International Women’s Day, March 8, has a special significance for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as it honours Studio D, its trailblazing English Program feminist film unit and the landmark French Program series En tant que femmes—both of which were founded in 1974 in anticipation of the UN’s International Women’s Year, and marked their 50th anniversaries last year.
For the 17th year, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is bringing together filmmakers, NFB producers and creative teams from across the country to create short cinematic tributes to Canadian performing arts legends, as the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) gets set to honour seven new laureates.
For the 22nd edition of Nuit blanche à Montréal, join us on Saturday, March 1, for an eventful evening of fun and free activities in the NFB’s public spaces!
More NFB productions and co-productions than ever will be free to view on nfb.ca this February, with the online launch of three powerful and wide-ranging documentaries.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be represented in the 2025 Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (RVQC) program with eight productions.
Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter’s National Film Board of Canada (NFB) feature documentary The Stand will have its US premiere at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, which takes place February 14 to 23 in Missoula, Montana.
The National Film Board is pleased to announce the return of its Aide au cinéma indépendant du Canada (ACIC) program, which supports French-speaking independent filmmakers across the country. Applications may be submitted to the NFB beginning January 30. Details are available here.
The National Film Board (NFB) is pleased to announce the return of its Filmmaker Assistance Program (FAP), which supports English-speaking independent filmmakers across the country. Applications may be submitted to the NFB beginning January 30. Details are available here.
Black History Month activities by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in February will feature screenings and events in the heart of Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles and communities across Canada—along with a rich selection of special online programming.
Jenny Cartwright’s feature-length documentary Les perdants (A Losing Game) opens Friday, February 28, in theatres throughout Quebec. This theatrical run will follow the film’s world premiere on February 19 as the opening film of the 43rd edition of the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma. The film’s production team will be at the premiere.
As Alanis Obomsawin’s creative home for nearly 60 years, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is proud to highlight the presentation of the exhibition The Children Have to Hear Another Story at MoMA PS1 in New York, after presentations in Berlin, Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is mourning the passing of veteran animator, director and film producer Robert Verrall, who died in Montreal on January 17, at the age of 97.
An immersive cinematic experience that transforms our understanding of wildfire, Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper’s National Film Board of Canada (NFB) feature documentary Incandescence will have its US premiere at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which takes place February 4 to 15, 2025.
Abenaki filmmaker Kim O’Bomsawin’s feature-length documentary Ninan Auassat: Nous, les enfants (Ninan Auassat: We, the Children), produced by the NFB, hits theatres in Montreal on Friday, February 7, screening at the Cinéma du Musée with English subtitles and the Cinémathèque Québécoise in its original version.
The Available Light Film Festival in Whitehorse will feature two world premieres from Yukon creators as part of a selection of five powerful new works from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).