Movies

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...

The inhabitants of a village learn to overcome their fears of the unknown.

A selection of publicity clips mounted together in one film to show the techniques of NFB animators. As in Hors-d'oeuvre, these "quickie" films were...

Nesbitt Spoon, who's a bit of a nebbish, tells us about his day, which is fairly average up until the moment that his doctor tells him he has only...

Canuck anti-drugs propaganda film about how glue huffing and pill popping and weed smoking leads to child prostitution. Or something. The backstory...

A lonely woodcarver longs for a son, so he builds a wooden puppet and names it Spinnolio

An animated fable for children showing that things can be malignant or benign depending on how they are used--with good or evil intent.

A visual interpretation of the poem "Riverdale Lion" by Canadian poet and essayist John Robert Colombo.

A story about two symbolic characters who sway to the song Alouette.

This is the story of the first French settlers in North America, who spent their first winter on an island in the Bay of Fundy. Despite overwhelming...

This vignette illustrates the variety of professions, people and technical procedures required by the filmmaking process.

This film promotes, in the best K-Tel tradition, a new device used to speak French.

A disgruntled Uncle Sam complains that nobody listens to him anymore, and what's more, he doesn't even know what's going on up there. "I thought we...

This film is about the emotions that can lead one to take that jump into space necessary for hang gliding with a Delta Plane.

This animated short is the visual enactment of the year-long obstacle course run by a teacher trainee. Rich in humor and anecdote, it is a comedy of...