September 25, 2025 – Montreal – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is presenting an overview of its key results from the 2024–2025 fiscal year, in which the NFB continued to produce new documentaries and animation while supporting the development of Indigenous artistic expression, achieving gender parity and promoting the richness and diversity of Canadian talent.

Results for 2024–2025

Creation

• 39 original works were produced, including 7 co-productions
• Nearly 2,400 contracts were awarded for audiovisual productions
• 41% of works were directed by emerging filmmakers
• $37.5 million went to production spending
• 93 awards were received in Canada and abroad
• 15 projects were supported by the Filmmaker Assistance Program (FAP) or the Aide au cinéma indépendant du Canada (ACIC) program*

*These two programs were placed on pause from April to December 2024, to improve their accessibility. The new versions were launched in January 2025.

Engagement with audiences

• In general, the NFB’s works attracted growing audiences, with 31 million views in Canada and 57.3 million views worldwide.
• On nfb.ca, over 2.5 million views were recorded around the world, including nearly 2 million in Canada.
• Some 2,300 community screenings were held in 430 different cities in all 13 provinces and territories, totalling nearly 1.5 million views.

Diversity and inclusion: results based on the self-identification questionnaire

Fiscal 2024–2025 was the second year that the NFB collected data by means of the self-identification questionnaire, which is confidential and non-mandatory. The response rate for filmmakers with projects in development or production was 77%. The NFB used the responses to this questionnaire to measure the results of its commitments to equity and inclusion.

Here is an overview of theses results:

Gender parity

Objective: 50% of production spending on projects by women, 50% of projects directed by women

• • Result: 51% of production spending was allocated to works by women
  • Result: 48% of projects were directed by women

Indigenous creation

Objective: 15% of production spending allocated to works by Indigenous filmmakers

• • Result: 25% of production spending was allocated to works by Indigenous filmmakers

Diversity and inclusion

Objective: at least 30% of projects made by filmmakers who identify as Black or People of Colour

• • Result: 36% of all projects were directed by filmmakers who identify as Black or People of Colour

Digitization of the collection

• The NFB’s total collection contains 14,135 works, and 82% of them have now been digitized.

• The NFB continued its partnership with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation in a project whose goal is the long-term preservation of Survivors’ statements and other original audiovisual content recorded at the proceedings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. This partnership began in February 2022.

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