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We’ve Got Your Oscar 2017 Craving Covered

We’ve Got Your Oscar 2017 Craving Covered

If you're an Oscar junkie, you're probably looking for more films to sate your Oscar craving. To help, we’ve taken some of the best films from 2016 and matched them up with NFB films that are similar in theme and subject matter.

Annies 2016: Follow If I Was God… and Carface to the “Oscars of Animation”

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...

Awash with Academy Awards®: Watch 7 Oscar®-Winning Flicks on NFB.ca

Awash with Academy Awards®: Watch 7 Oscar®-Winning Flicks on NFB.ca

Oscars® galore! Discover and watch for free 7 NFB shorts that charmed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in years past.

Academy Awards®: Pondering “THE DRESS”

Academy Awards®: Pondering “THE DRESS”

Me And My Moulton producer, Marcy Page, shares the agony that is finding the perfect dress for her Academy Awards® walk down the red carpet.

Watch 6 stellar Oscar® nominees that missed out on the top prize

Watch 6 stellar Oscar® nominees that missed out on the top prize

It's Oscar® season and the buzz is in the air. Want to know what else has been up for the top prize over the years? Watch 6 of our 73 (!) nominated films!

Take a cinematic tour of Norway’s people, places, and stories

Take a cinematic tour of Norway’s people, places, and stories

Wanna get to know Norway through the magic of cinema? From skiing to fishing to Norwegian art and design, you'll love this tiny nation's persona.

Announcing… Our 73rd Oscar® nominee! Watch “Me and My Moulton” for FREE now!

Announcing… Our 73rd Oscar® nominee! Watch “Me and My Moulton” for FREE now!

We've just scored our 73rd Oscar nomination! Torill Kove's "Me and My Moulton" is nominated in the Best Short Film (Animated) category. Watch the film NOW!

Larks and laughs: watch 5 Christmas films this week on NFB.ca

Larks and laughs: watch 5 Christmas films this week on NFB.ca

There's plenty of time for watching Christmas films on the couch this week! Check out 5 colourful and lively NFB animations that capture the Christmas spirit.

Let the games begin: the NFB at the Oscars

Let the games begin: the NFB at the Oscars

Glitz and glamour, sure—but the real stars of the Oscars are the films themselves, and we've got a history of Oscar-winning NFB productions to prove it!

No Pants? No Problem!

No Pants? No Problem!

Go bottomless to commemorate No Pants Day 2014 with a selection of our pantsless films

The NFB’s 5 Biggest Box Office Successes

The NFB’s 5 Biggest Box Office Successes

I am absolutely fascinated by the nuts and bolts of film distribution. I am doubly interested in theatrical distribution and why some films do well while others do not. So...

Oscar nominees Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby discuss Oscar exposure and creative risk-taking

Oscar nominees Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby discuss Oscar exposure and creative risk-taking

A few short weeks ago, 2 NFB films were nominated for Best Short (Animated) at the 2012 Oscars. Wild Life, by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, was one of them....