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National Film Board of Canada
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Dates of existence
1918-
History
The Exhibits and Publicity Bureau was founded on September 19, 1918 and was reorganized into the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau in 1923. The organization's budget stagnated and declined during the Great Depression. The bureau was reorganized into the National Film Board of Canada on 11 June 1941. The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a public producer and distributor of Canadian content, a talent incubator and a showcase for the country’s filmmakers and artists. The NFB is the caretaker of an accessible, living audiovisual heritage that belongs to all Canadians. The NFB is also a key driver of Canada’s audiovisual industry and creative economy. The organization produces or co-produces more than 50 works every year, from thought-provoking documentaries to outstanding animated films. To date, it has produced more than 14,000 works, 7,000 of which are available free of charge on nfb.ca. NFB productions have won more than 7,000 awards, including 12 Oscars.
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Office national du film du Canada
1501 De Bleury
Montréal, Québec
H3A 0H3
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Record created November 18, 2022.
Record revised December 23, 2025.
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- English
- French
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Sources
National Film Board of Canada website https://www.nfb.ca/
Embattled Shadows: A History of Canadian Cinema, 1895-1939 by Peter Morris https://archive.org/details/embattledshadows0000morr
Canada's Hollywood: the Canadian state and feature films by Ted Madger https://archive.org/details/canadashollywood0000magd
Maintenance notes
Record created by AE.
Record revised by KM.