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Doc Lab Saskatchewan – Call for Proposals

Doc Lab Saskatchewan – Call for Proposals

The NFB’s North West Studio is announcing the launch of Doc Lab Saskatchewan, a 10-week intensive program for emerging documentary filmmakers. Over the course of the program, three participants will each complete a short (5-7 min) documentary, going from concept to post-production.

A Brief History of the NFB at the Cannes Film Festival

A Brief History of the NFB at the Cannes Film Festival

With the 2017 Cannes Film Festival coming to a close this Sunday, enjoy a list of 10 NFB films that have crossed the Croissette and taken home one of Cannes’s most prestigious prizes.

Watch 6 Films About Comics and Their Creators

Watch 6 Films About Comics and Their Creators

Comic strips and comic books are universal art forms, and give their creators a direct line to wide, wide audience. Some comics are serials, some are satirical, some offer insight, and some just want to make you laugh. From political cartoonists to the creator of a world-famous superhero, I think we’ve got something for just about everyone.

Explore the Universe with the NFB!

Explore the Universe with the NFB!

Filmmakers have always been obsessed with exploring the cosmos and the science of space. Enjoy five films about the secrets of our vast universe!

Watch 5 Films on the Realities of the LGBTQ2 Community

Watch 5 Films on the Realities of the LGBTQ2 Community

Earlier this week, the world celebrated the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Although we are fortunate enough to live in a country that values openness, tolerance and individual freedom,...

Meet the Winners of the Mobile and Interactive 60 Seconds Project!

Meet the Winners of the Mobile and Interactive 60 Seconds Project!

Last winter, the NFB, ARTE and IDFA launched a call for ideas out to digital creators around the world. Their mission? To create an interactive experience about mobility by exploiting...

Freaks of Nurture: Alexandra Lemay in the Dollhouse

Freaks of Nurture: Alexandra Lemay in the Dollhouse

Alexandra Lemay has a full line of creative hats in her artistic wardrobe — but ‘art director’ is one she wears with particular style and confidence. Currently at work on...

Watch 4 Docs on Teens Taking Control of Their Future

Watch 4 Docs on Teens Taking Control of Their Future

We have several films in our collection that deal with teens and young adults who leave home and travel far, far away. Each film approaches the topic from a different angle, and offers a different perspective on what it means to leave home.

Herbert Norman: Victim of the Cold War

Herbert Norman: Victim of the Cold War

Sixty years ago, Canadian diplomat Herbert Norman leapt to his death from a Cairo rooftop. Hounded continuously by accusations of being a communist spy, he took his life. Sadly, he became one of the many victims of a dark madness that was sweeping the United States and the Western world at that time: the communist witch hunt of the 1950s.

Watch 5 Films That Explore Sexuality

Watch 5 Films That Explore Sexuality

Remember when your teacher would come into the classroom, wheeling in the television and VCR, and pop in an NFB film? Well, I bet they never showed you any of these…

NFB Film Club – Fall 2017 Programming

NFB Film Club – Fall 2017 Programming

The NFB Film Club's Fall 2017 lineup celebrates Canada 150 and takes you on a journey from coast to coast and reveal Canada in all its beauty and diversity.

Photo Friday | A Different View of the Vietnam War

Photo Friday | A Different View of the Vietnam War

Mark the end of the Vietnam War (30 April 1975) with these powerful photographs taken from Michael Rubbo's seminal 1970 documentary, Sad Song of Yellow Skin.