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Animated interpretations of two poems by great Canadian wordsmiths: “Perishing Bird” by D.G. Jones, and “Mon école” by Sylvain Garneau.

A detailed retrospective of animation and animation techniques at the National Film Board of Canada.

When was Canada populated by Native Americans from the West? This film relates the discovery of the New World from the time of the Vikings, around 880...

This short documentary features Newfoundland fisherman Billy Crane, who speaks frankly on the state of the inshore fishery and how the lack of governm...

This short animated film is about Wop May, one of Canada's leading bush pilots in the 1920s.

In this animated short, Evelyn Lambart uses her well-known style of animation – paper figures and brightly colored backgrounds – to revisit Aesop’s ta...

This film tells the story of the efforts of the first Canadian to attempt to fly a human powered heavier than air aircraft

The young nation of Canada comes of age after the worst conflict in human history. In the years that follow the First World War, visits from movie sta...

Giant apes dotting the New York skyline waiting to audition for 'King Kong'... fine open-air dining on the wings of an aircraft - while airborne... A...

This documentary takes you on a reflective journey into the extended family of Nova Scotia’s Mi'kmaq community. Revisiting her own roots, Mi'kmaq film...

In Margaret Atwood: Once in August, filmmaker Michael Rubbo attempts to discover what shapes the celebrated writer's fiction and what motivates her ch...

Having suffered the loss of their plane, three pilots inexplicably find themselves stranded in the middle of the desert. While following the perilous...

Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting o...

Cathy, mother of three, is a university department head in a Maritime city. She speaks of the insecurity she experiences because of unpredictable day...

At dawn an army prepares for battle, but one of the knights shies away from combat and rides his horse beginning a trip crossing the landscapes desola...

Examines the system of symbol communication devised by Charles Bliss for use by speech handicapped and deaf individuals. Profiles the life and work of...

After the Ballot is a full-length documentary portraying the gruelling everyday life of two Members of Quebec's National Assembly who, although at opp...