4.5.2
2024-03-22
Performance improvements and a bugfix for series details.
4.5.0
2024-01-15
New series page with seasons and list of episodes
4.4.1
2023-11-07
- Performance improvements
4.4.0
2023-09-29
Explore Extra content for Films
Read expanded Film descriptions including full credits
Find new films using Suggestions
4.3.3
2023-06-26
Performance optimizations
4.3.2
2023-06-08
Performance improvements
4.3.1
2023-04-04
Performance updates
4.3.0
2023-01-17
Performance optimisations
4.1.2
2022-10-05
Performance improvements
4.1.1
2022-08-23
View curated films on our Home, Animation, and Documentary tabs
4.0.6
2022-05-07
- Recommended Films from your geographic location
- Find your recent Films in the Continue Watching carousel
- Performance improvements
- Updated styling
4.0.3
2022-03-18
• Preview trailers for films
• Picture in Picture playback
• Chromecast improvements
4.0.0
2022-03-02
• iCloud syncs your favourites and playback history across your Apple devices
• Full-screen video playback by default
• Recommendation carousel based on favourites and films you watch
3.4.2
2021-11-03
Stability improvements
3.4.1
2021-09-16
Performance update
3.3.2
2020-12-23
• Fix for notifications
3.3.1
2020-12-16
• Chromecast improvements for iOS 12
3.3.0
2020-12-02
• Release dates for upcoming films
• Usability and performance improvements
3.2.7
2020-11-03
• Improvements to performance
3.2.6
2020-10-05
Improvements in performance
3.2.5
2020-09-30
• Improves Chromecast
3.2.4
2020-09-24
Performance improvements
3.2.3
2020-08-25
• Film Downloads status bar
• Usability and performance improvements
3.2.2
2020-07-08
3.2.2 Release Notes
• Improved video player
• Settings to disable previous video playback position
• Events options menu lets you select between English and French events
• Fixed captions for offline films
• Fixed sharing of films and projects
• Multiple interface enhancements
Multiple stability updates
3.2.1
2020-03-06
• Improvement for showing local events
3.2.0
2020-03-03
NEW FEATURES:
• Find NFB Events in your area
• Read blog posts about NFB works and behind-the-scenes
• Bug fixes and improvements
3.1.0
2019-12-10
• Stability improvements
3.0.7
2019-06-28
Improved performance and stability
3.0.6
2019-06-07
- new design
- view NFB Interactive projects
- performance and stability improvements
3.0.5
2019-02-27
Update metadata
3.0.4
2019-02-13
Watch the Oscar-nominated film Animal Behaviour
3.0.3
2019-02-05
• Activate notifications to receive news about new films
• Performance improvements
3.0.2
2018-12-07
• Chromecast improvements
• Improved video streaming
3.0.1
2018-10-24
• Updated interface design
3.0.0
2017-10-15
Now compatible with Apple’s new iOS 11.
2.9.2
2017-07-12
64-bit upgrade
2.9.1
2015-06-06
*bug fixes.
2.9.0
2015-04-24
· We now offer international documentaries and Canadian independent features via a partnership with First Weekend Club's Canada Screens.
· A new section that allows you to watch your NFB.ca rentals from your mobile device.
2.8.0
2014-10-26
Updated for iOS8
Fix FB/Twitter sharing bug
2.7.4
2014-08-04
- Minimum iOS version increased to 6.0
- Optimizations to avoid crash
- As featured in a nation-wide marketing campaign by Apple, the NFB Films app allows you to watch over 2800 movies - documentaries, animations and feature films - free on your iPad.
2.7.3
2014-07-03
Bug fixed on the search functionality
Display changes to the newsletter subscription (Canadian anti-spam law compliance)
2.7.2
2014-02-14
- changed application name
- minor bug fixing
2.7.1
2014-01-23
additional screenshots in French version
2.7.0
2014-01-06
IOS7 optimization
Minor bug fixes
2.6.1
2013-07-29
Minor bug fixes
2.6
2013-07-24
- Push notification campaigns
- iOS 5+ compatibility
- Watch films with your Samsung SMART TV
- Select quality of film
2.5.1
2013-04-03
Minor bug fix
2.5
2013-03-21
This release includes the following additions:
subscribe to our newsletter;
choose the quality of your film playback;
watch films with closed caption for the hearing impaired;
lots of minor bug fixes.
2.3.1
2012-10-27
Fix video player
2.2
2011-11-04
Minor bug fixes. Upgrade to iOS 5
2.1.1
2011-06-21
Minor bug fixes.
2.1
2011-05-25
Thanks for all your great feedback on the 2.0 version of our iPad app. Building on your suggestions, we've made the following changes/additions in this update:
• We've enabled the TV Out function, allowing you to stream audio and video to your TV
• You can now share your favourite films via Facebook and Twitter
• We've fixed various stability issues
As always, your feedback is welcome and appreciated!
Email us at webmaster@nfb.ca.
Tweet us your comments @theNFB.
2.0
2011-03-16
We rebuilt the application from scratch to harness the power of the latest iOS release.
Features:
* A sleek new design
*Improved performance & stability
*The ability to support multi-tasking
*The Watch Later feature now loads films in the background
*Stream NFB films over Airplay to your Apple TV
Thanks to everyone who submitted comments and reviews on our first release! Your bug/crash reporting allowed us to fix the app and deliver something even better.