The NFB at the 2022 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Three shorts in competition, including the world premiere of Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis’s The Flying Sailor.

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is participating in this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which runs from June 13 to 18, with three short films in competition: the much-anticipated The Flying Sailor, by acclaimed filmmakers Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis, which will have its world premiere at the festival; Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics, by award-winning Orkney Cree Métis artist Terril Calder; and Magical Caresses: Sweet Jesus by young director Lori Malépart-Traversy.

New on nfb.ca in June… Acclaimed NFB titles to mark Pride Month and National Indigenous History Month. Redesigned Ocean School launches on World Oceans Day, with a video-mapping projection experience in Montreal’s Old Port celebrating Ocean Week Canada.

This June, nfb.ca will be streaming more films than ever free of charge, as the National Film Board of Canada’s online screening room features celebrated new titles to help mark Pride Month, World Oceans Day and National Indigenous History Month.