Shirley Vercruysse is retiring from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) after an 11-year term as Executive Producer of the NFB’s Western Documentary Unit.
The National Film Board of Canada will be in Cannes this year with Alex Boya’s animated short film Bread Will Walk, which has been selected to screen in the Directors’ Fortnight. Actor Jay Baruchel voices all the characters in the original English version of this frenetic, surrealist satire of our dehumanizing society, designed as a continuous shot.
The Banger Films/National Film Board of Canada (NFB) feature-length documentary Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, directed by Toronto filmmakers Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee, has been nominated in the Documentary category at the 85th Peabody Awards.
April 16 is National Canadian Film Day. Of course, nfb.ca is all about Canadian films all the time, streaming free of charge. Throughout the month of April, viewers can explore three new documentaries on hard-hitting subjects, all made by women directors.
Stellat’en First Nation filmmaker Lyana Patrick’s feature doc Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again will be making its world premiere in her home base of Vancouver in the DOXA Documentary Film Festival’s Justice Forum.
Virginia Tangvald’s documentary Les enfants du large (Ghosts of the Sea), a family investigation shot all over the world, opens in Quebec theatres on May 9. The theatrical release will follow the film’s festival tour, first in Quebec and then in Toronto at the prestigious Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, in the Canadian Spectrum Competition. The filmmaker will be attending several screenings of her documentary on the tour.
The NFB’s creative vitality will be front and centre at the 23rd Sommets du cinéma d’animation, taking place from May 26 to 31 in Montreal, with six short films selected.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be at Hot Docs in Toronto with a stellar selection of six NFB documentaries, including Winnipeg director Noam Gonick and Toronto producer Justine Pimlott’s feature doc Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance, presented Thursday, April 24, at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema as the festival’s opening night film.
The National Film Board of Canada is delighted to have six of its films selected at the 2025 Festival du film de l’Outaouais (FFO).
The National Film Board of Canada will be well represented at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (June 8–14) with a diverse selection of works, including the eagerly awaited return of filmmakers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski.
The National Film Board of Canada will be prominently showcased at the 2025 Festival cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke (FCMS) with six feature-length documentaries, including two in competition (Cercle d’or Meilleur documentaire) and one in the Ciné-Échange series of screenings followed by talks.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is featuring new animation and documentary films on nfb.ca throughout the month of March. nfb.ca now offers more than 7,000 films, available to stream free of charge, along with over 100 interactive works.
The National Film Board of Canada is celebrating its 20th year of participation in the Rendez-vous de la Francophonie (RVF). For this year’s RVF, whose theme is “Cultivate your roots!,” the NFB is making six documentary and animation programs available free of charge to francophones and francophiles. Screenings will take place across Canada, from March 1 to 31—from the East Coast to the West Coast, and from the Great Lakes to the Arctic. It’s a great opportunity to highlight the creativity of Canada’s large francophone family and to celebrate our roots together!
The NFB returns to the Festival REGARD with five short films, including two in official competition.
This March, we’re serving up some extra-special picks for young viewers on nfb.ca in time for spring break! Explore these new releases and old favourites on our themed channel.