How I Spent My Summer… Working
I always seem to be working long hours during the summer months while everyone else seems to be living a life and embracing the heat. At least, that’s how I...
Watch the Grandpa of All Survival Shows: Survival in the Bush
Watch Survival in the Bush, a short 1954 film that shows how a little basic woodlore can save a man's life when marooned in the wilderness.
We Were Children: Reactions from Residential School Survivors and Other Viewers
Discover powerful comments left by Residential School survivors and other viewers after watching our 2012 film, We Were Children.
Freedom Flyers: Ishu Patel’s Paradise
Discover this richly-illustrated Ishu Patel animated short about birds, beauty, gilded captivity and the true cost of freedom.
Photo Friday | 20 Brilliant Pictures of Norman McLaren
Norman McLaren (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a genius, an artisan and a magician. In 1941, the young Scottish-born animator moved to Canada at the invitation of...
Watch 3 NFB Films Featuring Talking Animals
Although chimpanzees, bonobos, meerkats, bees, dolphins, sea lions and even mustached bats are said to “communicate” with other members of their species, humans remain to this day the undisputed bosses...
Hothouse 9 | Meet Our 6 New Apprentices
This year’s Hothouse review team deliberated and debated 99 submissions from across the country, in the process also re-imagining the many permutations and understandings of what abstract art is and...
Sneak a Peek at Rae Spoon’s My Prairie Home
We’re releasing a documentary-musical about transgender musician and author Rae Spoon this fall and we have a wee excerpt to share with you. The film, titled My Prairie Home, is a...
Horse Drawn Magic: Open-Air Theatre in Western Canada
Imagine travelling through the countryside on wagons pulled by a team of Clydesdale horses and stopping in small towns to perform a play. This is the premise of Horse Drawn...
Guy Maddin Discusses Montreal, Dreams and His New Seances Project
Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin arrived in Montreal earlier this month to tackle an ambitious feat: the filming of 12 short films in 13 days. The shoot was part of Seances,...
Under the Midnight Sun: Watch 3 Films About Inuit Summer Life
The Canadian Arctic is not a place most of us know too well. What’s up there, really? We imagine vast white expanses, ice floes bobbing around, the odd snowmobile or...
Watch 4 Films About Kids and Music
Everyone knows music is good for kids. Music helps children develop language skills, listening skills and even math skills. Music promotes children’s self-esteem, helps stimulate brain connections and relieves stress....