Explore community-led solutions to the housing crisis in the world premiere of the series Seeking Shelter, along with new NFB animation and documentaries
Plus, a playlist of NFB classics featured at the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
November 2, 2026 – Montreal – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
This November, keep streaming Canadian on NFB, with online premieres as well as a new playlist of 19 NFB classics featured at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles.
New this month
Newly available to stream on NFB online platforms is the world premiere of the docuseries Seeking Shelter by Nadine Valcin, exploring community-led solutions to the housing crisis, along with the online premieres of Nirilaurta: Let Us Eat by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, Paradaïz by Matea Radic and I Lost Sight of the Landscape by Sophie Bédard Marcotte.
Starting November 4 | Nirilaurta: Let Us Eat by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman (52 min)
Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/nirilaurta
- On the edge of the Arctic Ocean, the community of Taloyoak, Nunavut, is working to feed its families. Soaring grocery prices and the high cost of hunting and travel in the North leave many households facing food insecurity.In Nirilaurta, Inuit actor, producer and emerging director Malaya Qaunirq Chapman explores the story of a community that draws on Inuit culture, land-based knowledge and kinship to nourish their bodies, spirits and one another.
- AWARDS: Mark Haslam Award, Planet in Focus, Toronto; Rigoberta Menchú Award / Communities –Second Prize, International First Peoples’ Festival, Montreal.
Starting November 9 | Paradaïz by Matea Radic (9 min 28s)
Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/paradaiz
- Welcome to a place where the houses have holes, tomatoes are ticking time bombs and snails wander the streets in search of a safe space. In Paradaïz, Sarajevo-born, Winnipeg-based artist Matea Radic uses absurdist animation, archival images and her own slippery childhood memories to explore the real meaning of home.
- AWARDS: Winner of 12 awards to date, including two Oscar-qualifying awards: the Golden Dove at Germany’s DOK Leipzig International Competition Short Animated Film and Best Animated Short Film at the Warsaw Film Festival.
Starting November 22 | Seeking Shelter by Nadine Valcin (4 x 20 min) | WORLD PREMIERE
Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/seeking-shelter
- As Canada struggles with an escalating housing crisis, people are refusing to wait for solutions. In this four-part docu-series, filmmaker Nadine Valcin highlights individuals and grassroots organizations building creative, inclusive responses to housing instability, showing what becomes possible when communities come together.
- Nadine Valcin is an award-winning Toronto filmmaker and media artist whose practice spans documentary, experimental and narrative film, as well as installation and virtual reality.
Starting November 26 | I Lost Sight of the Landscape by Sophie Bédard Marcotte (86 min)
Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/i-lost-sight-of-the-landscape
- Intrigued by a theatre artist’s creative process, Montreal-based director Sophie Bédard Marcotte tries—over 16 attempts—to make the film she wants. As the years go by, unexpected turns of events blur the boundaries between art and life. And the work emerges when we expect it least.
- FESTIVAL AND THEATRICAL SCREENINGS: Following its world premiere at Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland, the film was released theatrically across Quebec in 2026 to critical acclaim.
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: Inaugural Film Program Selections
Founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, the stunning new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art celebrates cinema as both a powerful vehicle for storytelling and a groundbreaking technology.
The Museum is featuring a total of 19 NFB works—15 animated films, three documentaries and an experimental film—which all Canadians can stream free of charge in a new playlist. The playlist celebrates the NFB’s enduring contributions to film with such cinematic gems as Norman McLaren’s Academy Award–winning Neighbours; Begone Dull Care, co-directed by McLaren and Evelyn Lambart; Ishu Patel’s Bead Game; Martine Chartrand’s Golden Bear–winning Black Soul; Arthur Lipsett’s influential experimental film 21-87; Jean-Claude Labrecque’s 60 Cycles; and Theodore Ushev’s Tower Bawher.
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