
    Eva Cvijanovic 
    2017 | 10 min
  • Turbine
    Turbine
    Alex Boya 
    2018 | 8 min
  • Freaks of Nurture
    Freaks of Nurture
    Alexandra Lemay 
    2018 | 6 min
  • Sunday
    Sunday
    Patrick Doyon 
    2011 | 9 min
  • Bone Mother
    Bone Mother
    Dale Hayward & Sylvie Trouvé 
    2018 | 8 min

NFB Abroad: Africa On Screen

  • Four Women of Egypt
    Four Women of Egypt
    Tahani Rached 
    1997 | 1 h 29 min
  • Nollywood Babylon
    Nollywood Babylon
    Ben Addelman & Samir Mallal 
    2008 | 1 h 14 min
  • Oliver Jones in Africa
    Oliver Jones in Africa
    Martin Duckworth 
    1990 | 53 min
  • War Hospital
    War Hospital
    David Christensen & Damien Lewis 
    2005 | 1 h 29 min
  • Once ... Agadir
    Once ... Agadir
    Jacques Bensimon 
    1971 | 27 min
  • The Magic Lion
    The Magic Lion
    Charles Githinji 
    2004 | 6 min
  • The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten
    The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten
    Nicholas Kendall 
    1980 | 56 min
  • In Pursuit of Peace
    In Pursuit of Peace campus
    Garry Beitel 
    2015 | 52 min

Sovereign Soil

An ode to the beauty of a ferocious and remote land
Sovereign Soil

Alanis Obomsawin Film Page

The acclaimed Indigenous filmmaker
Alanis Obomsawin Film Page

Media School: Digital Storytelling

Exclusive Online Workshop
Media School: Digital Storytelling

John Ware Reclaimed

Retracing Canada’s Black pioneers
John Ware Reclaimed

Unarmed Verses

New- A doc by acclaimed filmmaker Charles Officer
Unarmed Verses

Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows

NEW – Meet “patient zero” of web virality
Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows

Indigenous Cinema

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

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New Releases - Interactive Works

  • Vimy: A Living Memorial – The Digital Pilgrimage
    Vimy: A Living Memorial – The Digital Pilgrimage
    Anne Lagacé, Gonzalo Soldi, Claude Guilmain, Sylvain Bellemarre
    2022 | 15 min
  • The Orchid And The Bee
    The Orchid And The Bee
    Frances Adair McKenzie
    2022 | 5 min
  • Brainstream
    Brainstream
    Caroline Robert
    2021 | 20 min
  • Charity
    Charity
    Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko
    2021 | 36 min
  • Wayfinder
    Wayfinder
    Matt DesLauriers
    2021 | 10 min
  • 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
  • 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
  • NFB Blog

    Ukrainians in Canada: NFB Portraits

    • Ted Baryluk's Grocery
      Ted Baryluk's Grocery
      John Paskievich & Michael Mirus 
      1982 | 10 min
    • Laughter in My Soul
      Laughter in My Soul
      Halya Kuchmij 
      1983 | 27 min
    • Teach Me to Dance
      Teach Me to Dance
      Anne Wheeler 
      1978 | 28 min
    • Ukrainian Winter Holidays
      Ukrainian Winter Holidays
      Laura Boulton 
      1942 | 22 min
    • New Home in the West
      New Home in the West
      Dallas Jones 
      1943 | 14 min
    • Kurelek
      Kurelek
      William Pettigrew 
      1967 | 10 min

    NFB Abroad: Asia On Screen

    • The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation
      The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation
      Hiroaki Mori, Yukari Hayashi, … 
      1994 | 45 min
    • The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life
      The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life
      Yukari Hayashi & Barrie McLean 
      1994 | 45 min
    • Tokyo Girls
      Tokyo Girls
      Penelope Buitenhuis 
      2000 | 57 min
    • The Van Doos in Afghanistan
      The Van Doos in Afghanistan
      Claude Guilmain 
      2011 | 44 min
    • Reema, There and Back
      Reema, There and Back
      Paul Émile d'Entremont 
      2006 | 52 min
    • Wet Earth and Warm People
      Wet Earth and Warm People
      Michael Rubbo 
      1971 | 58 min
    • The Sweetest Embrace: Return to Afghanistan
      The Sweetest Embrace: Return to Afghanistan
      Najeeb Mirza 
      2008 | 1 h 14 min
    • Vendetta Song
      Vendetta Song
      Eylem Kaftan 
      2005 | 52 min

    Recently Added

    • Partners in Production
      Partners in Production
       
      1944 | 36 min
    • The Old Believers
      The Old Believers
      John Paskievich 
      1988 | 56 min
    • Qimmiq: Canada's Arctic Dog
      Qimmiq: Canada's Arctic Dog
       
      1981 | 24 min
    • Canada's Reindeer
      Canada's Reindeer
       
      1981 | 24 min
    • Loyalties
      Loyalties
      Lesley Ann Patten 
      1999 | 56 min
    • Poison Ivy
      Poison Ivy
      Richard James Martin 
      1979 | 12 min
    • Camera on Labour No. 2
      Camera on Labour No. 2
      Tim Wilson & Alvin Goldman 
      1956 | 10 min
    • On Stage
      On Stage
      Ronald Dick 
      1950 | 30 min

    Kids' Movies

    • The Juggler
      The Juggler
      Thomas Vamos 
      1980 | 12 min
    • The Bear and the Mouse
      The Bear and the Mouse
      F.W. Remmler & Ingmar Remmler 
      1966 | 7 min
    • Ti-Jean Goes West
      Ti-Jean Goes West
      Raymond Garceau 
      1957 | 23 min
    • Cornet at Night
      Cornet at Night
      Stanley Jackson 
      1963 | 14 min
    • Mela's Lunch
      Mela's Lunch
      Sugith Varughese 
      1991 | 14 min
    • The Pony
      The Pony
      Lawrence Cherry 
      1955 | 35 min
    • Adventures
      Adventures
      Michael Rubbo 
      1968 | 10 min
    • How Do They Make Oatmeal Cookies?
      How Do They Make Oatmeal Cookies?
      Winston Washington Moxam 
      1999 | 4 min

    Summer Films

    • Balakrishna
      Balakrishna
      Colin MacKenzie & Aparna Kapur 
      2019 | 15 min
    • Stories Are in Our Bones
      Stories Are in Our Bones
      Janine Windolph 
      2019 | 11 min
    • Horse Drawn Magic
      Horse Drawn Magic
      Dorothy Todd Henaut 
      1979 | 27 min
    • Twixt Heaven and Earth
      Twixt Heaven and Earth
      Donna Caruso 
      1998 | 48 min
    • J.A. Martin Photographer
      J.A. Martin Photographer
      Jean Beaudin 
      1977 | 1 h 41 min
    • High Grass Circus
      High Grass Circus
      Torben Schioler & Tony Ianzelo 
      1976 | 56 min
    • The Grasslands Project - Population 21
      The Grasslands Project - Population 21
      Scott Parker 
      2016 | 9 min
    • Waterwalker
      Waterwalker
      Bill Mason 
      1984 | 1 h 26 min

    Animation for Kids

    • Science Please! Part 1
      Science Please! Part 1
       
      2001 | 15 min
    • Science Please! Part 2
      Science Please! Part 2
       
      2001 | 15 min
    • How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly
      How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly
      Munro Ferguson 
      1995 | 6 min
    • Blackberry Subway Jam
      Blackberry Subway Jam
      Robert Doucet 
      1984 | 8 min
    • The Girl Who Hated Books
      The Girl Who Hated Books
      Jo Meuris 
      2006 | 7 min
    • Big Drive
      Big Drive
      Anita Lebeau 
      2011 | 9 min
    • Old Dog
      Old Dog
      Ann Marie Fleming 
      2020 | 3 min
    • The Reluctant Deckhand
      The Reluctant Deckhand
      Jan Padgett 
      1995 | 33 min

    Media and information in times of war

    • Freelancer on the Front Lines
      Freelancer on the Front Lines
      Santiago Bertolino 
      2016 | 1 h 26 min
    • My War
      My War
      Julien Fréchette 
      2018 | 1 h 37 min
    • High Wire
      High Wire
      Claude Guilmain 
      2019 | 1 h 22 min
    • Headline Hunters
      Headline Hunters
       
      1945 | 10 min
    • The War for Men's Minds
      The War for Men's Minds
      Stuart Legg 
      1943 | 21 min
    • Shameless Propaganda
      Shameless Propaganda
      Robert Lower 
      2014 | 1 h 12 min
    • Nothing Sacred
      Nothing Sacred
      Garry Beitel 
      2003 | 51 min
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