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Celebrate National Canadian Film Day with 9 Hidden Gems on NFB.ca
Nine hidden gems from the National Film Board of Canada's rich collection to help you celebrate National Canadian Film Day.
Regina Pessoa and Autobiographical Animation
Regina Pessoa has been creating touching animated shorts based on her own childhood since 1999. Her new film, Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days, is also autobiographical.
The Rwanda Series: Humanity Is Not Immune to Barbarism
July 1994, not long after the Rwandan massacre, filmmakers Yvan Patry and Danièle Lacourse arrived on site. They were amongst the first foreign film crews to capture the aftermath.
This Week on NFB.ca: Celebrate World Theatre Day
World Theatre Day was celebrated this week, on March 27. Since 1961, that day has been set aside to promote theatre in all its forms across the world.
This Week on NFB.ca: Spring out of Winter with 4 Films that Celebrate the Season
This week on NFB.ca, we dared to look at films that celebrate the coming of spring. You all felt it, right? Beneath the sub-zero temperatures and snow and rain and ice?
NFB Pause: Meet the Creators of Clit Me
A fun new tool aimed at closing the “orgasm gap,” Clit Me openly explores female sexual satisfaction, with the focus on the only organ designed exclusively for pleasure: the clitoris!
This Week on NFB.ca: Watch 5 Cool Science Films
This week on NFB.ca we looked at science. From a feature-length documentary to a series of one-minute shorts, we’ve got something for every appetite.
Innovative Canadian Solutions to Public-Transit Problems
A look at two documentaries from the NFB's Challenge for Change program showing innovative solutions to public transit problems in two Canadian cities.
Half the Screen: Women Directors Make their Mark at NFB
On March 5, 2016 the National Film Board of Canada announced a formal commitment to achieving gender parity in production by 2019. “The NFB’s commitment to gender equity builds on...
This Week on NFB.ca: Women Take Centre Stage on IWD 2019
It’s International Women’s Day and we’ve been gearing up all week for the occasion. Over the past five days we’ve featured five films that put women’s issues front and centre, from abortion to menopause.
Jenny Salgado pays homage to Haiti and Quebec in her soundtrack for Kenbe La
The music for activist filmmaker Will Prosper’s fourth documentary, currently being completed at the NFB, was written by composer-performer Jenny Salgado, a.k.a. J-Kyll.