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The West. A prospector is awakened by the sound of music outside his cave to see an animal band and a chorus line of dancing cacti.

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

A short documentary on the charms of cross-country skiing. Beyond the formal beauty of the images, there floats a certain nostalgia for unknown landsc...

This short documentary follows Gabe Etchinelle as builds a mooseskin boat as a tribute to an earlier way of life, where the Shotah Dene people would u...

Old Dog shows how elderly dogs' lives are improved by technology - from diapers for amputees to doggie strollers - through animated vignettes. The sou...

An unapologetic take on the vicious cycle of earning too little and consuming too much.

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

A man is taken to the doctor's office, but it's not for an ordinary checkup. A huge syringe is thrust into his head. Out of the syringe oozes a sticky...

A 20-second animated short film to discourage smoking.

A playful group is dancing when they become aware they're being watched by a huge, menacing head. When the head interrupts their good time, they take...

A growing number of parents are concerned about the impersonal approach to childbirth seen in many hospitals. They find hospital procedures inflexible...

This short documentary introduces us to the Massaro family of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and highlights some of the activities they partake in: roller hock...

This feature-length documentary presents Montreal (in Canada) in all its forms, in all its folds - Montréal bathed in all its lights, summer and winte...

How conflict between parents is reflected in the anguished drawing of a child. An animated film combining puppets and drawings on paper. Film without...

"On the Occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the NFB, A Combined Occurrence on Halloween, I extruded, in my expressionist medical style, a terrifying a...

This documentary is about the Montagnais from Saint-Augustin et de La Romaine Indian reserve, in the region of the Côte-Nord in Quebec. Perrault appro...

Solid Ground is a poetic and sound-rich travelogue—a personal journal that reveals the thoughts of an expatriate returning to her native land. Employi...

In their small country home in New Brunswick, Jean-Paul and Anne, who suffer respectively from physical and intellectual impairments, share an unwaver...

A tongue-in-cheek archival film documenting a day in the life of a veteran horse-drawn carriage driver. Though the tourists that flock to the historic...