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How Death Came to Earth is a 14 minute cutout animation film by Ishu Patel produced in 1971 by the National Film Board of Canada. The film deals with...

This feature documentary profiles the brave Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939. To save Spain's constitutionally elec...

"What does the hangman think about when he goes home at night from work?" ​ The Hangman at Home is an animated film exploring themes surrounding ackn...

A film about the life and career of the famed Canadian comic book talent.

Portrait of NFB filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin.

This haunting animation film, rich with symbolism, is the filmmaker's plea for a peaceful world in which to raise his newborn son. Using the menacing...

Account of the development of air transport during wartime and a review of issues to be solved in regulating international civil aviation.

A documentary about returning the swift fox, the smallest of Canada's native foxes, into its original habitat.

This feature documentary tells the complex and touching story of Winnipeg city councilor Glen Murray and his 17-year-old adopted son Mike, whose strug...

This short film served as an invitation to the World's Fair that was held in Montreal in 1967. It was largely considered to be the most successful Wor...

This short film showcases the city of Montreal on a summer's night. What was once a small Indian village is presented as a pot-pourri of contrasting s...

This vignette illustrates the variety of professions, people and technical procedures required by the filmmaking process.

Animated short about a dog's role in his family

An Untidy Package sets out to dispel the popular misconception that Newfoundland women weren’t major players in the cod fishery before the moratorium,...

In Nigeria, a young Canadian doctor serves in a local mission hospital and learns much from the experience. Stationed abroad under the Canadian Univer...

With candour, compassion and a healthy dose of humour, an insightful group of morticians and funeral directors take us on a philosophical journey thro...

This introspective short animation takes place In the village of Carcross, in the Tagish First Nation. Neighbourhood pillar Grandma Kay tell the local...

A logging engineer, a centuries old tree, and the decision that questions both business and personal values.

Acclaimed documentarian John Walker catches the legendary Cape Breton Miner’s singing group The Men of the Deeps just as the last mines on the island...