The NFB at the Oscars® Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis’s NFB animated short The Flying Sailor nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. This nomination is the 4th for Wendy Tilby and the 3rd for Amanda Forbis. NFB films have now received 77 nominations, more than any other film organization based outside of Hollywood. NFB productions and co-productions have won the big prize on 12 occasions. Click here to watch the film on nfb.ca. Not in Canada? See THE FLYING SAILOR via The New Yorker Screening Room. Read the press release. 12 OSCARS, 77 NOMINATIONS Our productions and coproductions have earned 77 Academy Award nomination and 12 Oscars. OSCAR®-WINNING FILMS Honorary Academy Award Overall excellence in cinema The NFB has received 12 Oscars, including a 1988 Honorary Academy Award for overall excellence in cinema, and has amassed more Academy Award nominations than any other film organization based outside of Hollywood. The Danish Poet Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film Torill Kove, 2006, 15 min Ryan Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film Chris Landreth, 2004, 13 min Bob’s Birthday Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film David Fine, Alison Snowden, 1993, 12 min Flamenco at 5:15 Academy Award® for Best Documentary (Short Subject) Cynthia Scott, 1983, 29 min If You Love This Planet Academy Award® for Best Documentary (Short Subject) Terre Nash, 1982, 25 min Every Child Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film Eugene Fedorenko, 1979, 6 min Special Delivery Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film Eunice Macaulay, John Weldon, 1978, 7 min The Sand Castle Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film Co Hoedeman, 1977, 13 min I’ll Find a Way Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short Film Beverly Shaffer, 1977, 25 min Neighbours Academy Award® for Best Documentary (Short Subject) Norman McLaren, 1952, 8 min Churchill’s Island Academy Award® for Best Documentary (Short Subject) Stuart Legg, 1941, 21 min COMPLETE LIST OF OUR OSCAR® NOMINATIONS The Flying Sailor Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis, 2022, 7 min Affairs of the Art Joanna Quinn and Les Mills, 2021, 16 min Animal Behaviour David Fine & Alison Snowden, 2018, 14 min Blind Vaysha Theodore Ushev, 2016, 8 min Me and My Moulton Torill Kove, 2014, 13 min Wild Life Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby, 2011, 13 min Sunday Patrick Doyon, 2011, 9 min Madame Tutli-Putli Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski, 2007, 17 min The Danish Poet Torill Kove, 2006, 15 min Hardwood Hubert Davis, 2004, 29 min Ryan Chris Landreth, 2004, 13 min Strange Invaders Cordell Barker, 2001, 8 min My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts Torill Kove, 1999, 10 min When the Day Breaks Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby, 1999, 9 min Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square Shui-Bo Wang, 1998, 29 min La Salla Richard Condie, 1996, 8 min Bob’s Birthday David Fine, Alison Snowden, 1993, 12 min The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein Joyce Borenstein, 1992, 29 min Blackfly Christopher Hinton, 1991, 5 min Strings Wendy Tilby, 1991, 10 min Jesus of Montreal Denys Arcand, 1989, 1 h 59 min The Cat Came Back Cordell Barker, 1988, 7 min George and Rosemary David Fine, Alison Snowden, 1987, 8 min The Decline of the American Empire Denys Arcand, 1986, 1 h 41 min The Big Snit Richard Condie, 1985, 9 min The Painted Door Bruce Pittman, 1984, 23 min Paradise Ishu Patel, 1984, 15 min Flamenco at 5:15 Cynthia Scott, 1983, 29 min The Profession of Arms Michael Bryans, Tina Viljoen, 1983, 56 min If You Love This Planet Terre Nash, 1982, 25 min After the Axe Sturla Gunnarsson, 1981, 56 min First Winter John N. Smith, 1981, 26 min The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin Janet Perlman, 1981, 10 min Every Child Eugene Fedorenko, 1979, 6 min Going the Distance Paul Cowan, 1979, 1 h 29 min Bravery in the Field Giles Walker, 1979, 28 min Nails Phillip Borsos, 1979, 13 min Special Delivery Eunice Macaulay, John Weldon, 1978, 7 min I’ll Find a Way Beverly Shaffer, 1977, 25 min High Grass Circus Tony Ianzelo, Torben Schioler, 1976, 56 min The Sand Castle Co Hoedeman, 1977, 13 min Bead Game Ishu Patel, 1977, 5 min Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry Donald Brittain, John Kramer, 1976, 1 h 39 min The Street Caroline Leaf, 1976, 10 min Blackwood Tony Ianzelo, Andy Thomson, 1976, 27 min Monsieur Pointu Bernard Longpré & André Leduc, 1975 | 12 min Whistling Smith Marrin Canell, Michael Scott, 1975, 27 min The Family That Dwelt Apart Yvon Mallette, 1973, 7 min Hunger Peter Foldès, 1973, 11 min Evolution Michael Mills, 1971, 10 min Blake Bill Mason, 1969, 19 min Walking Ryan Larkin, 1968, 5 min The House that Jack Built Ron Tunis, 1967, 8 min Pas de deux Norman McLaren, 1968, 13 min Paddle to the Sea Bill Mason, 1966, 28 min What on Earth! Les Drew & Kaj Pindal, 1966, 9 min The Drag Carlos Marchiori, 1966, 8 min Helicopter Canada Eugene Boyko, 1966, 50 min Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak John Feeney, 1963, 19 min Christmas Cracker Jeff Hale, Norman McLaren, Grant Munro, Gerald Potterton, 1963, 9 min My Financial Career Gerald Potterton, 1962, 6 min Very Nice, Very Nice Arthur Lipsett, 1961, 7 min Universe Roman Kroitor, Colin Low, 1960, 27 min The Living Stone John Feeney, 1958, 32 min A Chairy Tale Claude Jutra, Norman McLaren, 1957, 9 min City of Gold Wolf Koenig, Colin Low, 1957, 21 min The Stratford Adventure Morten Parker, 1954, 39 min Herring Hunt Julian Biggs, 1953, 10 min Neighbours Norman McLaren, 1952, 8 min The Romance of Transportation in Canada Colin Low, 1952, 10 min The Fight: Science Against Cancer Morten Parker, 1950, 20 min The Rising Tide Jean Palardy, 1949, 29 min Inside Fighting China Stuart Legg, 1942, 19 min High Over the Borders Raymond Spottiswoode, 1942, 20 min Warclouds in the Pacific Stuart Legg, 1941, 21 min Churchill’s Island Stuart Legg, 1941, 21 min