Movies

This Oscar-nominated animated short tells the story of a dapper young remittance man who is sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching in 1909.

Three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in Nairobi. What...

When an advanced race of giant lobsters from outer space land on Earth, no one can figure out why they've come. A complete failure to communicate on...

The Flying Sailor is based on the Halifax Explosion of 1917 when two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour causing the largest accidental explosion...

Are we there yet? When the kids act up in the back seat, a family road trip gets knocked hilariously off course. Produced as part of the 13th...

A polar bear must try his luck finding a job in the big city when the last of his Arctic ice environment disappears. It’s hard fitting into the...

The distinctive three-note chime of the Toronto subway kicks off a zippy tale of bike theft and survival in an unfamiliar new town. Produced as part...

A pair of unlikely travellers encounter a young man on the highway who seems to have forgotten that he can be seen. Collector explores the concept of...

Director Theodore Ushev uses his own blood to animate struggles with injustice in the world.

The Korean legend of Ungnyeo, a bear reborn as a woman, becomes a percussive and mesmerizing riff on the themes of transformation and quarantine. ...

Two little men float into the deep blue sky, tied to balloons. But then each decides the sky belongs to him. This film was made as part of the fourth...

In a frenzied attempt to break the isolation, a man drums his head against the wall, unleashing a battery of brightly hued hallucinations. Produced...

A little creature watches the transformation of a feather and follows a whale to where icebergs melt, leaving birds with nowhere to land. The...

An imaginative boy suffers the stifling ordinariness of his family's weekly Sunday ritual.

A multi–layered story of an accumulation of encounters between black clouds. This film was made as part of the fourth edition of the NFB's...

A woman must find paperclips for a report to be presented in the morning.

This minimalist piece of animation explores the origin of life. This film was made as part of the fourth edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.

A robot rambles about frenetically, receiving countless electronic messages through his antenna every second. Despite his fatigue and stress, he...

In this short animation Damien Hess attempts to connect with the tragedy of the First World War, a conflict that helped define Canada. In this film...

A little girl plays with her toys, blissfully unaware that she may hold the future of humanity in her hands. Good Luck to You All blends innocence,...