The National Film Board of Canada’s 2023–24 Departmental Results Report At a Glance

A departmental results report provides an account of actual accomplishments against plans, priorities and expected results set out in the associated Departmental Plan.

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© National Film Board of Canada, 2024
Cat. No. NF1-5E-PDF
ISSN 2560-9238

Key priorities

The NFB’s top priorities for 2023–24 were as follows.

• Develop a harmonized organizational structure following the arrival of the new Director General, Creation, Distribution and Marketing, and Chief Programming Officer.
• Review the project approval process (Greenlight).
• Continue to develop technology solutions to ensure that production teams are agile, adaptable, efficient, innovative and resourceful.
• Implement a self-identification questionnaire for the NFB’s partners. The information gathered from this questionnaire will allow the agency to measure and report on the effects of its commitments to equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Improve the user interface that is used most often on the NFB’s viewing platform: the page for each individual work.
• Implement a process for integrated collaboration between the production and distribution teams on co-productions.
• Define the main priorities for the future 2025–2028 Strategic Plan and deploy a strategy for consultations.
• Take numerous steps to ensure equity, diversity and inclusion, and continue to pursue the objectives stated in the Indigenous Action Plan.

Highlights

In 2023–24, total actual spending (including internal services) for the NFB was $71,606,782, and the total number of full-time equivalent staff (including internal services) was 384. For complete information on the NFB’s total spending and human resources, read the “Spending and human resources” section of the full report.

The following provides a summary of the department’s achievements in 2023–24 according to its approved Departmental Results Framework. A Departmental Results Framework consists of a department’s core responsibilities, the results it plans to achieve and the performance indicators that measure progress toward these results.

Core responsibility 1: Audiovisual Programming and Production

Actual spending: $36,406,328

Actual human resources:147 full-time equivalents

Departmental results achieved

• NFB works reflect pan-Canadian perspectives
• The NFB is a global centre of excellence in audiovisual production
• The NFB supports Canadian industry talent and cultural diversity

More information about Audiovisual Programming and Production can be found in the “Results – what we achieved” section of the full departmental results report.

 

Core responsibility 2: Content accessibility and audience engagement

Actual spending: $23,243,052

Actual human resources: 160 full-time equivalents

Departmental results achieved

• NFB works are accessible on digital platforms
• NFB works are viewed around the world
• The NFB forges relationships with its online audiences
• NFB works are preserved and their longevity assured for future generations

More information about Content Accessibility and Audience Engagement can be found in the “Results – what we achieved” section of the full departmental results report.