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85 Years of NFB Filmmaking: A Look at What Makes Canada’s Renowned OUT OF THE VAULT Newly unearthed gems from our archives
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; French: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and alternative dramas.
As a public film producer and distributor, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) creates social-issue documentaries, auteur animation and interactive works that provide Canada and the world with a unique Canadian perspective.
Our Maternal Home. Tracing their origins to the Cree Nation of Waswanipi, filmmaker and educator Janine Windolf and her family discover a potent form of medicine—the bonds of kinship—in this new short documentary.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is one of the most acclaimed creative centres in the world. In addition to being a public producer and distributor of Canadian content, a talent incubator and a showcase for the country’s filmmakers and artists, it is the caretaker of an accessible, living audiovisual heritage that belongs to all Canadians.
Nov 3, 2011 · National Film Board of Canada. The creation of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is the central event in the history of Canadian cinema. The NFB has pioneered developments in social documentary, animation, documentary drama and direct cinema; and it has been a continuing initiator of new technology.
Mandate and Values. Mandate. Created in 1939, the NFB is a federal agency under the Department of Canadian Heritage. Its mandate is to create, produce, and distribute distinctive and original audiovisual works that reflect the diverse realities and perspectives of Canadians, and to share these works with the people of Canada and the rest of the ...
