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This short documentary addresses the issue of change, and how it is affecting the Cree and Ojibwa of the Nishnawbe-Aski region. Four of their communit...

Tinamer is 27 years old when her mother dies. The funeral of this last one makes her relive certain events of her childhood which marked her forever.

This animation film celebrates the creative process--its beauty, fury, and consequences. It is a highly stylized and impressionistic rendering; each s...

The unusual story of Nose and Tina, 2 people in love. He is employed as a brakeman, she as a sex worker.

This short film explores the problems and potentials of small towns in the Drumheller Valley region of Alberta. Citizen participation in the growth an...

In the late 1990s, Moncton's Acadian community was forever marked when death struck an high school. In a sweet impressionist film, Samara returns to t...

Window shopping children watch as toy soldiers come to life and fight a war with all its unvarnished ferocity and horror.

This feature documentary examines its own genre, which has often been called Canada's national art form. Released in the year of the NFB's 75th birthd...

An animation film that illustrates how closely eye and ear are linked, and how one acts on the other. The film is divided into three sections--game, c...

Seeking shelter from a thunderstorm, a man sits in a pub watching the ice in his glass melt away. Howie Shia marries his graphic illustration style wi...

Residents struggle to pay their rapidly rising rents on Wellington Street in Montreal.

A clip in the Science Please! collection,Lift Off uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain what makes a rocket l...

Why isn't it green, yellow or striped?

Directed by Don Owen, this follow-up to Graham Parker’s 1964 film Joey revisits the life of the eponymous young boy, who at the age of seven had troub...

This documentary explores the many questions raised by Canada's immigration policy in the face of one of the world's largest immigration movements. Sh...

Black Coffee is a 2007 Canadian documentary film examining the complicated history of coffee and detailing its political, social, and economic influen...

A family that does not conform to the social norms of a small village must suffer the intolerance of the other villagers when the mentally-challenged...

In this Oscar Winning documentary short film, students in their final year at the National Ballet School of Canada are seen learning the flamenco from...

Meet Tony Rossi, a 10-year-old boy who can only distinguish light from shadow. Despite this difficulty, he leads a very active life. The short documen...

The film reflects Dewdney's conviction that the projector, not the camera, is the filmmaker's true medium. The form and content of the film are shown...