The NFB’S ACIC program returns January 30, 2025

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 NFB’s Filmmaker Assistance Program returns January 30, 2025

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.

Jenny Cartwright’s Les perdants (A Losing Game) in theatres February 28

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.

US premiere of Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper’s Incandescence at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. As wildfires ravage the planet, a new National Film Board of Canada documentary offers extraordinary stories of survival and adaptation.

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.

A Banger Films/NFB co-production. Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story by Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee making its French premiere at FIPADOC 2025.

Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee’s feature doc Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, a Banger Films/National Film Board of Canada (NFB) co-production, has been selected to screen at the 2025 Festival international de programmes audiovisuels documentaires de Biarritz (FIPADOC) in France. The film will screen in competition in the musical documentary section of the festival, which takes place from January 24 to February 1, 2025.