The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) last week published an overview of the key results from its 2024-2025 fiscal year, which saw 39 original works produced including seven co-productions.
In total, $37.5 million went to production spending during its fiscal year, the NFB said in a press release. Of the total works, 41 per cent were directed by emerging filmmakers.
In keeping with its objective to achieve gender parity, 51 per cent of NFB production spending was allocated to works by women, and 48 per cent of projects were directed by women.
As part of the NFB’s commitment to supporting the development of Indigenous artistic expression, 25 per cent of production spending was allocated to works by Indigenous filmmakers. In addition, 36 per cent of all projects were directed by filmmakers who identify as Black or People of Colour.
In terms of audience engagement, in general, the NFB’s works attracted growing audiences, with 31 million views in Canada and 57.3 million views worldwide, according to the NFB’s press release. On nfb.ca, more than 2.5 million views were recorded around the world, including nearly two million in Canada, the NFB said. Approximately 2,300 community screenings of NFB works were held in 430 different cities in all 13 provinces and territories, totally nearly 1.5 million views.
The NFB’s total collection contains 14,135 works, and 82 per cent of them have now been digitized.
Among other 2024-2025 highlights, the NFB continued its partnership with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation in a project whose goal is the long-term preservation of residential school survivors’ statements and other original audiovisual content recorded at the proceedings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. This partnership began in February 2022.
