The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) announced Tuesday a selection of six NFB-produced and co-produced films will be presented at the 2025 Windsor International Film Festival (WIFF) this fall.
The NFB lineup at WIFF, which runs from Oct. 23 to Nov. 2, includes documentaries by acclaimed Ontario directors as well as groundbreaking stories by indigenous filmmakers across the country, an NFB press release said.
Celebrating the best in non-fiction storytelling, the Windsor festival will present new films by two of Toronto’s most distinguished documentary filmmakers: Alan Zweig’s Love, Harold and Min Sook Lee’s There Are No Words.
Co-produced by the NFB and 52 Media, Love, Harold (90 minutes) follows Zweig, shocked by a friend’s suicide, as he seeks understanding from more than 20 individuals grieving a similar loss. Zweig’s previous documentaries have garnered acclaim and awards, including top honours at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Canadian Screen Awards.
Lee’s There Are No Words (98 minutes) also centres on suicide. In the documentary, Lee explores long-held silences, unstable memories and unforgettable truths about her mother’s suicide more than 40 years ago, attempting to understand what happened. The film recently received an Honourable Mention for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.
The other four NFB works to be presented at WIFF will showcase the richness and diversity of Indigenous cinema, the NFB said in its press release.
The selection includes: Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again (91 minutes) by Stellat’en First Nation filmmaker Lyana Patrick, co-produced by the NFB, Lantern Films and Experimental Forest Films; Northlore (54 minutes) by Yukon filmmaker David Hamelin and Inland Lingít actor and writer Melaina Sheldon, co-produced by the NFB and Fireside Films in association with CBC and Northwestel Community TV; Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man (77 minutes) by Blackfoot Siksika Nation filmmaker Sinakson Trevor Solway; and the stop-motion animated short Inkwo for When the Starving Return (18.5 minutes) by Michif/Red River Métis filmmaker Amanda Strong, co-produced by the NFB and Spotted Fawn Productions.
Photos of the six NFB films to be presented at the Windsor International Film Festival, courtesy of the NFB
