Labs & Special Initiatives

Capture our moment. Share your story. 5 filmmakers. 5 short films. Produced, financed and distributed by the NFB. Premiering at TIFF 2026.

Offered by the French Animation Unit of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Alambic is a paid six-month mentorship program. It gives emerging animation filmmakers the opportunity to create a film that’s up to three minutes long.

Hothouse takes place over 12 consecutive weeks in the NFB English Animation Studio. Not merely funding nor school: Hothouse is instead a paid mentorship in real-world animation filmmaking.

An exciting incubator, opened to all communities, designed to test out new ideas and find technology solutions to animation and filmmaking challenges.