June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day. NFB marks National Indigenous Peoples Day with the launch of Kevin Settee’s The Lake Winnipeg Project. Plus 400 titles on the NFB’s Indigenous Cinema page, new educational resources and the ever-popular Aabiziingwashi (Wide Awake) cinema initiative.

In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21), Kevin Settee’s four-part series of short films, The Lake Winnipeg Project, is premiering online at Indigenous Cinema, the NFB’s rich online collection of Indigenous-made films.

June forecast calls for sunny skies and new titles added to NFB.ca. Discover stories that shape our world—from documentaries to web-based art gaming, and the stories of LGBTQ2+ communities and Indigenous Peoples.

Offerings from NFB studios across the country include the feature documentary Standing on the Line, by Paul Émile d’Entremont; the web-based generative art game Wayfinder, by Matt DesLauriers; and a series of four documentary shorts called The Lake Winnipeg Project, by Kevin Settee.

The NFB at the 2021 RVQC: 14 productions and co-productions in the lineup. Works that explore today’s world, from social movements to the pandemic.

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be at the 39th annual Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (RVQC) with 14 productions and co-productions, including the Quebec premiere of Renée Blanchar’s feature-length documentary Le silence (The Silence). The film will also be competing in the category of best French-Canadian film, along with Monique LeBlanc’s feature-length Plus haut que les flammes (Higher Than Flames Will Go).

Four new NFB docs featured online at DOXA. World premiere from Calgary’s Dominique Keller—plus BC premieres from Vancouver filmmakers Sean Horlor/Steve J. Adams and Sheona McDonald, as well as Kainai First Nation/Sámi director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers.

Vancouver and Calgary creators explore powerful themes of love, identity and human rights in four National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentaries premiering at the 20th-anniversary edition of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, streaming online across Canada from May 6 to 16.