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Explore over 6,500 free films by Canadian filmmakers, including documentaries, animations, interactive works and more. Learn about the history, culture and diversity of Canada through the NFB's curated collections and blog posts.
- Documentary
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Directory of all NFB films available for online viewing.
- Animation
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- Transmission of Indigenous Knowledge
Indigenous knowledge, practices and traditions have been...
- Indigenous Cinema
Discover our collection of films by Indigenous filmmakers,...
- Playlists
The National Film Board was affected by two major factors in...
- We Were Children
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- If You Love This Planet
The NFB’s 7th Academy-Award winning film. This short film is...
- Documentary
The NFB is Canada’s public producer and distributor of creative documentaries, auteur animation, interactive stories, and participatory experiences. Explore the NFB collection, watch films, find a job, create with the NFB, and more.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; French: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and alternative dramas.
- Film and interactive media producer and distributor
Learn about the NFB, a public producer and distributor of Canadian content, a talent incubator and a showcase for the country’s filmmakers and artists, and a key driver of Canada’s audiovisual industry and creative economy. Explore its collection of over 14,000 works, from documentaries to animations, from interactive to immersive, and discover its stories to tell and its online screening room.
Key Moments in NFB History. NFB works have won more than 7,000 awards, including 4 Palmes d’or, 12 Oscars, 21 Webby Awards, 26 Gala Québec Cinéma awards, and over 525 Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Awards, including 27 Canadian Screen Awards.
Apr 12, 2024 · April 12, 2024. Reading time: 5 minutes. The National Film Board of Canada occupies a singular position within the global filmmaking landscape. The NFB’s very existence is a challenge to a Manichean perspective that would confine non-US or European cinema to the Global South or the periphery of the film world—for the obvious reasons that ...
