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Expanding the Origin Story of Canadian Cinema

Expanding the Origin Story of Canadian Cinema

A Return to Memory is a fascinating, carefully woven, loving and playfully crafted tribute to a generation of women filmmaking pioneers working at the NFB in the 1940s who most people have never heard of.

Behind the scenes with Oscar®-nominated animator and filmmaker Gerald Potterton

Behind the scenes with Oscar®-nominated animator and filmmaker Gerald Potterton

Get some juicy behind-the-scenes info straight from Oscar®-nominated animator and filmmaker Gerald Potteron about his illustrious career—and watch a few films, too. Potterton worked with Buster Keaton, Ivan Reitman, Colin Low, and even on The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" in his decades-long career.

Celebrating 75 years of cinema history with a pretty cool timeline

Celebrating 75 years of cinema history with a pretty cool timeline

Check out this infographic to see what we've done and where we've been over the past 75 years. Share it widely on your networks, because who doesn't love a good infographic, right? Cinema history is full of milestones, and we're proud to say many of them have taken place at the NFB.