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Ready When You Are

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  • The Great Toy Robbery
    The Great Toy Robbery
    Jeff Hale 
    1963 | 6 min
  • The Bear's Christmas
    The Bear's Christmas
    Hugh Foulds 
    1974 | 8 min
  • Shaman
    Shaman
    Echo Henoche 
    2017 | 5 min
  • Freaks of Nurture
    Freaks of Nurture
    Alexandra Lemay 
    2018 | 6 min
  • Bus Story
    Bus Story
    Tali 
    2014 | 10 min
  • Shop Class
    Shop Class
    Hart Snider 
    2018 | 8 min
  • Blackberry Subway Jam
    Blackberry Subway Jam
    Robert Doucet 
    1984 | 8 min
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler
    Thomas Vamos 
    1980 | 12 min

New Releases

  • That Higher Level
    That Higher Level
    John Bolton 
    2018 | 1 h 14 min
  • A Delicate Balance
    A Delicate Balance
    A Delicate Balance campus
    Christine Chevarie-Lessard 
    2018 | 1 h 15 min
  • Freedom Road: Context
    Freedom Road: Context
    Paula Kelly & Angelina McLeod 
    2019 | 15 min
  • Freedom Road: Men / Ininiwag
    Freedom Road: Men / Ininiwag
    Angelina McLeod 
    2019 | 15 min
  • Freedom Road: Women / Ikwewag
    Freedom Road: Women / Ikwewag
    Angelina McLeod 
    2019 | 12 min
  • Freedom Road: Youth / Oshkaadiziig
    Freedom Road: Youth / Oshkaadiziig
    Angelina McLeod 
    2019 | 14 min
  • Freedom Road: Elders / Gitchi-aya'aag
    Freedom Road: Elders / Gitchi-aya'aag
    Angelina McLeod 
    2019 | 12 min
  • Handmade Mountain
    Handmade Mountain
    Michèle Pearson Clarke 
    2019 | 6 min

Recently Added

  • The Beauty of My People
    The Beauty of My People
     
    1977 | 29 min
  • Dark Intent
    Dark Intent
    Mireille Dansereau 
    2000 | 51 min
  • Graphic Variations on Telidon by Pierre Moretti
    Graphic Variations on Telidon by Pierre Moretti
    Pierre Moretti 
    1980 | 8 min
  • Hinterland Who's Who: Blue Jay
    Hinterland Who's Who: Blue Jay
     
    1972 | 1 min
  • Hinterland Who's Who: The Bison
    Hinterland Who's Who: The Bison
     
    1973 | 1 min
  • Coal Face, Canada
    Coal Face, Canada
    Robert Edmonds 
    1943 | 17 min
  • EdgeCode: I Thought of You Often
    EdgeCode: I Thought of You Often
    Yun Lam Li 
    2006 | 5 min
  • EdgeCode: Sayonara Super 8
    EdgeCode: Sayonara Super 8
    Pia Yona Massie 
    2006 | 5 min

That Higher Level

New: The pursuit of excellence
That Higher Level

Celtic Spirits

Fiddler on the road
Celtic Spirits

Mr. Mergler’s Gift

Passing the torch!
Mr. Mergler’s Gift

An Artist

“Everything is music for the born musician.” -- Romain Rolland
An Artist

Beyond December 6

Remembering the Polytechnique tragedy
Beyond December 6

NFB's 80th Anniversary

The NFB in 80 films
NFB's 80th Anniversary

Indigenous Cinema

Discover the NFB’s rich online collection of Indigenous-made films.

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Animal Stories

  • Hinterland Who's Who: Blue Jay
    Hinterland Who's Who: Blue Jay
     
    1972 | 1 min
  • Cat Meets Dog
    Cat Meets Dog
    Paul Driessen 
    2014 | 11 min
  • The Lion and the Mouse
    The Lion and the Mouse
    Evelyn Lambart 
    1976 | 4 min
  • Manivald
    Manivald
    Chintis Lundgren 
    2017 | 12 min
  • The Zoo
    The Zoo
    Julia Kwan 
    2018 | 11 min
  • Catuor
    Catuor
    Judith Klein 
    1970 | 3 min
  • Frank the Wrabbit
    Frank the Wrabbit
    John Weldon 
    1998 | 9 min
  • Hinterland Who's Who: The Polar Bear
    Hinterland Who's Who: The Polar Bear
     
    1973 | 1 min

Funny films

  • Manivald
    Manivald
    Chintis Lundgren 
    2017 | 12 min
  • Freaks of Nurture
    Freaks of Nurture
    Alexandra Lemay 
    2018 | 6 min
  • Shop Class
    Shop Class
    Hart Snider 
    2018 | 8 min
  • Village of Idiots
    Village of Idiots
    Eugene Fedorenko & Rose Newlove 
    1999 | 12 min
  • Canada Vignettes: Instant French
    Canada Vignettes: Instant French
    André Leduc 
    1979 | 1 min
  • Subconscious Password
    Subconscious Password
    Chris Landreth 
    2013 | 10 min
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts
    My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts
    Torill Kove 
    1999 | 10 min
  • My Financial Career
    My Financial Career
    Gerald Potterton 
    1962 | 6 min
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Summer Legend

An animated interpretation of an old Mi’kmaq legend
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Is the grass always greener on the other side?
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