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    Memorandum

    Lest we forget
    Follow the emotional journey of a Holocaust survivor as he revisits one of the last concentration camps held by the Nazis. In honour of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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    Carnival in Quebec

    Quebec City, 1957
    Discover this archival record of Québec City’s Winter Carnival and marvel at pageants, parades, boat races and folk dancing captured on film over half a century ago.
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    2 NFB shorts nominated at the Oscars!

    For a limited time only : Watch these films and purchase the digital versions at a special reduced price
    Patrick Doyon's Sunday and Wild Life, by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, were just nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short. These mark the NFB's 71st and 72nd Oscar nominations. Congratulations!
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    Pink Ribbons Inc.

    In theatres February 3, 2012
    Breast cancer has become the poster child of cause-related marketing campaigns. Each year, millions of dollars are raised in the name of breast cancer, but where does this money go and what does it actually achieve?
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    Bearing Witness: Luke Melchior

    As long as there’s life, there’s hope
    Meet online entrepreneur and disability rights advocate Luke Melchior, who at 26 has lived longer than most people with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive wasting of the muscles.
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    Science Please, Part 1

    Scientific concepts explained in 60 seconds or less
    Why is ice slippery? Find out with this collection of animated shorts that teach kids about science in 60-second increments.
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    OK... Camera

    A Michael Rubbo documentary
    Discover this documentary exploring Québec’s unique and controversial feature film industry. Includes interviews with Denys Arcand, Gilles Carle, Claude Jutra and Geneviève Bujold.

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Films

Zea  

Zea

Sunshine and Eclipse (1927-1934)  

Sunshine and Eclipse (1927-1934)

  • This short documentary is an overview of the events that marked Canada between ...
  • 1960,
  • 28 min 57 s
Good, Bright Days (1919-1927) ,The  

The Good, Bright Days (1919-1927)

  • This short documentary is an overview of the events that marked Canada between ...
  • 1960,
  • 28 min 55 s
Canada Vignettes: Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary  

Canada Vignettes: Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary

  • This animated vignette illustrates a humorous Irish folktale about 2 farmers, Hudden and ...
  • Eva Szasz ,
  • 1978,
  • 5 min
Bilingualism  

Bilingualism

  • This full-length documentary is the 4th part of the Corporation, a film series ...
  • Arthur Hammond ,
  • 1973,
  • 28 min 44 s
Real Estate  

Real Estate

  • This full-length documentary is the 2nd part of the Corporation, a film series ...
  • Arthur Hammond ,
  • 1973,
  • 28 min 44 s
These Are My People...  

These Are My People...

Station 10  

Station 10

  • This feature film is a factual account of the life of policemen at ...
  • Michael Scott ,
  • 1973,
  • 57 min 50 s
They Called Us  

They Called Us 'Les Filles du Roy'

  • Structured as a love letter, this feature film is an impressionistic history of ...
  • Anne Claire Poirier ,
  • 1974,
  • 56 min 11 s
Augusta  

Augusta

  • This short documentary is the portrait of an 88-year-old woman who lives alone ...
  • Anne Wheeler ,
  • 1976,
  • 16 min 33 s
A Child Unlike Any Other  

A Child Unlike Any Other

  • In this short documentary about autism, director Anna Barczewska examines the complex challenge ...
  • Anna Barczewska ,
  • 2005,
  • 11 min 20 s
End of the Line  

End of the Line

OK ... Camera  

OK ... Camera

  • This documentary film is an exploration of Québec’s feature film industry. The ...
  • Michael Rubbo ,
  • 1972,
  • 27 min 37 s
Lord Elgin: Voice of the People  

Lord Elgin: Voice of the People

  • This short film tells the story of Lord Elgin, a man’s whose ...
  • Julian Biggs ,
  • 1959,
  • 28 min 58 s
Bearing Witness: Luke Melchior  

Bearing Witness: Luke Melchior

  • This feature documentary is a portrait of Luke Melchior who, at 26, has ...
  • Dan Curtis ,
  • 2003,
  • 51 min 10 s
Road to Patriation ,The  

The Road to Patriation

  • This feature documentary retraces the century of haggling by successive federal and provincial ...
  • Robert Duncan ,
  • 1982,
  • 93 min 27 s
Pumpkins and Old Lace  

Pumpkins and Old Lace

  • The perfect “Granny or Grandpa” poster face is what the photographer from Discra ...
  • 2011,
  • 1 min 2 s
Rose & Violet  

Rose & Violet

  • This animated short tells the story of conjoined twins Rose and Violet who ...
  • ONFB,
  • 2011,
  • 1 min 6 s
United States of Africa (Trailer)  

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)  

Payback (Trailer)

  • This feature documentary based on Margaret Atwood’s bestselling book Payback: Debt and ...
  • ONFB,
  • 2011,
  • 1 min 53 s
Conquerors (Trailer), The  

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 - (Trailer)

  • Animation Express II is a compilation of the NFB’s best animated films ...
  • 2011,
  • 1 min 51 s
Paula - (Trailer)  

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 - Sharing our Stories (Trailer)

  • Unikkausivut is the NFB's Inuit audiovisual legacy initiative, and an unprecedented resource ...
  • ONFB,
  • 2011,
  • 7 min 36 s
Prosecutor (Trailer)  

Prosecutor (Trailer)

  • This feature documentary follows the Chief Prosecutor through the first trials of the ...
  • ONFB,
  • 2010,
  • 2 min 31 s
Boxing Girls of Kabul - (Trailer) ,The  

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  

FlickeR

  • The dream machine looks simple enough: a 100-watt light bulb, a motor and ...
  • Nik Sheehan,
  • 2007,
  • 1 min
Wiebo's War (Trailer)  

Wiebo's War (Trailer)

  • Wiebo's War opens in select Canadian theatres in October 2011. Click here ...
  • ONFB,
  • 2011,
  • 2 min 32 s
The Hole Story (Trailer)  

The Hole Story (Trailer)

  • In this feature documentary, Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie continue in the same ...
  • 2011,
  • 1 min 39 s
55 Socks (Trailer)  

55 Socks (Trailer)

  • Based on a poem by Marie Jacobs, the animated short 55 Socks, by ...
  • 2011,
  • 1 min 5 s
Surviving Progress (Trailer)  

Surviving Progress (Trailer)

  • Surviving Progress is a stunning new feature documentary that connects the financial collapse ...
  • ONFB,
  • 2011,
  • 1 min 58 s
Pink Ribbons, Inc. (Trailer) *In theatres February 3, 2012*  

Pink Ribbons, Inc. (Trailer) *In theatres February 3, 2012*