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A Day in Pacific Rim
Western beautyDiscover Vancouver Island's Pacific Rim National Park with this short documentary that showcases its giant trees, drooping moss and stunning ocean views. -
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How dinosaurs learned to fly
Darwin said what?!Despite eating junk food all the time, never brushing their teeth, staying up all night and frequently jumping off cliffs, dinosaurs didn’t become extinct after all. They actually evolved into birds… at least according to this animated short. -
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Invasion of the Space Lobsters
But do they come in peace?Revisit the classic 1950s B-movie genre with this animated short about a group of giant lobsters from outer space who arrive on Earth with an important message. If only someone would listen. -
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The Ride
Hold on for the ride in this comic fantasyThis silent slapstick comedy begins with a stout tycoon reading the financial pages. But camera tricks turn his Rolls Royce into a runaway toboggan and away he goes! -
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Films
Canada Vignettes: Ma Chère Albertine
- This short film from the Canada Vignettes series depicts the Montreal of 1905-1910 ...
- Suzanne Olivier ,
- 1979,
- 5 min
The Man Who Might Have Been: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Herbert Norman
- This feature documentary is a portrait of Herbert Norman, the Canadian ambassador to ...
- John Kramer ,
- 1998,
- 98 min 4 s
The Musical Ride
- This 1954 documentary short presents the famous Musical Ride of the Royal Canadian ...
- ONFB ,
- 1954,
- 19 min 35 s
Of Sport and Men
- This feature documentary is all about sports. Here, sport is seen as a ...
- ONFB ,
- 1961,
- 58 min 28 s
In Praise of Hands
- This short documentary pays tribute to the craftsmen everywhere whose work adds color ...
- Donald Winkler ,
- 1974,
- 27 min 35 s
Showa Shinzan
- This animated film tells the story of a young Japanese girl's relationship ...
- ONFB ,
- 2002,
- 12 min 56 s
Trawna Tuh Belvul
- This animated short film is an interpretation of Earle Birney's poem “Trawna ...
- Martin Rose ,
- 1994,
- 14 min 10 s
Mouseology
- Using the comic device of trained laboratory mice, this animated short examines the ...
- Bretislav Pojar ,
- 1994,
- 8 min 53 s
When the Dust Settles
- This animated short features 2 neighbouring gophers with very un-neighbourly appetites for anger ...
- Louise Johnson ,
- 1997,
- 7 min 11 s
Mela's Lunch
- This short drama from the Playing Fair series recounts the shaky beginnings of ...
- Sugith Varughese ,
- 1991,
- 14 min 23 s
Camera Men
- In this film, On the Spot series host Fred Davis sets out to ...
- Allen Stark ,
- 1954,
- 15 min
The Genetic Takeover or Mutant Food
- This feature documentary casts a sober look at a potentially explosive situation: the ...
- Karl Parent ,
- Louise Vandelac ,
- 2000,
- 52 min 16 s
The Pirate
- In this short fiction film, Estelle, the scientist in charge of a research ...
- Michel Murray ,
- 1991,
- 19 min
Eye Witness No. 63
- These vignettes from 1954 cover various aspects of life in Canada and were ...
- Walford Hewitson ,
- Jack Long ,
- 1954,
- 11 min
The Home Town Paper
- This short film from 1948 takes an in-depth look at local newspapers and ...
- Morten Parker ,
- 1948,
- 23 min
For Man Must Work or The End of Work
- This feature documentary offers a reflection on the changing reality of work. The ...
- Jean-Claude Bürger ,
- 2000,
- 52 min 1 s
Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada (Trailer)
- Feminism has shaped the society we live in. But just how far has ...
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 1 min 44 s
Hard Light_en (trailer 29352)
- Justin Simms,
- 2011,
- 2 min 3 s
On the Ice Floe (Trailer)
- This personal, funny, touching and creative film offers an inside look at a ...
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 1 min 22 s
Alphée of the Stars (Trailer)
- This feature documentary is a portrait of filmmaker Hugo Latulippe's daughter, Alphée ...
- Hugo Latulippe,
- 2012,
- 1 min 35 s
Passage (trailer)
- The news shook the English-speaking world. Celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin and ...
- John Walker,
- 2008,
- 3 min 20 s
Bear 71 (trailer 29263)
- Version 30 sec.
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 33 s
Bear 71 (trailer 29155)
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 1 min 40 s
The Fruit Hunters (Trailer)
- Exotic fruit obsessives, adventurers and movie star Bill Pullman are the subjects of ...
- ONFB,
- 1948,
- 7 min 11 s
People of the Kattawapiskak River ,The (trailer 31551)
- Alanis Obomsawin’s documentary The People of the Kattawapiskak River exposes the dreadful ...
- Alanis Obomsawin,
- 2012,
- 1 min 31 s
Journal of Insomnia (Trailer)
- This interactive project is a social experience in two parts. The first phase ...
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 2 min 32 s
Banquet of the Concubine (trailer 29154)
- In the year 746, during the Tang Dynasty, a banquet is given in ...
- Hefang Wei,
- 2012,
- 1 min 11 s
In pieces (Trailer)
- Paule Baillargeon is 37 years old, 11 years old, 65 years old. . . In ...
- Paule Baillargeon,
- 2011,
- 1 min 17 s
Fists of Pride_en (trailer 29328)
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 2 min 33 s
Get Animated 2012 (Promo Clip)
- Get Animated 2012 Promo Clip
- ONFB,
- 2012,
- 30 s
The Lost Town of Switez
- In 19th-century Poland, a traveller loses his way in the forest one stormy ...
- Kamil Polak,
- 2011,
- 1 min 38 s
Wavemakers_en (trailer 30982)
- Caroline Martel,
- 2012,
- 1 min 48 s
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