Canadian Film Institute

About Us

The CFI''s mandate is to encourage and promote the production, diffusion, study, appreciation, and use of moving images for cultural and educational purposes in Canada and abroad. To this end, it organizes ongoing public film programming, distributes a small collection of films, and is involved in the publication of books and monographs on various aspects of Canadian cinema

The Canadian Film Institute (CFI) was incorporated in 1935 as a federally-chartered, non-governmental, non-profit cultural organization. It is the oldest film institution in Canada and the second oldest film institute in the world. In 1988, the CFI was merged with the Conservatory of Cinematographic Art (Montreal) to form Cinematheque Canada, but the organization retains its autonomous programming, budgetary, and administrative activities in Ottawa.