As a result of cuts imposed by 2012 Canadian federal budget, by 2015 the NFB's public funding will be reduced by $6.7 million, to $60.3 million. These revenues are from print sales, film production services, rentals, and royalties, and total up to $10 million yearly the NFB lists this as Respendable Revenues in its financial statements. It is overseen by the Board of Trustees Secretariat and Legal Affairs.ДЇunding is derived primarily from government of Canada transfer payments, and also from its own revenue streams. The organization has a hierarchical structure headed by a Board of Trustees, which is chaired by the Government Film Commissioner and NFB Chairperson. The NFB also offers support programs for independent filmmakers: in English, via the Filmmaker Assistance Program (FAP) and in French through its Aide du cinГ©ma indГ©pendant вЂ“ Canada (ACIC) program.

Outside Quebec, French language productions are also made in Moncton (Studio Acadie) and Toronto (Canadian Francophone Studio). In June 2011, the NFB appointed a producer to work with film and digital media makers across Saskatchewan, to be based in Regina. As of October 2009, the Atlantic Centre also operates an office in St. English-language production occurs at centres in Toronto (Ontario Centre), Vancouver (Pacific & Yukon Centre, located in the Woodward's Building), Edmonton (North West Centre), Winnipeg (Prairie Centre), and Halifax (Atlantic Centre). In addition to the English and French-language studios in its Montreal headquarters, there are NFB production centres throughout Canada. The ground-floor Mediatheque was closed in April 2012. The NFB was previously headquartered in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent, at the Norman McLaren Building, named in honour of the NFB animation pioneer. The NFB occupies the first six floors of the building, allowing it to have closer contact with the public, and features expanded digital media research and production facilities. Since the spring of 2019, the National Film Board has been headquartered at the ГЋlot Balmoral building in Montreal's Quartier des spectacles.

2008: The NFB announces a Strategic Plan that includes its first digital strategy.1984: Minister of Communications Francis Fox released a National Film and Video Policy, which added two new elements to the mandate, with the NFB also tasked with being 'a world centre of excellence in production of films and videos' and 'a national training and research centre in the art and technique of film and video.'.1965: As a result of a report written by producer Gordon Sheppard on Canadian cultural policies and activities, the NFB began regionalizing its English production activities, with producers appointed in major cities across Canada.1950: Canada's Parliament passes the National Film Act, which states that NFB's mandate is 'to produce and distribute and to promote the production and distribution of films designed to interpret Canada to Canadians and to other nations.' This act also stipulates that the NFB is to engage in film research.The legislation stipulates that the NFB was to вЂњmake and distribute films designed to help Canadians in all parts of Canada to understand the ways of living and the problems of Canadians in other parts.вЂќ Legislation also stated that the NFB would co-ordinate the film activities of federal departments. 1939: The Government of Canada under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King proposes the creation of a National Film Commission to complement the activities of the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau.The Norman McLaren Building in Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec, former NFB headquarters from 1956 until 2019.

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