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“The Talk” showcases the experiences of three LGBTQ+ youth learning about sex health under an inadequate Canadian sex-ed curriculum. Each subject opens up about their knowledge surrounding sexual health, gender identity, the not so honest information they were taught in their classrooms and its impact on their self-image.
An Arctic inhabitant is fascinated by the sudden appearance of a mysterious box.
Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics dives deeply into the innate contrast between the Seven Deadly Sins (Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Pride and Envy) and the Seven Sacred Teachings (Love, Respect, Wisdom, Courage, Truth, Honesty and Humility), as embodied in the life of a precocious Métis baby. Brought to life by Terril Calder’s darkly beautiful stop-motion animation, her inner turmoil of abuse is laid bare with unflinching honesty. Convinced she’s soiled and destined for Hell, Baby Girl receives teachings that fill her with strength and pride, and affirm a path towards healing. Calder’s tour-de-force unearths a hauntingly familiar yet hopeful world that illuminates the bias of colonial systems.
An industrial animated newsreel with the following items: British underground munitions factories and women shipbuilders
Marco & Polo Go Round is a comedic love story with a very surreal twist. A couple confronts the difficulties in their relationship as gravity turns on its head and their world literally falls apart around them.
This is a combination of stop-motion puppet and drawn animation. We observe a forlorn woman on a Halifax dock, whose loneliness is lifted by the passing of a fishing trawler. A metaphor on the connectiveness of water and water's capacity as a medium of freedom. This film was made as part of the first edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.
Mystery of the Secret Room takes viewers on a spellbinding voyage between the real and the imaginary. An inspiring portrait of family, adversity, and resilience, this richly hued animated short tells the tale of 10-year-old Grace, who uses her creative superpowers to navigate the emotional landscape of her mother’s depression.
Improvisation no. 1: Cumulative Loops is the audio-visual artifact of an improvisation in hand-drawn animation and musical collage.
A short animation directed by Don Best
When Dale and Frank spark an environmental catastrophe that threatens to destroy the entire planet, these clueless hosers must travel back in time to set the future right.
Flying over uncharted waters, a pilot searches for one of the Lost Towers.
Bleu Nuit is a track from Le Révélateur's LP on Gneiss Things, Fictions.
"In an effort to explore the flexibility of Telidon, Canada's videotex system, Pierre Moretti, animation artist from the National Film Board, used, in the graphic mode, the geometric figures which form the basis for Telidon's picture description instructions. Thus he created this short animated film."
How do you rebuild your sense of self after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder? Daniel Léger experienced his first manic episode in his early thirties. With courage and vulnerability, he recounts how his diagnosis shook his identity to the core. Through striking images created with fire and soot by visual artist Steven Spazuk, the film depicts Léger’s personality in rich nuances of shadow and light. The transformations paint a sensitive portrait of a man who, despite his mental health struggles, has been able to rise from the ashes.
Based on the Lewis Carol nonsense poem "Jabberwocky," this three-minute animation brings to life the fearsome Jabberwock, the Jub-Jub bird, and other fanciful creatures. Hand-coloured still photographs and cell drawings lend a storybook quality to this imaginative fairy-tale
A young girl named Abby travels to visit her dear Aunt Binks but finds herself in a peculiar situation when Aunt Binks is nothing like she expected.
Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.
Every child's favourite adventure story comes to life in a lavishly illustrated poem by Robert W. Service. Using camera-animated artwork by Yukon artist Ted Harrison, this production is designed to introduce the rich world of Canadian literature in an entertaining way and give students a good foundation for the appreciation of art.
It's summer and Ludovic is invited to his grandfather's farm. The little teddy bear finds Grandpa very saddened by the death of Grandma, and Ludovic is fascinated by a room filled with mementos. Grandma's portrait comes to life, and Ludovic is able to kiss and hug her. This poignant tale evokes the closeness and understanding between a grandfather and his little grandson who gradually learn to accept the death of a loved one.
The Inuit folktale of an old woman and the orphaned polar bear cub she took in as her own child.
A facially disfigured author's life with her guardian of a sister is disrupted when a stranger arrives at their door, claiming to be a fan.
This story is about a Hunter who gets lost in the woods, but that's only the beginning of his problems.
The jungle is roaring with excitement when Mowgli, Baloo and all their animal friends stir up fun and pandemonium in this party packed adventure. Baloo becomes royalty, bouncing baby elephants everywhere and Mowgli holds both a fishing and a fitness contest!
Get lost in this slightly surreal animated short composed of exquisite black-and-white illustrations. As we move through the landscape, we pass elaborate topiaries, dust-devil ballets, horses traversing the horizon, and wild reflections in the water. It's a lyrical film that carries you through a visually-rich tapestry of incredible hand-drawn images.
Trevor reflects on his fear of dating.
A pilot, travelling through space, returns from a mission...
In the heart of a war-ravaged field, a lone soldier riddled with arrows meets his end.
Two indigent street children in a developing country become the target of an HIV positive pedophile who attempts to lure them in with money.
Compilation of McLaren's Blurr technique.
The National Film Board of Canada wishes you a happy holiday season with this animated card by Malcom Sutherland. Best wishes for 2012!
Two animated male figures are drawn together and pulled away until they fall into a pit of protesters. Then, a frightened look quickly disappears into the darkness. OUT is a one minute film that touches on the rising fear of being out during a global climate of growing hatred and pushback against LBGTQ rights and freedoms.
A film about gender.
It's Thanksgiving, and it couldn't be busier! Mr. Read is whipping up his famous turkey dinner, the Lakewood elementary kids are preparing for the annual parade and, when things start to go off course, Arthur and his friends must find a way to save the Thanksgiving celebration.
“The Fool is the second film – on dreaming and failing. Dureń – which is the original title- also equals the card game of Durak. “The Fool” could be summarised as a film that became a contradiction of what it was meant to be and at the same time everything I always wanted it to be”. – KG
A mother chooses her dream of the day from the shelves of magazines: she will therefore be “Sylvia, the-beautiful-heroine-courted-by-two-men”.
Creatures on a stone perform an ancient ritual. Beings in wood explore a withering world. A water droplet plays in its pond. An archive of the elements, 'Witness' renews our child-like ability to see hidden life in small universes.
A bittersweet animation about the director's experience as a suicidal child with his head in the clouds.
A young boy struggles with bed-wetting. He is pleased to awaken one night to a dry bed, but terrors await him on his trip to the bathroom in the middle of a dark and stormy night.
A 16mm live-action with stop-motion puppet animation of a fisherman making an odd discovery while cleaning his fish.
This is a poetic and animated meditation inspired by two trips the director made to Japan. Images and sounds from daily life as well as recordings of his performances, most notably one with the dancer-choreographer Teita Iwabushi. There is no story as such, but a formal construction with sound and images. What can be seen in Japan when Mount Fuji is invisible, lost in the clouds?
France, 2012. A teenage boy tells an intimate secret to a friend, but quickly regrets it while watching the news.
An uninvited guest attends Michael's Valentine's Day party.
Filmmaker and bestselling author Vivek Shraya’s ode to a popular Edmonton gay bar that closed in 2007. With pulsating neon-light animation, Reviving the Roost is a story about community complexity and longing, and an elegy to a lost space.
An amusing diagnosis of big-city growing pains, Boomsville is an ironic view of town planning, or rather, the lack of it, and what has happened to our cities as a result. Done in cartoon animation, the film traces the growth of the typical city, from a tiny settlement in the vast North American wilderness to the car-clogged metropolis that so many cities are today. Film without words.
An animation film, made without the use of a camera, in which "boogie" played by Albert Ammons and "doodle" drawn by Norman McLaren combine to make a rhythmic, brightly colored film experiment. The main title is in eight languages.
An animator finds a unique way to deal with the fact that yellow sticky notes are taking over his life.
Carrots are good for your eyes. Maybe too good.
As Susie's relationship with her partner is deteriorating, she expirences increasingly vivid and disturbing dreams in her sleep reflecting on her present day life and internal struggles.
The hedgehog between balloons, the feline predator on the hamster wheel, the fish in the lifebuoy: A young woman portrays herself in the best possible light in her self-description.
On a full moon night in London, a young lady called Victoria is being chased by the famous serial killer Jack the Ripper.
XO Rad Magical is a personal lyrical poem about the daily struggle of living with schizophrenia. This psychedelic and hypnotic film shows that there is beauty in the brains of those who are at war with themselves. Produced as part of the 12th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
“A primary metaphor for dance is simply transformation,” explains Peggy Baker as her image dissolves into a flurry of loose contour drawings and ink splatters. Built around an intimate interview with the acclaimed Canadian dancer and choreographer, Peggy Baker Four Phrases is an artful animation and documentary hybrid that travels through a variety of techniques to celebrate Baker’s work and legacy.
An exploratory film on Jean-Claude Lauzon, the mythical black sheep of Quebec cinema, taking us on an extraordinary yet psychoanalytical journey retelling the relationship between a father and son. Using archival footage, animation, historical figures who populate his imagination, and clips from his films, an enigmatic, warm portrait of the man is created.
It's autumn in all its glory and Ludovic is playing in the park. A bigger teddy bear knocks him down, and the little cub is rescued by a little girl teddy bear. Her kind gesture teaches Ludovic that the magic of friendship can help him face the fiercest bully.
The tale of a curious fox who goes in search of an elusive whale. A journey of pursuit and longing.
An aging piano player looks back on his life.
This animated film illustrates the terrible journey, the back-breaking work, the exotic and gaudy city of Dawson, and the turmoil and triumphs of the 1898 Klondike gold rush.
