Montreal – This March, we’re serving up some extra-special picks for young viewers on nfb.ca in time for spring break! Explore these new releases and old favourites on our themed channel.
- To mark International Women’s Day (March 8)Thursday, March 6, 6:30 p.m. – Studio D: Fifty Years of Feminist Filmmaking
Studio D is the NFB’S trailblazing English Program feminist film unit.
- If You Love This Planet
- (1982, 25 min), Terre Nash’s Oscar-winning short documentary, will be screening along with Just-a-Minute II (1976, 6 min), directed by Terre Nash, Margaret Pettigrew, Moira Simpson and Mary Aitkin.The screening will be accompanied by a short presentation on the legacy of Studio D by Rebecca Sullivan and John Brosz of the University of Calgary (in English).
- Thursday, March 13, 7 p.m.: Posthumans by Dominique Leclerc (2025, 88 min)Through conversations with cyborgs and transhumanists, Posthumans explores the ethical and political issues raised by new technologies that seek to enhance human abilities. Following its world premiere at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, the film will be available on nfb.ca as of March 13.
- Marking the Week of Action Against Racism and for Equal Opportunities (SACR), March 21 to 31Thursday, March 20, 7 p.m.:
Zero Tolerance by Michka Saäl (2004, 75 min)This feature documentary tackles the phenomenon of racial profiling. The Tunisian-born filmmaker examines the tensions between minority groups and the Montreal police force through diverse testimonies. A roundtable, organized by the 2025 SACR, will follow the screening.
- Thursday, March 27, 7 p.m.: Assholes: A Theory by John Walker (2019, 81 min)With venomous social media, resurgent authoritarianism and rampant narcissism threatening to trash civilization as we know it, the time has come for this entertaining and oh-so-timely feature doc.
To get to the NFB’s Alanis Obomsawin Theatre
1500 Balmoral Street
Montreal
Place-des-Arts Metro
Accessible to persons with reduced mobility.