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Prosecutor (Digital download)
ICC: global justice or idealistic dream?Buy and own this feature documentary that follows Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo through the first trials of the newly formed International Criminal Court, which investigates some of the world's worst criminals for some of the world's worst crimes. -
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When the Day Breaks
Alone togetherHow is it that we can feel alone in cities filled with people? 2012 Oscar nominees Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby (Wild Life) explored this paradox with their first Oscar-nominated short, When the Day Breaks. -
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Canada Vignettes: Maple Leaf
In honour of National Flag of Canada DayDiscover this short animation in which our flag's maple leaf transforms into 2 faces illustrating the many relationships that exist between people. -
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Flawed
Moments in loveMark Valentine's Day with this interactive project about the flaws that make us unique, and our journey toward accepting them as an integral part of ourselves. -
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George and Rosemary
Happy Valentine's Day!Snuggle up to this animated romantic comedy about two golden-agers who prove that passion is not only for the young.
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Films
The Aquanaut
- This short fiction film tells the story of a very unusual satellite named ...
- Michel Murray ,
- 1991,
- 21 min 30 s
Emergency Ward
- This 1959 documentary short is a frank portrait of the daily operations inside ...
- William Greaves ,
- 1959,
- 30 min
Women on Patrol
- This feature documentary follows Canadian police constables Martine LeRoyer of Montreal and Debbie ...
- Barry Lank ,
- 2004,
- 54 min
The Sloane Affair
- This feature film, fictional in presentation but based on incidents from actual case ...
- Douglas Jackson ,
- 1972,
- 53 min 27 s
View from the Summit
- This feature documentary takes us back to April 20, 2001, as Quebec City ...
- Magnus Isacsson ,
- 2002,
- 75 min 15 s
The Cat in the Bag
- Through the coming of age of a 20-year-old man, this film symbolizes the ...
- Gilles Groulx ,
- 1964,
- 78 min 55 s
The National Scream
- This lively satire uses animation and a pseudo-documentary style to depict Canada's ...
- Robert Awad ,
- David Verrall ,
- 1980,
- 27 min 57 s
Christopher's Movie Matinee
- When movie cameras were put in the hands of a few young people ...
- Mort Ransen ,
- 1968,
- 87 min 28 s
Black Sugar
- This feature documentary offers a shocking look at the living and working conditions ...
- Michel Régnier ,
- 1988,
- 57 min 50 s
Of Dice and Men
- This witty short animation film introduces the theory of probability. We learn of ...
- John Weldon ,
- 1988,
- 11 min 7 s
Canada Vignettes: Catapult Canada
- This model-animation vignette takes a humorous look at the theme of transportation.
- Bill Maylone ,
- 1985,
- 1 min 9 s
Zea
- A superb visual trick that will mystify its audience, this animated film transforms ...
- André Leduc ,
- Jean-Jacques Leduc ,
- 1981,
- 5 min 17 s
Sunshine and Eclipse (1927-1934)
- This short documentary is an overview of the events that marked Canada between ...
- 1960,
- 28 min 57 s
The Good, Bright Days (1919-1927)
- This short documentary is an overview of the events that marked Canada between ...
- 1960,
- 28 min 55 s
Bilingualism
- This full-length documentary is the 4th part of the Corporation, a film series ...
- Arthur Hammond ,
- 1973,
- 28 min 44 s
Elisha and the Cacao Trees (Trailer)
- What links a village in Belize and millions of North American kids? Chocolate ...
- Rohan Fernando,
- 2010,
- 1 min 3 s
Pink Ribbons Inc. (The business of breast cancer)
- Billions of dollars have been raised through the tireless efforts of women and ...
- 2011,
- 17 s
Pink Ribbons Inc. (If people knew)
- Billions of dollars have been raised through the tireless efforts of women and ...
- 2011,
- 17 s
Here and the Great Elsewhere (Trailer)
- This abstract yet compelling philosophical tale uses the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen as a metaphor ...
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 1 min 21 s
Pumpkins and Old Lace
- The perfect “Granny or Grandpa” poster face is what the photographer from Discra ...
- 2011,
- 1 min 2 s
Rose & Violet
- This animated short tells the story of conjoined twins Rose and Violet who ...
- 2011,
- 1 min 6 s
United States of Africa (Trailer)
- African hip hop pioneer Didier Awadi is on a quest to craft an ...
- 2011,
- 1 min 55 s
Payback (Trailer)
- This feature documentary based on Margaret Atwood’s bestselling book Payback: Debt and ...
- ONFB,
- 2011,
- 1 min 53 s
Conquerors (Trailer), The
- In this animated short, a man and woman are carried by stormy seas ...
- ONFB,
- 2011,
- 57 s
Animation Express II - (Trailer)
- Animation Express II is a compilation of the NFB’s best animated films ...
- 2011,
- 1 min 51 s
Paula - (Trailer)
- A child and a prostitute share the same stretch of sidewalk in a ...
- 2011,
- 1 min 11 s
Unikkausivut - Sharing our Stories (Trailer)
- Unikkausivut is the NFB's Inuit audiovisual legacy initiative, and an unprecedented resource ...
- ONFB,
- 2011,
- 7 min 36 s
Prosecutor
- This feature documentary follows the Chief Prosecutor through the first trials of the ...
- 2010,
- 2 min 31 s
The Boxing Girls of Kabul - (Trailer)
- In this feature documentary, a remarkable group of young Afghan women dream of ...
- ONFB,
- 2011,
- 1 min 53 s
FlickeR
- The dream machine looks simple enough: a 100-watt light bulb, a motor and ...
- Nik Sheehan,
- 2007,
- 1 min
Wiebo's War
- *Now available for download!* Wiebo's War is a feature documentary that tells ...
- 2011,
- 2 min 32 s
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Pink Ribbons, Inc.
- About the film “We used to march in the streets; now we run for a cure.” Barbara Ehrenreich, author and ...
