Vietnamese-Canadian filmmaker Carol Nguyen’s feature documentary debut, Still Night, Burning House, will have its international premiere on November 15 at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Taking place November 12 to 22, this prestigious showcase of the world’s best non-fiction storytelling will also screen trailblazing Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin’s landmark NFB documentary Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance.
Now available to stream free of charge worldwide on NFB platforms, including the National Film Board of Canada’s YouTube channel, Bread Will Walk is a timely social satire and absurd dark comedy from Montreal animator and filmmaker Alex Boya, in which a devoted sister flees with her brother, a benevolent bread-turned zombie pursued by a hungry mob. Designed as a continuous shot, this frenetic, surrealist satire of our dehumanizing society features acclaimed Canadian actor and filmmaker Jay Baruchel voicing all the characters in the original English version.
This October, keep streaming Canadian on NFB, with three online premieres and curated channels for fall viewing.
The National Audience Data Consortium, comprised of the Canada Media Fund, CBC/Radio-Canada, the Indigenous Screen Office, the National Film Board of Canada, and Telefilm Canada, is moving into a new phase of its work to strengthen the Canadian audiovisual sector’s understanding of audiences and support a more coordinated approach to audience data and insights.
Two powerful National Film Board of Canada (NFB) feature documentaries will offer deeply personal perspectives on mental health issues at the Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival in Toronto.
Two new National Film Board of Canada (NFB) films exploring powerful environmental themes will screen at the Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival in Toronto, taking place October 20–25, 2026, at the Paradise Theatre.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has been chosen to be part of the inaugural film program at the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, where 19 NFB works will be featured in continuous screenings in the museum’s two theatres. Founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, the museum opened its doors on September 22.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Anne Claire Poirier, who died on September 27 at the age of 94. As the NFB’s first francophone woman director and producer, she was active from 1960 to 1997, during which time she made some of the most powerful films in Quebec cinema, including Mourir à tue-tête and Tu as crié LET ME GO.
Two National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated shorts by acclaimed Canadian women directors will make their Los Angeles premieres this fall at Animation Is Film (October 16–19): Matea Radic’s Paradaïz, selected for the Short Films Program, and Catherine Lepage’s Ultra Strong, selected for Best of Annecy, in partnership with WIA.
Fresh from winning the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Matthew Rankin’s Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney headlines a National Film Board of Canada (NFB) lineup of six powerful feature documentaries at the Windsor International Film Festival (WIFF).
The National Film Board of Canada returns to the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival (SJIWFF) from October 20 to 24 with two new short films, including the Newfoundland and Labrador premiere of Inuk filmmaker Jennie Williams’ Billy Gauthier: Carving the Future, recently named Best Atlantic Short Documentary at the Atlantic International Film Festival in Halifax.
Vietnamese-Canadian, Montreal-based filmmaker Carol Nguyen’s feature documentary debut, Still Night, Burning House, will have its Quebec premiere in the national competition at the Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC). The filmmaker will be in attendance for a post-screening discussion with the audience. The FNC takes place in Montreal from October 8 to 18.
Filmmaker and producer Sean Edwards is joining the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as a Producer with the Western Documentary Unit, Executive Producer Tina Ouellette announced today.
National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Commissioner Suzanne Guèvremont has been named for the second consecutive year to The Canada 25: Top Deal and Decision Makers, The Hollywood Reporter’s annual list recognizing leadership in Canada’s film and screen industry.
More than half a century after Garolou first burst onto the scene, filmmaker Louise Lalonde revisits the roots of one of the landmark groups in French-Canadian music. Currently in production, her medium-length documentary Garolou: Aller-retour marks Lalonde’s first collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).