French Program is where innovation and NFB tradition meet, resulting in a unique production philosophy that values creators and their approaches.
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We have three production studios: the Québec, Canadian Francophonie and Acadian Documentary Studio, the Animation Studio, and the Interactive Studio. The studios all work with emerging and seasoned filmmakers, as well as with artisans (such as editors, sound designers, and musicians) from all backgrounds.
We support bold and innovative creator-led works with the potential to reach diverse communities through screenings in theatres and public spaces. Our productions and co-productions include a wide array of formats, platforms, and approaches, from linear to immersive and experimental. We prioritize a diversity of approaches, perspectives, and voices, consistent with the NFB;s values (emerging voices, parity, regional mandate, experimentation).
French Program also manages the ACIC (Aide au cinéma indépendant) program, which provides post-production support, allowing approximately 70 films by independent creators to be completed each year.
Projects in release / Coming soon
- Alambic
- Beyond Paper (Au-delà du papier)
- Black
- Blind Man Who Saw
- Blood Relations
- Chom5ky vs Chomsky: A playful conversation on AI
- Fire-Jo-Ball
- Grande soeur (Big Sister)
- Ocean School
- Plastisapiens
- Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows
- The Secret Order (L'ordre secret)
- Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections
- Undertaker for life!
- Unspoken Tears (Trauma Through Words)
- Waiting for Raif (En attendant Raif)
- Worlds of Ice
Projects in production
- 1983
- À moitié chemin
- Aphasia
- Cohabiter
- Combattantes
- Forêts urbaines
- Fredy
- Geste tendre
- Graver l'homme, arrêt sur Pierre Hébert
- Harvey
- Hypersensitive
- I Don't Love You Anymore (working title)
- Je m'appelle Daniel
- La complainte pour Sainte-Catherine
- La course
- La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles
- Le tableau
- Le travail
- Lendemains urbains (Urban Tomorrows)
- Les enfants du large
- Les grands débordements
- Les têtes ailleurs
- Loca
- Maisonneuve
- Malartic
- Moon Noonk Édouard
- Nin, Auass
- North Star (Étoile du Nord)
- Notre Mulroney
- Post Humans
- Pourquoi? (Why?)
- Projet fantômes
- Second souffle
- Women in Science