Movies

In a frenzied attempt to break the isolation, a man drums his head against the wall, unleashing a battery of brightly hued hallucinations. Produced...

An ode to what can happen when Man plays God.

Two lifetimes from now the world hangs in the balance. Dove, a young, enigmatic, gender-shifting warrior, discovers the gifts and burdens of their...

Are we there yet? When the kids act up in the back seat, a family road trip gets knocked hilariously off course. Produced as part of the 13th...

This short animation presents the haunting story of two brothers who share the scars, though not the memories, of an untold history that has driven...

A close look at the microscopic world that surrounds us. Within each basic human interaction there is something strange festering under the surface,...

A multi–layered story of an accumulation of encounters between black clouds. This film was made as part of the fourth edition of the NFB's...

This minimalist piece of animation explores the origin of life. This film was made as part of the fourth edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.

When an extraordinary new resident – Balakrishna, an Indian elephant – arrived in the town of East River, Nova Scotia, in 1967, no one...

A spider professes its love for a squirrel. An interspecies courtship unfolds between the two doe-eyed neighbours. This short film is a testament to...

A modern adaptation of the myth of Hercules, BAM tells the story of a young boxer struggling to negotiate between his shy, bookish nature and a...

When Delia announces a breakup on group chat, she’s bombarded with inappropriate and comic remarks from her Salvadoran family. Produced as...

Dale Hayward brings to life his watercolour on paper. This film was made as part of the fourth edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.

Fed up with her roommate’s incessant shopping and hoarding, a girl takes matters into her own hands in this comical take on vlogging and the...

A mink walks into a fur store. Fantastic Mr. Fox meets The Shining in this stop-motion cautionary tale of what happens when we don’t think...

This short animated film looks at the relationship between social spaces and taboos surrounding mental illness and other forms of marginalization....

A woman awakes to mysterious sounds—and confronts an astonishing surreal world summoned forth by her innermost fears. Produced as part of the...

A little banjo-picking monster is trying to find her way at a signpost by the railway tracks. She sets out and finds what she is looking for in a...