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Stream Canadian on NFB this October. Premieres and curated channels make for great fall viewing on NFB.

PRESS RELEASE
06/10/2026

October 5, 2026 – Montreal – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

This October, keep streaming Canadian on NFB, with three online premieres and curated channels for fall viewing.

Newly available to stream on NFB online platforms are Montreal animator Alex Boya’s award-winning animated short Bread Will Walk and two celebrated feature documentaries: Min Sook Lee’s There Are No Words and Kim Nguyen’s Noble Films/NFB co-production Saigon Story: Two Shootings in the Forest Kingdom.

New this month 

Starting October 13 | Bread Will Walk by Alex Boya
Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/bread-will-walk

  • A devoted sister races to save her brother, a bread-turned zombie. A mob of hungry living pursues, mouths agape. Streets twist into mazes, reason crumbles. Can love defy appetite? Selected for the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and for the Short Films Official Competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
  • AWARDS: Best International Experimental Short, Los Angeles Animation Festival; DNP Award, New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival; and Best Short with Environmental Themes, VIEW Conference. 

Starting October 15 | There Are No Words by Min Sook Lee
Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/there-are-no-words

  • Toronto filmmaker Min Sook Lee searches for memories of her mother, Song Ji Lee, who died by suicide when Lee was 12 years old. A looming figure in this search is Lee’s now 90-year-old father, who met her mother while serving in a national intelligence agency under dictator Park Chung Hee in 1960s South Korea. Through a fabric of real and imagined histories, Lee reveals that some stories must still be told, even when the words are forgotten.
  • AWARDS: Honourable Mention for the Best Canadian Feature Film Award, Toronto International Film Festival; DOC Institute Best Documentary Award, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival; Silk Thread Award for Best Director, Montreal Asian International Film Festival; and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary (Iris Ng). 

Starting October 26 | Saigon Story: Two Shootings in the Forest Kingdom by Kim Nguyen | Noble Films/NFB co-production
Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/saigon-story

  • Which is more final, the gun or the camera? Armed with a powerful visual style, Oscar-nominated Montreal filmmaker Kim Nguyen reveals the elusive connection between two families and one iconic photo: “Saigon Execution.” Part history, part mystery, Saigon Story confronts the family secrets left in the wake of the Vietnam War, exposing the resilience of survivors and the blurred legacy of wartime memory.
  • AWARDS: Best Canadian Feature Documentary at Hot Docs and the Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. 

Featured channels on NFB 

Halloween

We put together a collection of NFB films to spook you out for Halloween. Break out the candy and enjoy… though you may want to keep the lights on. Includes award-winning frighteners like Jennie Williams’ Nalujuk Night, an up-close look at an exhilarating, sometimes terrifying, Labrador Inuit tradition, as well as Regina Pessoa’s Kali the Little Vampire.

Fall Essentials

Get cozy with our favourite films for the season, where every falling leaf feels like a flower. Highlights include Gatherings, Moïse Marcoux-Chabot’s must-see documentary series that offers fresh perspectives and a sensitive, hopeful look at environmental challenges through the eyes of some colourful and inspiring characters.

Strong Women

Filmmakers, dancers, activists, musicians, mothers, warriors… Through their own lens, discover the rich stories of the women who run the world. This channel features classic and recent titles, including In the Room, Brishkay Ahmed’s feature documentary about Afghan women, winner of the Showcase Audience Award at the 2025 Vancouver International Film Festival.

All Things Hockey

Get your dose of nostalgia or learn something new by getting acquainted with our channel entirely dedicated to Canada’s favourite sport. This treasure chest of hockey classics takes viewers down the ice as young players with physical challenges play sledge hockey in Sam Vint’s The Tournament, while Sandamini Rankaduwa’s Ice Breakers uncovers the buried history of how Black athletes helped pioneer the sport.

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