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Step into a dream, where the ghostly ephemera of a lost childhood await you.

This feature-length drama, originally broadcast in two parts as part of the NFB television series "Perspective," tells two sides of the same story to...

In this short animation, the archetypal hero takes a journey through seven stages: birth, childhood, mission, labyrinth, monster, battle and death/reb...

Mosha Michael made an assured directorial debut with this seven-minute short, a relaxed, narration-free depiction of an Inuk seal hunt. Having partici...

Development in long-range travel and the growing importance of the Arctic and Antarctic regions make it necessary to understand how maps may be mislea...

Using splashy hand-drawn animation, the story about a man who ends up in the hospital and probability theory is illustrated. When the guy awakens in a...

This abstract yet compelling philosophical tale uses the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen as a metaphor for the particles that make up the universe. Through...

Impressions of the lights of Christmas as they transform a winter's night. The myriad lights of a city seen through frost-sparkling air, the wonder on...

A young man has lost his will to live. He feels trapped, like a mouse in a cage endlessly spinning his wheel. His prison is an internal one.

Filmed on the great Mackenzie River, this short fiction film recreates the amazing voyage of the man who gave his name to it. Following the path outli...

In this animated short, friendly characters are busy preparing for a party. While a cook takes care of the final preparations, they see themselves par...

An animated short poking fun at selectively-bred mammoth sheep, whose out-of-proportion form makes them vulnerable to tipping over, and a very fat Far...

A small boy is left alone to play in a large and empty house. A dark cloud starts to seep in from behind the mail slot at the front door. As it fills...

A short silent film about famous conservationist Grey Owl (born Archibald Belaney) and his wife, Angele Egwuna, who had a special talent for interacti...

Evelyn Spice Cherry talks about directing documentaries at the NFB during the Second World War. Cherry was one of the first women directors at NFB.

Economist Armine Yalnizyan offers a radically honest and deliciously sweet review of our absurdly dysfunctional economic system and what we must do in...

Millions of years scroll by in 10 minutes, illustrated by ingenious designers: this is the geological history of Canada.