Moms on Film: Celebrate Mother’s Day the NFB Way

Happy Mother’s Day!

This weekend, celebrate moms everywhere with this great photo selection of iconic mothers found in NFB films.

(Films available for free viewing on NFB.ca are linked in green below each image.)

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Angotee: Story of an Eskimo Boy, 1953.

The Things I Cannot Change, 1967.

Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community, 1983.

River Journey, 1984.

Famille et variations, 1977.

À Saint-Henri le cinq septembre, 1962.

À St-Henri, le 26 août, 2011.

For Angela, 1993.

Strangers at the Door, 1977.

Kosovo: Fragile Peace, 2002.

My Name is Kahentiiosta, 1995.

Ruth and Harriet, Two Women of the Peace, 1973.

In Praise of Hands, 1974.

Precambrian Shield, 1982.

The Peacekeepers, 2003.

Mothers of Courage, 2003.

Fifty Miles from Poona, 1959.

When Strangers Re-Unite, 1999.

Bethune, 1964,

Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak, 1962.

Motherland: Tales of Wonder, 1994.

Motherland: Tales of Wonder, 1994.

Voice of the Fugitive, 1978.

À votre santé, 1974.

Angotee: Story of an Eskimo Boy, 1953.

In Praise of Hands, 1974.

The Sweater, 1980.

💐 Celebrate the maternal figures of your life with this curated selection of films from the NFB’s ever-growing collection. WATCH NOW.