And the Oscar Goes to…
At every Oscars ceremony, when the presenter speaks this legendary short phrase, everything comes to a stop. Silence reigns as we wait for the envelope to be opened. The anticipation...
Curator’s Perspective
The works of the NFB presented by Camilo Martín-Flórez, Collection Curator since 2022.
The Filmmaking Craft Behind “Inkwo for When the Starving Return”
Ever wonder what it would take to build the world of a stop-motion horror film entirely from scratch? On the one-year anniversary of the Sundance Film Festival’s screening of Amanda...
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski: 20+ Years of Animated Magic at the NFB
The NFB released 50+ standout Canadian films this year, but Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski’s stop-motion short The Girl Who Cried Pearls (2025) is one you absolutely shouldn’t miss! Streaming...
Wait—There’s a “Madame Tutli-Putli” Making-Of?!
Ever wondered which Canadian films went global and stayed in people’s minds? The NFB is home to tons of films that have travelled the world, but one modern classic that...
The Canadian Storytellers You Need to Know: Three Vancouver-Based Female Filmmakers
Ever felt like mainstream foreign movies don’t tell your story? Vancouver is home to groundbreaking female filmmakers who’ve brought to light Canadian stories that would have otherwise been overlooked. Here...
BC’s Underground Filmmakers and the NFB
In the 1970s, British Columbia’s thriving underground and experimental film scene exploded. Let’s dive into the work of some of these influential artists, whose films marked an important “before and...
How well do you know your animation classics? | Curator’s Perspective
October 28 is International Animation Day, and that provides us with a great opportunity to revisit some of our classics. Instead of suggesting a list of films for you to...
50 Years of Latinx-Canadian Cinema: From the Margins to the Mainstream
Let’s dive into the untold history of Latinx-Canadian cinema and explore how today’s Latinx filmmakers are finally thriving in an environment that offers rich opportunities to show their work. Before...
The Forgotten Reels of Nunavut’s Super 8 Workshop: An Inuit School of Cinema
When it comes to Indigenous filmmaking—defined here as films directed by Indigenous filmmakers—the National Film Board of Canada has been decades ahead of other national cinema institutions around the world....
The Forgotten Reels of Nunavut’s Super 8 Workshop: Wolf Koenig’s Treasure Trove of Footage
This two-part blog post will wrap up my exploration of an intriguing and important chapter of Indigenous filmmaking at the NFB: the batch of films I recently found, made during...
The Forgotten Reels of Nunavut’s Super 8 Workshop: Mosha Michael
To continue exploring one of the most intriguing chapters of Indigenous filmmaking at the NFB, let’s now dive into the Frobisher Bay Super 8 Workshop, launched following the success of...
The Forgotten Reels of Nunavut’s Animation Workshop (The Legacy)
Let’s explore one of the most captivating and intricate chapters of Indigenous filmmaking at the NFB: the 58 films made by 13 Inuit filmmakers at a 1972 workshop in Kinngait...