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- 2008
The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony
The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony02008HD
This feature-length documentary chronicles the Sundance ceremony brought to Eastern Canada by William Nevin of the Elsipogtog First Nation of the Mi'k...
- 2015
If I Was God
If I Was God5.22015HD
While dissecting a frog in Biology class, a 12-year-old boy speculates about what he would do if he were God.
- 1940
Dots
Dots5.9631940HD
An experimental film in which both sound and visuals were created entirely by Norman McLaren drawing directly upon the film with ordinary pen and ink....
- 2022
Wabano: The Light of the Day
Wabano: The Light of the Day02022HD
Nestled at the heart of Canada’s national capital, the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health has been a haven for generations of Indigenous people from...
- 1984
Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe
Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe6.31984HD
Ovide Plouffe has married Rita. She still tries to attract other men even after their marriage. Unhappy Ovide feels for Marie - a young French woman h...
- 1989
George's Island
George's Island6.51989HD
After telling his class about the ghost of Captain Kidd and his buried treasure on George’s Island, George is placed in a foster home. George and anot...
- 1964
The End of Summer
The End of Summer6.11964HD
A 16 year old girl recalls the last moments of her summer vacation, spent with friends in the Laurentians north of Montreal. She reminisces about thei...
- 1948
Pay-Off In Pain
Pay-Off In Pain51948HD
The personal and social tragedy of drug addiction with its evil accompaniment, drug traffic. Over the side of the silent liner in the darkness slips t...
- 2017
Walking is Medicine
Walking is Medicine02017HD
The Nishiyuu walkers made the trek from Whapmagoostui in Quebec to Ottawa, a 1,600-kilometre journey whose roots date back millennia. At the heart of...
- 1991
Distress Signals
Distress Signals01991HD
American television programming dominates around the world at the expense of regional cultural voices.
- 1988
Rendezvous Canada, 1606
Rendezvous Canada, 160601988HD
The dramatic story of two youths--one French and one Indigenous--who share a pivotal time in Canada's history: the first contact between European and...
- 2000
Traitor or Patriot
Traitor or Patriot02000HD
This feature documentary is a portrait of Adélard Godbout, the largely forgotten man who was Premier of Quebec from 1939 to 1944. During his office, G...
- 1981
Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography
Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography6.31981HD
Documentary about the pornography industry and the apparent violent anti-woman slant much of it takes.
- 1977
One Man
One Man01977HD
In this socially conscious drama, a TV journalist begins investigating a large factory that has been threatening the health of the children who live i...
- 2016
Seances
Seances6.22016HD
Seances, co-created with the National Film Board of Canada, presents a wholly new way of experiencing film narrative. By dynamically generating a seri...
- 1973
The Story of Christmas
The Story of Christmas51973HD
This short animation tells the familiar story of Christmas in an innovative and colourful way. Filmmaker Evelyn Lambart uses glowing zinc cut-outs to...
- 1958
Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage01958HD
St. Joseph's Oratory, a picturesque shrine silhouetted against Mount Royal, draws pilgrims by the thousands every year. They come from California by G...
- 1977
Kevin Alec
Kevin Alec01977HD
In the mountainous country near Lillooet, British Columbia, eleven-year-old Kevin Alec of the Fountain Indian Reserve learns to make fishnets with his...
- 2024
Living Together
Living Together02024HD
Halima Elkhatabi’s disarming documentary eavesdrops on dozens of Montrealers as they interview one another in the hopes of finding a roommate they won...
- 1970
N-Zone
N-Zone7.51970HD
Arthur Lipsett’s N-Zone is the longest, loosest and last of the collage films he produced at Canada’s National Film Board (NFB). It marks the end-poin...