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.
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.