Celebrate the Year of the Pig With 20 Gorgeous Images from 1973 China
Happy New Year! A lucky and prosperous year to all. A bit of context before you feast your eyes. In the summer of 1973, a small NFB crew was granted permission...
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...
A Tribute to Comedic Genius Buster Keaton
2016 marked 50 years since the world lost the great Buster Keaton. I view him as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time and a comedic genius. I wanted...
Photo Friday | Check out Quebec City’s Winter Carnival in the 50s and 70s
It's winter carnival season! Check out highlights from two past editions of the Quebec Winter Carnival with this bracing selection of vintage photographs from Canada's oldest and largest winter festivals.
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
The #GIFnTAKE Goes on Tour!
Exciting news, Canadians! The NFB’s #GIFnTAKE is coming to a city near you. Be a star with the #GIFnTAKE Inspired by the classic photobooth, the #GIFnTAKE is a type of “video...
Photo Fridays| Check Out 20 Vintage Ski Pics From the 1940s
Take a trip down memory slope with these rare and incredible ski and après-ski photographs taken from the archives of Ski in the Valey of the Saints, and Ski Skill, two short documentaries from the mid-1940s.
Refuge: The First 19 Days
Jennifer and her brothers have seen more in their short lives than most adults will encounter in a lifetime — armed conflict, forced migration, refugee camps. But the sight of...
The Real Wet Bandit | Watch The Trout That Stole the Rainbow
I live my life according to two very simple rules. Number one: do not steal. Number two: snitches get stitches. In under 9 minutes, Eva Szasz’ beautifully illustrated The Trout...
Resolutions 2016 | 5 Short Films to Help You Quit Smoking
Turbocharge your willpower to quit smoking with these 5 short films (most of them fairly hilarious and non-preachy) about the perils that lie in the lap of nicotine addiction.
3 NFB Apps to Download During the Holidays
Santa received your letter and brought you the tablet of your dreams? You woke up to find an Apple TV under the tree? Make these gifts even more special and...