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One year after the tragedy that took the lives of fourteen female students, Montreal’s École Polytechnique has returned to something resembling...

Raised between dining rooms and take–out counters, the children of Halifax’s Chinese restaurateurs share stories of family, hard work and...

A sudden rainstorm is unleashed on a city. Everyone seeks refuge. When the clouds thin out, life continues.

Every child knows full well that losing a tooth is only the prologue to a magical experience—namely, a night-time visit from the tooth fairy and...

In this Oscar-nominated animated short film, director Peter Foldès depicts one man’s descent into greed and gluttony. Rapidly dissolving and...

This documentary tells the story of a Chinese cemetery in BC that became a National Heritage site. For Chinese pioneers who died in Canada,...

A documentary on young black children living in Toronto public housing.

The film documents Bill Reid's own trip home to visit his parents in Sarnia, Ontario, and the family's conversations about the communication...

For Indigenous peoples the totem pole is the symbol of life, portraying the relationship between humans and animals. Fitting into the landscape of...

Two little men float into the deep blue sky, tied to balloons. But then each decides the sky belongs to him. This film was made as part of the fourth...

An everyman who lives alone desires female companionship. The trouble is, he's got two extra personalities who pop out and ruin things: an id, who's...

What do X-rays, microwaves and light have in common? Part of the Science Please! collection for children.

This feature-length drama, originally broadcast in two parts as part of the NFB television series "Perspective," tells two sides of the same story to...

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their concerns. This film discusses efforts to...

A young filmmaker explores the roots of religion in family dynamics and what happens to those bonds when faith is lost.

Explores the consequences of uranium mining in Canada. Toxic and radioactive waste pose profound, long-term environmental hazards. Miners suffer a...

Authors, teachers, social activists and feminists explore manifestations of contemporary women's spirituality in the Western world.

Follows four women of the estimated 40,000 displaced people moved from the banks of the Xingu River in the Amazon Basin to make space for...

Two sisters who had been adopted internationally explore and compare their respective pasts for the first time. Their candid discussion reveals both...

What makes a fridge cool? A clip from the Science Please! collection.