Beginning November 12, 2024, Thao Lam and Kjell Boersma’s acclaimed new National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short Boat People will be featured in season seven of POV Shorts—a collection of the best and boldest independent short films streaming free of charge on POV.org and on the PBS App.
Two powerful and award-winning documentaries from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be featured at the 2024 Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival in Toronto, taking place October 25 to November 3.
An immersive cinematic experience that transforms our understanding of wildfire, Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper’s National Film Board of Canada (NFB) feature documentary Incandescence will have its world premiere at the 25th Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival in Toronto, which takes place this year from October 15 to 20.
Not-to-be-missed new releases produced or co-produced by the NFB are coming to nfb.ca in October. The feature-length documentary A Return to Memory, by renowned director Donald McWilliams, will be launched on nfb.ca on October 18 to mark Women’s History Month in Canada.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is back at the Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) this year with three films, including two in competition. The feature Les enfants du large (Ghosts of the Sea, micro_scope/NFB/Urban Factory), the only documentary in the National Competition section, will screen as a world premiere.
Newfoundland filmmaker Tamara Segura’s National Film Board of Canada (NFB) feature documentary Seguridad headlines an impressive selection of women’s cinema from the NFB at the 2024 St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival (SJIWFF), taking place October 22–26.
In 1974, Michel Brault’s feature docudrama Les ordres (Orders) was released. Today, highlighting the 50th anniversary of this major work and Cannes award winner, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is also pleased to announce that the version of the film restored by Éléphant: mémoire du cinéma québécois will be available for distribution at festivals, film clubs and other venues.
The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) are proud to unveil the MAC’s brand-new exhibition, Alanis Obomsawin: The Children Have to Hear Another Story, which will be open to the public from September 26, 2024, to January 26, 2025, in the MAC’s temporary space at Place Ville Marie.
The talents of National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animators will be on vivid display in the nation’s capital as the 2024 Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) presents 17 NFB productions or co-productions, including six films in official competition.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is featuring powerful and thought-provoking free programming on nfb.ca throughout the month of September to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) selection at the 2024 Calgary International Film Festival (Sept. 19–29) will feature eight captivating explorations of personal journeys and transformations: three new feature-length documentaries and five short works.
The 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) will feature a stellar selection of seven National Film Board of Canada (NFB) productions and co-productions, including the world premiere of the riveting NFB feature-length documentary The Stand by Burnaby-based Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter.
Halima Elkhatabi’s feature-length documentary Cohabiter (Living Together), produced by the NFB, hits theatres in Montreal on September 13, screening at Cinéma Beaubien and Cinémathèque Québécoise. The film’s theatrical release in its original French version follows its world premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where it was selected alongside another of Elkhatabi’s films, the narrative short Fantas.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) selection at the 2024 Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF) will feature powerful documentary and animated storytelling while showcasing the talents of a number of Edmonton and Alberta artists.
Halifax filmmaker Andrea Dorfman’s animated short Hairy Legs will have its world premiere as part of a stellar selection of six National Film Board of Canada (NFB) films at the 2024 Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF), taking place September 11 to 18.