NFB lineup at a glance
International premiere in official competition: Catherine Lepage’s new animated short Ultra Strong is produced and executive produced by Christine Noël, who is also co-producer of the Academy Award–winning NFB short The Girl Who Cried Pearls.
Work-in-progress animated feature: Brigitte Archambault and Eva Cvijanović’s The Shiatsung Project, co-produced by Embuscade Films and the NFB.
MIFA: Telefilm Canada/NFB networking event with Suzanne Guèvremont, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the NFB.
Women in Animation World Summit: Catherine Lepage joins the Short Films and Fresh Perspectives panel.
Eight NFB films showcased in the festival’s Animated Thrills and Chills program.
Annecy Classics section: Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet’s Frenetic Arts documentary Walking with Animators features a strong NFB presence, with a wealth of archival material provided by the NFB’s legendary archives unit.
Seven National Film Board of Canada (NFB) short films celebrating excellence in Canadian performing arts will premiere online Saturday, June 6, as the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) honours laureates in Ottawa.
Making its streaming debut tomorrow on YouTube, Anne-Lovely Etienne’s Féminisites delves into a topical issue: how to ensure the safety of women who use dating apps?
This June, keep streaming Canadian on NFB, with premieres, curated channels for National Indigenous History Month and Pride Month, and a wealth of new short films.
Christine Noël, the Executive Producer of the NFB’s English and French Animation Units, has announced the appointment of Mélanie Boudreau Blanchard as Producer in the French Animation Unit.
National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Commissioner Suzanne Guèvremont was named today to The Hollywood Reporter’s 2026 Canadian Women in Power List, honouring women who are helping to shape the future of the country’s film, television and music industries.
This June, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) continues its series of free public screenings every Thursday at the Alanis Obomsawin Theatre in the heart of Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles.
Jessie Ray Short’s National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentary Moon Noonk Edouard (My Uncle Edouard) will have its world premiere at the 2026 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, which takes place June 2–7, 2026 (Toronto), and June 8–14, 2026 (online).
Now streaming on YouTube, Après moi le déluge by Mounir Kaddouri (a.k.a. Maire de Laval) tackles a hot topic: the growing gap between the Quebec television industry and young audiences, examined through four distinct but complementary formats.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) kicks off Pride Month in style as In the Closet, Ajahnis Charley’s hilarious and intimate docu-series about non-binary fashion and identity, premieres May 25 on the NFB’s YouTube channel.
This May, the NFB continues its series of free public screenings every Thursday at the Alanis Obomsawin Theatre in the heart of Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles. In celebration of Asian Heritage Month, Hello Film! programming includes a rich selection of powerful works by Asian-Canadian filmmakers, highlighted by an Academy Award-nominated feature documentary.
This May, keep on streaming Canadian on the NFB platforms! This month’s premieres include the latest from a Winnipeg animation legend, a short documentary that takes viewers on a creative road trip and the debut of two new projects on YouTube.
Fresh off The Girl Who Cried Pearls’ Oscar win for Best Animated Short, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) arrives at the Sommets du cinéma d’animation (May 11–16) in Montreal with a strong showing, including seven shorts in the Canadian Competition and five world premieres across all sections of the program.
On Thursday, May 7, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will launch ON FILME, a documentary initiative designed specifically for YouTube. Its goal? To spark meaningful dialogue around timely social and political issues and engage audiences on the platforms they use every day. The works will also be available on nfb.ca and all NFB apps at a later date.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB), the country’s public film producer and distributor, and CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada’s public broadcaster, today announced a new phase of collaboration aimed at strengthening Canadian storytelling and better serving Canadians.