Canada Vignettes: Lady Frances Simpson

A humorous account of the pioneering journey of Lady Frances Simpson, along with her piano, from England to Manitoba.

L’épopée des vignerons

Canada Vignettes: Fort Prince of Wales

A Canada Vignette giving a humorous animated version of the history of Fort Prince of Wales from its construction to its capture by the French.

Mi chiamo Altan e faccio vignette

Canada Vignettes: Newfoundland

An examination of the Viking explorers who were the first Europeans to discover Canada.

Caroline Vigneaux croque la pomme

After having "left the dress" in her previous show, Caroline Vigneaux finds herself naked like Eve in the Garden of Eden. In her turn, she bites the apple, the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge... And as she takes

Vignette

The story of an aspiring model and a mysterious sketch artist.

Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz

A short illustrating Wade Hemsworth's folk song about a woman's admiration for the agility of her boyfriend, the log driver.

Canada Vignettes: Spence's Republic

An animated vignette about the role of Thomas Spence in the formation and demise of the Republic of Manitoba at Portage la Prairie in 1867-68.

Canada Vignettes: Love on Wheels

This short fiction film tells the love story between a young anglophone and a young francophone who unite their destinies in roller skates.

The Enemy Without: A Deathwatch Vignette

Suffer not the alien to live! A Deathwatch kill team faces off against an ancient evil. Find out how they cope with the twisted xenos threat in this action-packed free animated vignette.

Fête des Vignerons 1999

Canada Vignettes: Under the Pole

A team of divers to the Arctic Ocean places a Canadian flag at the North Pole.

Canada Vignettes: The Egg

An egg desperately tries to prevent being hatched. In this animated short from the Canada Vignette series, learn how societies in evolution are often in danger of self-destruction.

Canada Vignettes: Don Messer - His Land and His Music - Don Messer 1910-1973

One of six Canada Vignettes from the NFB production Don Messer - His Land and His Music, featuring one of the principal performers, Don Messer, who has since passed away.

Canada Vignettes: Don Messer - His Land and His Music - Marg Osburne 1927-1977 Pt. 1

One of six Canada Vignettes from the NFB production Don Messer - His Land and His Music, featuring one of the principal performers, Marg Osburne, who has since passed away.

Canada Vignettes: Melvin Arbuckle, Famous Canadian

W.O. Mitchell recounts Newton's Law of Falling Backhouses, a story based on the youthful pranks of his prairie childhood.

Canada Vignettes: Emergency Numbers

A "cat and dog fight" film that also reminds us to keep emergency numbers close to our telephones.

Canada Vignettes: Riverdale Lion

A visual interpretation of the poem "Riverdale Lion" by Canadian poet and essayist John Robert Colombo.

Canada Vignettes: Unity Pole

This vignette shows the ceremonial totem-pole raising by the Nisgha Nation at Ayanish.