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National Film Board’s lineup at WIFF celebrates iconic Ontario storytellers and trailblazing Indigenous voices. Windsor International Film Festival spotlights six powerful NFB films.

PRESS RELEASE
16/09/2025

September 16, 2025 – Toronto – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) selection at the 2025 Windsor International Film Festival (WIFF) will feature documentaries by acclaimed Ontario directors as well as groundbreaking stories by Indigenous filmmakers from across the country.

WIFF will present a stellar selection of six NFB-produced and co-produced films, from October 23 to November 2: five feature-length documentaries plus a multi-award-winning animated short.

The Windsor festival will celebrate the best in non-fiction storytelling from just down the 401, with new films by two of Toronto’s most distinguished documentary voices: Alan Zweig’s Love, Harold (52 Media/NFB) and Min Sook Lee’s There Are No Words.

This year’s selection of NFB works is also a powerful testament to the richness and diversity of Indigenous cinema, featuring:

About the films 

Feature films 

Love, Harold by Alan Zweig
(52 Media/NFB; 90 min)
Shocked by a friend’s suicide, renowned documentary filmmaker Alan Zweig seeks understanding from more than 20 individuals grieving a similar loss. Zweig’s distinctive documentaries have garnered acclaim and awards, including top honours at TIFF and the Canadian Screen Awards.

Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again by Lyana Patrick
(Lantern Films/Experimental Forest Films/NFB; 91 min)
When the Kenney Dam was built in the 1950s, the Nechako River in British Columbia was forever changed. In the face of environmental destruction, the Stellat’en and Saik’uz Nations are fighting to restore their river and a way of life.

Northlore by David Hamelin and Melaina Sheldon
(Fireside Films/NFB, in association with CBC and Northwestel Community TV; 54 min)
Weaving animation and live action, Northlore explores the mystical stories and connections forged between the people and wildlife of Canada’s North—celebrating the transformation of the human spirit when confronted with the absolute power of the wilderness.

Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man by Sinakson Trevor Solway (77 min)
What does it mean to be a (Native) man? In Siksikakowan, Sinakson Trevor Solway returns to his home nation of Siksika to reveal a rarely seen portrait of Indigenous masculinity, set against the sweeping backdrop of the Prairies. Winner of the Audience Choice Feature Award at imagineNATIVE. 

There Are No Words by Min Sook Lee (98 min)
Over 40 years ago, Min Sook Lee’s mother died by suicide. In There Are No Words, the award-winning Toronto director explores long-held silences, unstable memories and unforgettable truths, attempting to understand what happened. The film recently received an Honourable Mention for Best Canadian Feature Film at TIFF 2025. 

Animated short

Inkwo for When the Starving Return by Amanda Strong
(Spotted Fawn Productions/NFB, 18 min 27 s)
Two lifetimes from now, as the world hangs in the balance, a young warrior uses Indigenous medicine (Inkwo) to fight against the forces of greed and consumption. Winner of 10 awards, the film is a stop-motion adaptation of the short story “Wheetago War” by Tlicho Dene storyteller Richard Van Camp.

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