Debunking “Truth”: 5 Myth-Busting NFB Films
Everyone loves a good myth, especially when it is proven to be patently untrue. This week on NFB.ca we are highlighting five films about myths that have been busted. Long...
Films
Here you’ll find musings, histories, critiques, and behind-the-scenes info on some of the more than 2,000 films (animations, documentaries, fiction) and interactive projects we’re streaming on NFB.ca.
Puppet School of the Streets: Watch Grant Munro’s One Little Indian on NFB.ca
Learn some basic traffic safety rules with Grant Munro's quirky puppet animation, One Little Indian (1954.)
Cure for Love: When Sex and Scriptures Clash
Leading up to May 17th, which marks International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, we are highlighting works that give voice to the LGBTQ experience on NFB.ca. Learn more about one of our...
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.)...
Making Movie History | New iPad App Brings Together Portraits of 61 Iconic NFB Figures
A new iPad app exploring the NFB’s unique place in Canadian cinema is now available on the iTunes Canada App Store. GET APP The app, Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61...
Man the Polluter: Man’s Ridiculous Solutions to the Problem of Pollution
Just in time for Earth Day, I want to let you know about an offbeat animated feature film about pollution that the NFB made some 43 years ago and recently...
National Canadian Film Day: Our Staff Picks
Check out our staff picks for National Canadian Film Day
Photo Friday | Meet the Indigenous Peoples of B.C.’s Skeena River in 10 Gorgeous Pics
After the Fraser, the Skeena is British Columbia’s second longest river. For the area’s first inhabitants, the Tsimshian and Gitxsan, whose names respectively mean “inside the Skeena River” and “people of...
Free Animation! | Celebrate World Health Day With 5 Tonic Shorts
Despite the fact it is (or should be) everyone’s highest, most prized possession, health remains a bit of a mystery. What is health, exactly? Harmony between all of the body’s parts?...
Syrinx | Ryan Larkin’s Very First Film Is Finally Online
Watch Oscar-nominated Ryan Larkin's ravishing first film Syrinx, a very short charcoal animation recently added to NFB.ca
Hobos, Hermits and Drifters | Watch 3 Short Films Starring Wise Loners of the Canadian Bush
Although almost everyone has dreamed of leaving it all behind and vanishing into the bush, it takes a special kind of character with a special set of skills to do it...
Free Animation! | Welcome Spring with 3 Refreshing Ryan Larkin Shorts
Mesmerizing and verging on the psychedelic, Ryan Larkin’s early shorts are always a breath of fresh air. A visual artist first, Larkin attended the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ Art...