BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1860@events.nfb.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251218T210000 DTSTAMP:20251211T154029Z URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/hello-film-free-screenings-at-the-nfb/ SUMMARY:Hello film! | Free screenings at the NFB DESCRIPTION:Free films\, first-come\, first-wowed!\nGems from the NFB colle ction\nRound up your family or some friends and come see recent gems from the NFB collection on the big screen in Montreal. Every Thursday\, we’re presenting free public screenings at the NFB’s Alanis Obomsawin Theatre in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles. Reserve your seats below. Se e you there!\n\nAll screenings begin at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30).\n\nAc cessible to persons with reduced mobility.\n***\n \;\nThursday Decembe r 18 - Arab Women Say What?!\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nNisree n Baker\, 2023\n82 minutes\nOriginal English version\, French subtitles\n\ nWith unadulterated truth and complexity\, Arab Women Say What?! paints an unparalleled portrait of Arab women living in Canada. The film offers a c ounter-mainstream narrative that embraces the unique experiences and persp ectives of eight Arab women sharing their insights\, cuisine and laughter. Amid the rhythm of poetry and music\, they tackle issues of feminism\, po litics\, exile and the yearning for a sense of belonging.\n\nThe documenta ry will be preceded by the short film Question Period (Ann Marie Fleming\ , 2019\, 5 min)\n\n\n\n \;\nThe screenings will resume on Thursday Jan uary 15 2026!\nStay tuned for our upcoming programming.\n \;\n***\n\nP AST SCREENINGS\nTuesday December 9 - Jireh Gospel: Hearts in Chorus\nThis Hello Film! screening will exceptionally take place on a Tuesday \n\n*SOL D OUT *\n\nWylem Decaille\, 2023\n45 minutes\nOriginal French version\, En glish subtitles\n\nJireh Gospel: Hearts in Chorus is an intimate and uplif ting portrait of Montreal’s celebrated choir. Directed by Wylem Decaille \, the film follows the ensemble as they prepare for their Christmas conce rt\, revealing the group’s passion and commitment. Through soulful perfo rmances and candid moments\, it celebrates gospel music as an act of faith and community that can transform hearts\, heal the soul and inspire joy.\ n\nThe screening will be followed by a discussion hosted by Stanley Péan\ , with Carol Bernard\, founder and director of the Jireh Gospel Choir\, an d filmmaker Wylem Decaille in attendance.\n\nWatch an excerpt\n\n \;\n Thursday December 4 - Night Watches Us\nTo reserve your seats\, click here \n\nStefan Verna\, 2024\n42 minutes\nOriginal English version\, French sub titles\n\nOn August 21\, 2018\, a son lost his father\, a mother lost her son and a nephew lost his uncle. The community knows what happened. Flower s bloom where Nicholas Gibbs last drew breath. He was a 23-year-old Black man plagued by mental health issues but was murdered by the Montreal polic e. Stefan Verna’s Night Watches Us examines the systemic forces that lea d to Nicholas’s tragic death\, telling the story through the eyes of his family and community\, united in their collective grief. Using a blend of documentary styles mixed with street art and spoken word\, this film is a love letter in honour of Nicholas and the Gibbs family.\n\nThis work cont ains scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised.\n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film King's Court (Serville Poblete\, 2025\, 20 min)\n\n\nThursday November 27 - Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nAerlyn Weissman & amp\; Lynne Fernie\, 1992\n84 minutes\nOriginal English version\, French s ubtitles\n\nThis feature documentary delves into the rich history of Canad ian queer women’s experiences in the mid-20th century. Compelling\, ofte n hilarious and always rebellious\, the women interviewed in this film rec ount stories about their search for the places where openly gay women gath ered in urban centres. Contemporary interviews\, archival footage\, and a stylized fictional narrative based on the pulp novels of the 1950s are wov en throughout this simultaneously funny\, heartbreaking\, and empowering f ilm. Forbidden Love brings an important and empowering history of lesbian sexuality in Canada out of the closet.\n\nThis work contains scenes of nud ity and/or sexuality. Viewer discretion is advised.\n\nIn collaboration wi th Image+Nation Festival.\n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film Into Light (Sheona McDonald\, 2021\, 19 min)\n\n\n\n \;\nThursda y November 20 - In the Room\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nBrishka y Ahmed\, 2025\n75 minutes\nOriginal English\, Farsi &\; Dari version\, French subtitles\n\nIn the face of exile\, five Afghan women’s commitme nt to freedom and equality empowers them to take the world stage and recla im their homeland in Brishkay Ahmed’s documentary In the Room. Through a series of honest conversations\, these extraordinary rebels reveal the de eply personal history of Afghanistan in all its complexity\, beauty and st ruggle.\n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film Two Apples ( Bahram Javahery\, 2022\, 9 min)\n\nThe screening will be followed by a Q&a mp\;A with director Brishkay Ahmed.\n\n\n\n \;\nThursday November 13 - Nechako: It Will Be A Big River Again\nTo reserve your seats\, click here \n\nLyana Patrick\, 2025\n90 minutes\nOriginal English version\, French su btitles\n\nNechako is a crucial documentary that follows two Indigenous Na tions fighting for our collective future. When the Kenney Dam was built in the 1950s\, the Nechako River was forever changed. The Stellat’en and S aik’uz Nations embarked on a groundbreaking legal proceeding against the Canadian government and Rio Tinto Alcan that lasted over a decade—a bat tle that continues today. Following community members living day to day on the river while they take on powerful institutions\, Nechako is an urgent call to action to restore a river and a way of life.\n\nThe documentary w ill be preceded by the short film: Stories Are In Our Bones (Janine Windol ph\, 2019\, 11 min)\n\n\nThursday November 6 - 7 Beats Per Minute\nTo rese rve your seats\, click here\n\nYuqi Kang\, 2024\n100 minutes\nOriginal Eng lish version\, French subtitles\n\nDuring a world-record attempt\, freediv ing champion Jessea Lu blacked out and was lifeless for four minutes. Dire ctor Yuqi Kang’s documentary captures the descent of a lifetime\, when J essea returns to the site of her near-death experience to face the traumas of her past and find a way back to connection.\n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film: Help! (Noémie Payant-Hébert\, 2016\, 5 min) \n\n\nThursday October 30 - Undertaker For Life!\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nGeorges Hannan\, 2022\n52 minutes\nOriginal French version\, English subtitles\n\nUndertakers are anything but gloomy\; they’re funn y\, generous and dedicated. We would gladly go on vacation with them\, but sadly\, they never have any dead time.\n\nThe documentary will be precede d by the short film Zeb's Spider (Alicia Eisen &\; Sophie Jarvis\, 202 2\, 9 min)\n\n\nThursday October 23 - Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nLoïc Darses\, 2024\n77 mi nutes\nOriginal French version\, English subtitles\n\nStructured like a ma ster class in film engraving\, Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Héber t is a tribute to the pioneering animator\, whose scratch-on-film techniqu e has long served as a vessel for his restless artistic exploration. Direc tor Loïc Darses traces Hébert’s journey from his early abstract works at the NFB to his later documentary-animation hybrids\, revealing an artis t who has never ceased to question\, experiment\, and reflect on the world around him. The film captures both the man and his body of work\, peeling back the layers of his process to uncover his thoughts on history\, ident ity\, and mortality. As Hébert candidly reflects on his artistic and pers onal journey\, Scratches of Life becomes a testament to the enduring power of creative reinvention.\n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film Blinkity Blank (Norman McLaren\, 1955\, 5 min)\n\n\nThursday Octobe r 16 - Sovereign Soil\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nDavid Curtis\ , 2019\n91 minutes\nOriginal English version\, French subtitles\n\nSet in the northern wilds surrounding the tiny sub-Arctic town of Dawson City\, Y ukon\, Sovereign Soil is an ode to the beauty of this ferocious\, remote l and and the wisdom of those who’ve chosen to call it home.\n\nIn collabo ration with the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma\n\nThe documentary will be pre ceded by the short film COVID 19: The Future of Food (Jérémie Battaglia \, 2020\, 12 min)\n\n\nThursday October 9 - The Coca-Cola Case\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nGermán Gutiérrez &\; Carmen Garcia\, 2009 \n85 minutes\nOriginal French version\, English subtitles\n\nFor decades\, Colombia has ranked first among countries in the number of social leaders assassinated. From 2002 to 2009\, more than 470 leaders were killed by pa ramilitary militias in the pay of companies ready to do anything to crush the unions. Among these unscrupulous corporate brands were bottling plants of Coca-Cola company products.\n\nThese unpunished crimes spur U.S. activ ists Dan Kovalik\, Terry Collingsworth and Ray Rogers into an ambitious cr usade against the soft drink giant\, accusing them of turning a blind eye to the misdeeds brought to their attention. By following the relentless ef forts of this unshakeable trio\, The Coca-Cola Case takes us on a fascinat ing legal road-movie\, against a backdrop of denunciation campaigns claimi ng: Stop Killer Coke!\n\nAfter five years of struggle\, will Coca-Cola yie ld in the end? And on the verge of a settlement\, what will the victims ch oose—cash\, or power and integrity?\n\nIn collaboration with the Festiva l du Nouveau Cinéma\n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film Saturday Night (Rosana Matecki\, 2021\, 15 min)\n\n\nThursday October 2 - Malartic\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nNicolas Paquet\, 2024\n88 minutes\nOriginal French version\, English subtitles\n\nTen years after a n enormous open-pit gold mine began operations in Malartic\, the hoped-for economic miracle is nothing more than a mirage. Filmmaker Nicolas Paquet explores the glaring contrast between the town’s decline and the wealth of the mining company\, along with the mechanisms of an opaque decision-ma king system in which ordinary people have little say. Part anthropological study\, part investigation into the corridors of power\, Malartic address es the fundamental issue of sustainable and fair land management.\n\nThe d ocumentary will be preceded by the short film Losing Blue (Leanne Allison\ , 2023\, 16 min)\n\n\nThursday July 31 - KOROMOUSSO: Big Sister\nTo reserv e your seats\, click here\n\nHabibata Ouarme &\; Jim Donovan\, 2023\n76 minutes\nOriginal French version\, English subtitles\n\nWith candor\, hum our and courage\, a group of African-Canadian women challenge cultural tab oos surrounding female sexuality and fight to take back ownership of their bodies. Combining her own journey with personal accounts from some of her radiant\, endearing friends\, co-director Habibata Ouarme explores the ph enomenon of female genital mutilation and the road to individual and colle ctive healing\, both in Africa and in Canada.\n\nThe documentary will be p receded by the short film Embraced (Justine Vuylsteker\, 2018\, 5 min)\n\n \nThursday July 24 - Stories We Tell\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n \nSarah Polley\, 2012\n108 minutes\nOriginal English version\, French subt itles\n\nThis feature documentary is an inspired\, genre-twisting film dir ected by Oscar®-nominee Sarah Polley. Polley's playful investigation into the elusive truth buried within the contradictions of a family of storyte llers paints a touching and intriguing portrait of a complex network of re latives\, friends\, and strangers.\n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film Stories Sarah Tells (Ann Marie Fleming\, 2013\, 4 min)\n\n\ nThursday July 17 - A Man Imagined\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\n Brian M. Cassidy &\; Melanie Shatzky\, 2024\n61 minutes\nOriginal Engli sh version\, French subtitles\n\n67-year-old Lloyd gives filmmakers Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky a glimpse into his life on the margins of s ociety. Blurring the boundaries of non-fiction cinema\, the film reveals h is gentle spirit and soulful solitude shaped by his troubled past.\n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film Street Health Stories (Kate rina Cizek\, 2007\, 9 min)\n\n\nThursday July 10 - A Mother Apart\nTo rese rve your seats\, click here\n\nLaurie Townshend\, 2024\n89 minutes\nOrigin al English version\, French subtitles\n\nHow do you raise a child when you r own mother left you behind? Best known for the spoken word series Def Po etry Jam and her acclaimed solo show MotherStruck!\, Jamaican-American poe t and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin embarks on a winding\, emotionally ra w journey to find the woman who disappeared from her life. From Brooklyn t o Montreal\, from Cologne to Kingston\, she confronts buried pain\, seeks elusive answers and ultimately embraces the radical act of forgiveness. Al ongside her daughter\, she redefines home\, healing\, and the very meaning of motherhood. A Mother Apart is a powerful testament to resilience\, rec onciliation\, and the courage to break cycles of neglect.\n\nThe documenta ry will be preceded by the short film Freaks of Nurture (Alexandra Lemay\, 2018\, 6 min)\n\n\nThursday July 3 - Living Together\nTo reserve your sea ts\, click here\n\nHalima Elkhatabi\, 2024\n75 minutes\nOriginal French ve rsion\, English subtitles\n\nIn a series of captivating encounters\, sever al young people try to find the ideal roommate\, that rare gem with whom t hey can share their space—and their values. A complex and engaging pictu re of a generation accustomed to playing all their identity cards\, Living Together maps a mosaic of cultures and ideas\, with explorations of commu nity\, individualism and the right to housing in constant interplay.\n\nTh e documentary will be preceded by the short film Centre-Sud Chronicles (Ri chard Suicide\, 2021\, 4 min)\n\n\nThursday June 26 - Parade: Queer Acts o f Love &\; Resistance\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nNoam Gonic k\, 2025\n96 minutes\nOriginal English version\, French subtitles\n\nParad e: Queer Acts of Love &\; Resistance captures pivotal moments that sp arked Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ movement\, honouring the activists and elders whose resistance led to the rights we have today. Through rarely seen arc hival footage and first-person accounts\, audiences are brought to the fro ntlines of the struggle. From police raids to early drag shows\, communi ty organizing to the House of Commons—the complex history of the cou ntry’s diverse communities is brought to life. Key milestones illust rate the power of taking it into the streets and underscore how easily the rights we’ve fought for can be revoked\, making the documentary essenti al viewing for all Canadians. Unflinching\, bold\, enraging\, hopeful\;  Parade is a vital new chapter in the queer canon.\n\nThis Québec premie re is presented in collaboration with Fierté Montréal and image+nation\, and will be followed by a panel and Q&\;A with :\n\n Marie Houzeau\, General Manager\, GRIS-Montréal\n Kama La Mackerel\, multidisciplinary a rtist\, educator\, writer\, curator and literary translator\n Moderated b y : Jeremie Romain\, curator\, QCCMTL and Ciné-Queer\, Fierté Montréal\ n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film I Like Girls (Diane Obomsawin\, 2016\, 8 min)\n\n\nThursday June 19 - The Stand\nTo reserve yo ur seats\, click here\n\nChris Auchter\, 2024\n94 minutes\nOriginal Englis h version\, French subtitles\n\nOn a misty morning in the fall of 1985\, a small group of Haida people blockaded a muddy dirt road on Lyell Island\, demanding the government work with Indigenous people to find a way to pro tect the land and the future. In a riveting new feature documentary drawn from more than a hundred hours of archival footage and audio\, award-winni ng director Christopher Auchter (Now Is the Time) recreates the critical m oment when the Haida Nation’s resolute act of vision and conscience chan ged the world.\n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film Feath er Fall (Ossie Michelin\, 2024\, 23 minutes)\n\n\nThursday June 12 - Ninan Auassat: We\, The Children\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nKim O'B omsawin\, 2024\n91 minutes\nOriginal French\, English\, Innu Aimun and Att ikamekw version\, French subtitles\n\nTold entirely from a child’s persp ective\, Ninan Auassat: We\, the Children is a powerful and immersive docu mentary that reveals the dreams of a new generation ready to take flight. Renowned for her intimate and compelling films\, director Kim O’Bomsawin takes us deep into the world of Indigenous youth\, capturing the stories of children from the Atikamekw\, Eeyou Cree and Innu Nations over a period of more than six years. Without adult narration or expert commentary\, th e film offers an unfiltered look at childhood as it unfolds\, from everyda y life to defining moments on the path to adulthood. It’s a bold cinemat ic statement—one that gives space to a generation eager to be heard. The ir voices ring out\, not just as personal stories\, but as a call to actio n\, demanding recognition and the chance to thrive on their own terms.\n\n The director will be present for a Q&\;A after the screening.\n\nThe do cumentary will be preceded by the short film Every Child (Eugene Fedorenko \, 1979\, 6 min)\n\n\nThursday June 5 - Pauline Julien\, Intimate and Poli tical\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nPascale Ferland\, 2018\n77 mi nutes\nOriginal French version\, English subtitles\n\nWith a meticulous se lection of interviews\, performances and photos drawn from a vast and rich archival collection\, Pauline Julien\, Intimate and Political follows the iconic Quebec singer and eternally free spirit on a journey through key m oments in the province’s history.\n\n*Warning: sensitive topic (suicide) \n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film Edith Butler - Daug hter of the Wind and Acadie (Monique LeBlanc\, 2009\, 6 min)\n\n\nThursday May 29 - Sons\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nJustin Simms\, 2024\ n70 minutes\nEnglish version with French subtitles\n\nSet against the back drop of his son’s first five years of life—from cooing infant to hurri cane of a boy—filmmaker Justin Simms looks at modern masculinity through the lens of fatherhood as he asks an increasingly urgent question: How do we teach our boys to be better men?\n\nThe documentary will be preceded b y the short film Harvey (Janice Nadeau\, 2023\, 9 min)\n\n\nThursday May 2 2 - Incandescence\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nNova Ami &\; V elcrow Ripper\, 2024\n104 minutes\nEnglish version with French subtitles\n \nEvery summer\, wildfires rage with increasing intensity across the globe \, darkening skies and reducing entire communities to ash. Incandescence\, a powerful documentary from award-winning filmmakers Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper (Metamorphosis)\, weaves together immersive footage and deeply per sonal accounts from Indigenous Elders\, first responders and local evacuee s in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. As climate change accelerates a nd suppression efforts falter\, the film explores traditional Indigenous f ire stewardship—controlled burns that regenerate the land and foster res ilience. Drawing on nature’s own rhythms of destruction\, renewal and re birth\, Incandescence reveals a transformative vision of fire not as an en emy\, but as an ancient force essential to thriving life. With breathtakin g cinematography and intimate storytelling\, the film offers both a warnin g and a way forward\, lighting a path of hope through the smoke.\n\nThe do cumentary will be preceded by the short film Carface (Claude Cloutier\, 20 15\, 5 min)\n\n\nThursday May 15 - Seguridad\nTo reserve your seats\, clic k here\n\nTamara Segura\, 2024\n76 minutes\nSpanish version with English s ubtitles\n\nOnce named “Cuba’s youngest soldier” in a propaganda stu nt\, filmmaker Tamara Segura returns to her native country to untangle the painful legacy of her father’s alcoholism and the lasting impact of the Cuban Revolution. Through intimate interviews and personal archives\, Seg uridad reveals a family’s hidden struggles and an era’s deep scars.\n\ nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film Song for Cuba (Tamara Segura\, 2014\, 7 min)\n\n\nThursday May 8 - The Apology \nTo reserve you r seats\, click here\n\nTiffany Hsiung\, 2016\n104 minutes\nFrench subtitl ed version\n\nThe Apology follows the personal journeys of three former “comfort women” who were among the 200\,000 girls and young women kidn apped and forced into military sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Arm y during World War II. Some 70 years after their imprisonment in so-called “comfort stations”\, the three “grandmothers—Grandma Gil in South Korea\, Grandma Cao in China\, and Grandma Adela in the Philippines—fac e their twilight years in fading health. After decades of living in silenc e and shame about their past\, they know that time is running out to give a first-hand account of the truth and ensure that this horrific chapter of history is not forgotten. Whether they are seeking a formal apology from the Japanese government or summoning the courage to finally share their se cret with loved ones\, their resolve moves them forward as they seize this last chance to set future generations on a course for reconciliation\, he aling\, and justice.\n\nThis work deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.\n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short f ilm The Hat (Michèle Cournoyer\, 1999\, 6 minutes)\n\n\nThursday March 27 - Assholes\, A Theory\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nJohn Walker\ , 2019\nLength: 81 minutes\nOriginal English version with French subtitles \n\nWith venomous social media\, resurgent authoritarianism and rampant na rcissism threatening to trash civilization as we know it\, the time has co me for Assholes: A Theory—an entertaining and oh-so-timely feature doc f rom acclaimed director John Walker.\n\nInspired by Aaron James’ New York Times bestseller of the same name\, Assholes investigates the breeding gr ounds of contemporary “asshole culture” and locates signs of civility in an otherwise rude-’n-nasty universe.\n\nVenturing into predominantly male domain\, Walker moves from Ivy League frat clubs to the bratty prince doms of Silicon Valley and bear pits of international finance. Why do assh oles thrive in certain environments? What explains their perverse appeal? And how do they keep getting elected!\n\nLively commentary is provided by the likes of actor John Cleese\, former Canadian police officer Sherry Lee Benson-Podolchuk\, and Italian LGBTQ activist Vladimir Luxuria\, who famo usly locked horns with Silvio Berlusconi\, the p***y-grabbing prototype of the 21st-century demagogue.\n\nThe director will be present for a Q&\; A after the screening - in English only.\n\n\nThursday March 20 - Zero Tol erance\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nMichka Saäl\, 2004\nLength: 75 minutes\nOriginal French version with English subtitles\n\nBeing young is tough\, especially if you're Black\, Latino\, Arab or Asian. In a city like Montreal\, you can get targeted and treated as a criminal for no goo d reason. Zero Tolerance reveals how deep seated prejudice can be. On one side are the city's young people\, and on the other\, its police force. Tw o worlds\, two visions. Yet one of these groups is a minority\, while the other wields real power. One has no voice\, while the other makes life-and -death decisions.\n\nWhen a policy of zero tolerance to crime masks an int olerance to young people of colour\, the delicate balance between order an d personal freedom is upset. A blend of cinéma vérité and personal test imonies\, this hard-hitting film will broaden your mind and change your wa y of thinking.\n\nA roundtable\, organized by the Action Against Racism an d for Equal Opportunities (SACR)\, will follow the screening.\n\n \;\n Thursday March 13 - Posthumans\nTo reserve your seats\, click here\n\nDomi nique Leclerc\, 2025\nLength: 88 minutes\nOriginal French version\n\nDirec tor Dominique Leclerc spent years depending on medical devices for her sur vival. Then\, looking for alternative solutions\, she entered the world of emerging technologies\, where cyborgs\, biohackers and transhumanists wor k to outsmart illness\, aging—and even death.\n\nOver time\, through her conversations with them\, Leclerc finds herself wavering between hope and wariness.\n\nIn Posthumans\, she looks at issues like what happens if our physical and cognitive “enhancements” are driven by the tech giants\, and raises critically important social\, ethical and political questions. \n\nThe film’s auteur and avant-garde aesthetic is further enriched by c omposer Frannie Holder’s spellbinding soundtrack.\n\nPosthumans forms pa rt of Dominique Leclerc’s multidisciplinary exploration of these issues and themes\, which she’s previously grappled with in sensitive and nuanc ed works for the theatre such as Post Humains and i/O.\n\n\n\n \;\nThu rsday\, March 6 - Studio D : Fifty Years of Feminist Filmmaking\n*Special event starting at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.\n\nIf you Love This Plane t\, Terre Nash\, 1982\nLength: 25 minutes\n\nThe NFB’s 7th Academy-Award winning film.\n\nThis short film is comprised of a lecture given to stude nts by outspoken nuclear critic Dr. Helen Caldicott\, president of Physici ans for Social Responsibility in the USA. Her message is clear: disarmamen t cannot be postponed. Archival footage of the bombing of Hiroshima and im ages of its survivors seven months after the attack heighten the urgency o f her message.\n\nJust-A-Minute (Part 2)\, Terre Nash\, Margaret Pettigrew \, Moira Simpson\, Mary Aitkin\, 1976\nLength: 6 minutes\n\nJust-A-Minute was a training program organized by Studio D of the National Film Board in collaboration with the Women's Program\, Department of the Secretary of S tate. This program gave Canadian women an opportunity to express themselve s through the medium of a one-minute film clip. Through humour\, caricatur e\, or animation\, the clips highlight some of the problems or attitudes e ncountered by women at home and at work. Entertaining to watch\, the films do not disguise the pertinence of their contents.\n\nThe two films are pa rt of a short presentation entitled “The Legacy of Studio D for Feminist Media Arts Activism in Canada” by Dr. Rebecca Sullivan and Dr. John Bro sz (University of Calgary).\n\n \;\nThursday\, February 27 - Oscar®-w inning NFB Shorts\nTo reserve your seats\, click here.\n\nNeighbours\, Nor man Mclaren\, 1952\nLength: 8 minutes\nWithout words\n\nIn this short film \, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about t wo people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.\n\nEvery Chil d\, Eugene Fedorenko\, 1979\nLength: 6 minutes\nWithout words\n\nThis anim ated short follows an unwanted baby who is passed from house to house unti l he is taken in and cared for by two homeless men. The film is the Canadi an contribution to an hour-long feature film celebrating UNESCO's Year of the Child (1979). It illustrates one of the ten principles of the Declarat ion of Children's Rights: every child is entitled to a name and a national ity. The film took home an Oscar® for Best Animated Short Film.\n\nFlamen co at 5:15\, Cynthia Scott\, 1984\nLength: 29 minutes\nFrench dubbed versi on\n\nThis short film is an impressionistic record of a flamenco dance cla ss given to senior students of the National Ballet School of Canada by two great teachers from Spain\, Susana and Antonio Robledo. The film shows th e beautiful young North American dancers—inspired by the flamenco rhythm s and mesmerized by Susana's extraordinary energy—joyously merging with an ancient gypsy culture.\n\nBob's Birthday\, Alison Snowden et David Fine \, 1984\nLength: 12 minutes\nFrench dubbed version\n\nWhen Margaret plans a celebration for her husband Bob\, she underestimates the sudden impact o f middle age on his mood. A witty\, offbeat animated portrait of a frustra ted dentist wrestling with the fundamental issues of life proves that birt hdays (and surprise parties) can be very tricky indeed.\n\nRyan\, Chris La ndreth\, 2004\nLength: 14 minutes\nOriginal English version with French su btitles\n\nThis animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the life of Ryan Larkin\, a Canadian animator who produced some of the most influenti al animated films of his time. Ryan is living every artist's worst nightma re - succumbing to addiction\, panhandling on the streets to make ends mee t. Through computer-generated characters\, Landreth interviews his friend to shed light on his downward spiral. Some strong language. Viewer discret ion is advised.\n\nThe Danish Poet\, Torill Kove\, 2006\nLength: 15 minute s\nFrench dubbed version\n\nIf you’ve heard of the butterfly effect\, ho w about the falling cow impact? Whimsical\, philosophical and absurdly hil arious\, this NFB animated short by Oscar®-winning director Torill Kove f ollows Kasper\, a poet whose creative well has run dry\, as he attempts to answer some big questions. Can we trace the chain of events that lead to our own birth? Is our existence just coincidence? Do little things matter? It turns out that where Kasper is concerned\, seemingly unrelated factors such as bad weather\, an angry dog\, a careless postman\, hungry goats an d the aforementioned deadly bovine might play important roles in the grand scheme of things after all.\n\n \;\nThursday February 6 - Any Other W ay: The Jackie Shane Story\nMichael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee\, 2024 \nLength: 99 min\nOriginal English version with French subtitles.\n\nA los t R&\;B star who eclipsed Etta James and Little Richard\, trans soul si nger Jackie Shane blazed an extraordinary trail with an unbreakable commit ment to her truth. Forty years after vanishing from public view\, this 20t h century icon finally gets her second act.\n\nThe documentary will be pre ceded by the short film Oscar (Marie-Josée St-Pierre\, 2016\, 12 min)\n\n \nThursday\, January 30 - The Rose Family\nFélix Rose\, 2020 \nLength: 12 7 min\nOriginal French version with English subtitles.\n\nIn October 1970\ , members of the Front de libération du Québec kidnapped minister Pierre Laporte\, unleashing an unprecedented crisis in Quebec. Fifty years later \, Félix Rose tries to understand what led his father and uncle to commit these acts.\n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film Hommage à Michel Brault (Alexandre Chartrand\, 2014\, 10 min)\n\n\n\n \;\nTh ursday\, January 23 - Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows\nMath ieu Fournier\, 2022\nLength: 70 min\nOriginal French version with English subtitles.\n\nIn this documentary on the first viral phenomenon of the dig ital age\, Ghyslain Raza (the “Star Wars Kid”) breaks his silence and reflects on his story for the first time. In doing so\, he also explores o ur collective experience living in an online world in which we have to mak e peace with our digital shadows.\n\nThe documentary will be preceded by t he short film Shop Class (Hart Snider\, 2018\, 8 min)\n\n\n\n \;\nThur sday\, January 16 - Theater of Life\nPeter Svatek\, 2016\nLength: 93 min\n Original English version with French subtitles.\n\nTheater of Life capture s the remarkable story of how renowned chef Massimo Bottura\, joined by 60 of the world’s top chefs\, transformed food destined for the dumpster i nto delicious and nutritious meals for Italy’s hungriest residents—ref ugees\, recovering addicts\, former sex workers\, and other disadvantaged people. A visual feast in itself\, the film puts a human face on its power ful message of social justice and the environmental impact of food waste.\ n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film Soup of the Day (Lyn n Smith\, 2013\, 3 min)\n\n\nThursday\, January 9 - Unspoken Tears\nHélè ne Magny\, 2022 \nLength: 75 min\nOriginal French version with English sub titles.\n\nHow can refugee children integrate into Quebec’s school syste m\, given the unspeakable violence they’ve experienced? Following a psyc hologist specializing in conflict-related trauma\, Unspoken Tears pays tri bute to the admirable resilience and survival strategies of these “small adults\,” whose spirit the bombs and camps have not completely crushed\ , at a time when it is vital to raise awareness in Western societies of mi gration-related issues and children’s rights.\n\nThe documentary will be preceded by the short film Boat People (Kjell Boersma and Thao Lam\, 2023 \, 9 min)\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.nfb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12 /HELLO-FILM_1136x640.png CATEGORIES:Free Event,Screenings LOCATION:NFB Alanis Obomsawin Theatre\, 1500 Balmoral Street\, Montreal\, Q uebec\, H3A 0H3\, Quebec\, Canada GEO:45.507553;-73.568328 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1500 Balmoral Street\, Mont real\, Quebec\, H3A 0H3\, Quebec\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=NFB A lanis Obomsawin Theatre:geo:45.507553,-73.568328 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR