NFB Films

ONF / NFB

About this app

Get free access to the largest collection of Canadian films online. No subscription or ads.

Award-winning works, with more than 7,000 accolades, including 12 Oscars®.

The NFB Films app is:

* Thousands of FREE films and series
* AWARD-WINNING works by the biggest names in Canadian cinema
* Close to 500 INDIGENOUS-MADE films
* An assortment of documentaries, animation and auteur cinema, featuring both CLASSICS AND NEW RELEASES
* Content available in both ENGLISH AND FRENCH
* Easy access to your FAVOURITES list
* The ability to resume watching a film from where you left off

Exclusive features for mobile:

* Experiencing our INTERACTIVE WORKS for mobile
* Casting films to your TV through CHROMECAST
* Easy access to your FAVOURITES list
* Watching content OFFLINE
* The ability to resume watching a film from where you left off

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The National Film Board is Canada's public producer and distributor of audiovisual works. Find out more at http://www.nfb.ca/about

Ratings and reviews

I really enjoy the classic Canadian Vignettes videos. Childhood memories! Thanks for making these available! I will show them to my nephew and educate him in some Canadian television history! Unfortunately, this app is not compatible with my nVidia Shield Pro. As such, I have had to deduct 1 star from my rating. Developers, if you're reading this, please make it work on the Shield! Fullscreen mode works perfectly for me on 3 separate devices, an S9+, an S20 Ultra, and a Tab S4. I suspect the other users whose reviews indicate they are having problems are experiencing a PEBKAC error.

Edit: problem resolved and captioning is fixed. No closed captioning.. I contacted support via the Chromecast app because I cannot find the settings for Captioning. The response was as follows: "Hello, Thank you for your email, The option is at the bottom right of the video player. " There aren't any settings on the video/video player/Chromecast or on the phone app. I followed up the email with screenshots showing the problem and I got no response. Disappointed.

I love watching NFB films. However, I have 2 complaints with this app. First, I used to use the search function and it worked fine. Now I have a new phone and suddenly the search function doesn't work. I search for titles I KNOW are on the site, but the search comes up as the title being non-existent. Second, I saved several titles to my favourites, only to find that the entire list had been erased the next day. This also happened at least 2 or 3 times on my old phone as well as on my new phone.

What’s new

Brand new design, with quality content