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A series of six opening logos and one closing logo produced as part of the NFB's contribution to the Ottawa '82 International Animation Film Festival.

Follows the work of sculptor Charles Daudelin. Without dialogue or narration, director Pierre Moretti traces the adventure of creation. We see a gigan...

SOMBRIO is a an hour long documentary about the eviction of a diverse community of surfers and squatters that existed on the West Coast of Vancouver I...

Mr. Turgeon is a lonely bachelor. When his fantasies about a female companion fail to materialize, he tries to fill the void with an overabundance of...

Every child's favourite adventure story comes to life in a lavishly illustrated poem by Robert W. Service. Using camera-animated artwork by Yukon arti...

A little good will goes a long way--between persons, and between nations. That is the lesson to be learned from this animated film. It begins with a c...

Produced for the National Film Board of Canada

In this short vignette, skier Kathy Kreiner prepares for and participates in her Olympic gold-medal race at Innsbruck.

Using video recording technology, the citizens of Rosedale, once referred to as "the rear end of Alberta" by a frustrated citizen, pulled themselves t...

Paul Cowan's film captures the spirit of the legal battle over abortion waged by Dr. Henry Morgentaler in Quebec and in federal courts between 1970 an...

This vignette shows the ceremonial totem-pole raising by the Nisgha Nation at Ayanish.

The Moravians, an early Protestant group, founded missions on the Labrador coast in the 18th century. Serving as a buffer between the Indigenous peopl...

A look at contemporary art in Québec.

This film depicts a world where space is geometric, noise is absent, and nothing happens until a small white cube comes bumping along, stirring up mov...

A short lyrical document about an ancient Oriental discipline, this film moves from the streets of China, where the people practice Tai-Chi daily, to...

Dramatizes the factors producing resentment and hostility in personal relationships. In the story of Clare we see how the death of her father and the...

In the Air: At the Saskatoon Soaring Club prairie farmers take up the sport of gliding. Under the Water: Scuba diving and spearfishing at Cape Breton'...

This short documentary profiles a 1949 meeting of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers in Guelph, Ontario. The IFAP plans to help so...