ONF | NFB Popular Movie

Norman is not just an admirer of nature, he's a part of it. He survives the harshness of the climate and the wildlife by coexisting with it. With his...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Norman Winther

In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors....

Genre: Animation

Cast: Grant Munro

The selfishness of the bourgeoisie and the dull passivity of its servants are the theme of this puppet animation presenting the tragicomedy of a...

Genre: Animation

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The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Gilbert Sicotte

This short film is a portrait of Tofino, BC intertidal artist Pete Clarkson as he crafts his most ambitious and personal project to date: a memorial...

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Five animals meet regularly to discuss their inner angst in a group therapy session led by Dr. Clement, a canine psychotherapist. The group includes...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ryan Beil

The story of one shepherd's single-handed quest to re-forest a desolate valley in the foothills of the French Alps throughout the first half of the...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Philippe Noiret

Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His...

Genre: Documentary

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A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Noam Chomsky

Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael Polley

A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Roy Dupuis

Ten women in Canada talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Stephanie Morgenstern

Centres on Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, who in later years lived on skid row in Montreal following a history of drug and alcohol abuse.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ryan Larkin

In 1994, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, made up of impoverished Mayan Indians from the state of Chiapas, took over five towns and 500...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente

Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a professional photographer, and idolizes Gabrielle...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sheila McCarthy

Fifteen years after the events of The Boys of St. Vincent took place, the various boys involved are brought in to testify against the brothers, now...

Genre: Drama

Cast: David Hewlett

Madame Tutli-Putli boards the Night Train, weighed down with all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past. She travels alone, facing both...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Laurie Maher

A couple has a fight over a game of Scrabble unaware that a full-scale nuclear war has started.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Jay Brazeau

An animated film drawn entirely in pastels. Various fantastical plant-like things "grow" from the ground, eventually launching five spheres. The...

Genre: Fantasy

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Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story reveals the extraordinary rise, sudden disappearance, and resurgence of trailblazing Black trans soul singer...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jackie Shane