Movies

In this non-narrative animated film inspired by composer François Couperin's harpsichord composition "Barricades mystérieuses," Jacques...

The Pinscreen is a tool that was created in the 1930s to make animation films. Although it no longer provides any technical advantages, a handful of...

This documentary is a portrait of the animator of Le Paysagiste, from his childhood in Eastern Quebec to his career at the NFB. Trained at the...

A lonely woman spends the winter isolated and reminiscing about the past as she waits for her husband to return from a prolonged absence.

A late-winter sea-ice sequence documenting camp building and seal hunting under extreme Arctic conditions.

An early-autumn sequence documenting domestic life and a coordinated communal caribou hunt at a river crossing camp.

A spring sea-ice sequence documenting travel, camp construction, domestic labor, and seal hunting among Netsilingmiut families.

Australian pediatrician Helen Caldicott delivers a lecture on the potential medical and societal consequences of a nuclear war, and advocates for...

A late-autumn seasonal sequence documenting camp building, fishing, tool-making, and preparation for winter as a Netsilingmiut family travels...

A summer river sequence documenting stone-weir fishing, communal labor, and domestic life.

An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet...

This feature documentary retraces the century of haggling by successive federal and provincial governments to agree on a formula to bring home the...

The story of a young boy and his father, both of whom are enlisted to fight in the war. The boy's pride soon turns to fear as the bullets whistle...

A late-spring coastal sequence documenting seal hunting and processing on the sea ice.

Go head-to-head with an icebreaker. Plunge down a twisting mountain gorge. Soar through the clouds in the nosecone of a jet, then speed along with a...

An animated film created from pastel drawings by Clorinda Warny, Premiers Jours traces the complete cycle of life, from birth to adulthood, in four...

This short satirical film takes us to Stereoville, a city where citizens must literally double up in their efforts to deal with the community’s...

A summer sequence documenting the communal construction of a kayak and associated domestic and subsistence practices.

This feature documentary follows three newly arrived people in Canada and their experiences with the Canadian Refugee process. As claims are assessed...

This film explores how Canada wavers between rejection and acceptance of closer ties with the United States, tracing the historical precedents of...