Hand in Hand: Watch 2 Films about Our Quintessential Tool
Discover Donald Winkler's In Praise of Hands and Faces of the Hand, by Tamás Wormser: 2 evocative docs about our quintessential tool.
Speak Up! A New Thematic Spotlight to Explore on NFB.ca
This month, NFB.ca is inviting you to Speak Up! Discover our special programming celebrating the power of the public voice.
Freeze! Watch 2 Gritty Cop Flicks on NFB.ca
Check out Station 10 and Whistling Smith, 2 gritty cop films about Canadian crooks and the policemen who chase after them.
(Relatively) Pain-Free Sketching
Animator Cordell Barker returns for a quick post on the pains of sketching and the tablet apps that significantly lessen them.
Playing With Fire: Watch Zlatko Grgić’s Hot Stuff on NFB.ca
Enjoy a hilarious reminder of the perils of playing with fire with this short cartoon by celebrated Croatian animator Zlatko Grgić.
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...