Paper Boy | I Should Have Taken a Paper Route
I was a proper boy. I was polite. I was calm. I was a model pint-sized citizen. I did not realize one could be a scoundrel until late in my...
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.
Honour the 5th Anniversary of the 2011 Tsunami with a Free Stream of our Short Film Debris
5 years ago, on March 11, 2011, a megathrust earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan. Referred to in Japan as the Great East Japan earthquake, it was the most...
Doodle Film: Meet the Man Who Couldn’t Stop Doodling
Check out this 1970 mockumentary about the doodling obsession of a certain David Watt, a man who cannot resist covering every available surface with doodling… including his wife.
Photo Friday | 10 Great Pictures From the Set of Norman McLaren’s Neighbours
Get a VIP pass to the set of McLaren’s classic anti-war short, Neighbours with these 10 stunning behind-the-scene photographs.
Colin Low (1926-2016) | The NFB and Canada Lose a True Pioneer of Cinema
Canada has lost a giant of cinema with the passing of Colin Low, who died in Montreal on February 24 at the age of 89. Born on July 24, 1926,...
Who Are We? | Explore Your Canadian Identity with This Hilarious Short Cartoon
O Canada. Who are we, and why do we live here again? These questions, as slippery as codfish and as vast as the Prairies, have haunted Canadians since before 1867. In Who Are...
Darwin Said What?! | Celebrate Darwin Day with 4 Off-The-Wall Shorts About Evolution
International Darwin Day, a day used to “highlight Charles Darwin’s contribution to science and to promote science in general,” was more like International Darwin Week this year. Science was, refreshingly, all over the headlines....
J.A. Martin Photographer: A 19th-Century Love Story
One of the most beautiful features ever produced by the NFB is also one of its most successful films. It was screened in some 16 countries, won awards at several...
Cliff Hangers | The First 10,000 Feet Are Always the Hardest
If and when I decide to climb a mountain, it will be to laugh in the face of nature and the behemoths it has placed in my path. But that...
Annies 2016: Follow If I Was God… and Carface to the “Oscars of Animation”
Cordell Barker’s If I Was God and Claude Cloutier’s Carface have both been nominated for an Annie Award! Sometimes known as the “Oscars of Animation,” the Annie Awards are the highest honor...
Enter the Deep, Colourful World of NFB Animator Ishu Patel with These 5 Free Shorts
Virtuoso animator Ishu Patel is a rare sort of talent. His works, addictive, bite-sized meditations on the human experience, are both philosophical and eye-popping. Born in Gujarat, India, Ishu Patel...
Watch 4 Mi’kmaq Legends Come to Life on NFB.ca
Get a taste of the fascinating ancestral mythology of Canada's Mi'kmaq people, who were among the original inhabitants of the Atlantic provinces, with these 4 films that bring their legends to life