Wolf Koenig Movies

This tongue-in-cheek cautionary tale by Croatian director Zlatko Grgic traces man's checkered history with fire, and shows how growing carelessness...

The film offers a comical look at dangers of addiction and the difficulties of quitting through the story of a chain smoker.

A scientist develops an unusual pair of eyeglasses which allows the wearer's mind to see things objectively rather than the usual subjective manner.

In this animated short, simple geometric forms as thin and flat as playing cards constantly form and re-form to the sound of the koto, a 13-stringed...

This short documentary features Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester as she sings at the Festival Casals, a musical event founded by the great...

Animated images showing the variety of people who live in Canada.

A family of seven lives on a New England island with nobody else. One winter, they got stranded because the bay froze over. This didn't much matter...

A detailed retrospective of animation and animation techniques at the National Film Board of Canada.

An attempt to recapture the magic of childhood as the cameras follow children at play.

The maple leaf on the Canadian flag turns into two profiles that illustrate the many relationships between people.

A study, in film animation, of a day in the life of a housewife, described without words, with a minimum of detail but with a perception all the more...

Mosha Michael made an assured directorial debut with this seven-minute short, a relaxed, narration-free depiction of an Inuk seal hunt. Having...

The drawings and recollections of Inuit artist Pitseolak, from the book of the same title written by Dorothy Eber. Now in her seventies, Pitseolak is...

The misbehaving public performs for the camera in a half-hour miscellany of misdeeds. In a behind-the-scenes look at the hour-by-hour operation of a...

This film observes, in a Montréal public school, the teaching of English to immigrant children. To thousands of children arriving in Canada...

In UPA-esque animation, the NFB entertainingly explains the causes of fish spoilage and the steps required to keep today's catch fresh until it...

Ananse is a spider with a heart full of concern over the enmity existing between his friends. Instead of mediating in a straightforward way, he...

A 17-year-old girl refuses medical treatment that will prolong her life due to religious convictions.

Extravagantly gowned marionettes pantomime this old French folksong, sung by the Trio Lyrique. The song describes the traffic over the bridge at...

The Salvation Army in action. Band rehearsals, personal reminiscences of an Army officer, and an unrehearsed "coming to Christ" in the Army Citadel...