Water Protectors | From Fort Good Hope to Standing Rock
As opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline keeps growing in Standing Rock, North Dakota, watch two inspiring films that document anti-pipeline movements here in Canada.
Author : Carolyne Weldon
Carolyne Weldon is a writer and photographer living in Montreal. Her interests include storytelling, music, martial arts, language, and spirituality. Contact her at c.weldon@nfb.ca
WWII Animation | Watch 7 Very Short Wartime Cartoons
This Remembrance Day, enjoy an intriguing window into the past with these 7 very short cartoons created to support the war effort during WWII.
Day of the Dead | 10 Vital NFB Films on Death and Dying
In honour of the Day of the Dead today, watch 10 powerful NFB films that skillfully tackle the eternal topic of death and dying.
Free Animation! | 5 Seriously Spooky NFB Films to Watch this Halloween
Ominous, unsettling, eerie or crawling with creepy creatures, here are 5 free animation films to spook you out. Happy Halloween!
Photo Friday | Salmon Fishing on the Fraser in 1949
Travel back to 1949 for a picturesque fishing tour of the Fraser with these striking black-and-white photographs taken from the set of Red Runs the Fraser.
Photo Friday | Inside the Blood Indians’ Sun Dance
Directed by the one and only Colin Low in 1960, Circle of the Sun is a rare invitation to a gathering of the Blood Indians of Alberta. The doc features...
Group of Seven | 4 Films to Fall in Love With the Canadian Landscape
Meet the crew of Toronto artists who dared to paint the Canadian landscape and launched the first major national art movement in the country.
Photo Friday | A Beautiful Day in Vernon, British Columbia, 1948
Visit Vernon, British Columbia, with this quaint 1948 film that follows the local paper's editor around town for a day.
Inside the Disturbed and Disturbing Collage Films of Avant-Garde Genius Arthur Lipsett
Step into the mind and works of Arthur Lipsett, a groundbreaking NFB filmmaker who articulated his unique vision through collage films and inspired both George Lucas and Stanley Kubrick.
*Exclusive Online Premiere* | Meet Mabel Robinson, Nova Scotia’s 89-Year-Old Hairdressing Dynamo
Meet Mabel Robinson, a 90-year-old hairdressing pioneer who's still styling up a storm in Hubbards, Nova Scotia.
Bioshelters | What If Your House Could Grow Food Year-Round?
How convenient would it be if your house produced food and energy instead of squandering both?
Upcoming Animation | The Awakening: Animatronics 101 With Jim Randall
Upcoming Animation | Meet Jim Randall, lead animatronics expert for Jean-Francois Levesque’s upcoming NFB animated film, The Awakening.