Inuit Movies

  • 1977
    The Hunters

    The Hunters

    The Hunters

    01977HD

    This film joins a hunting-party of inhabitants of the Frobisher Bay Correctional Centre. The stalking, killing and skinning of seal and caribou are...

    The Hunters
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice

    Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice

    Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice

    51967HD

    Late June, and much of the land is bare. There are sounds of running water, and melt ponds shine everywhere. The woman carries heather and moss to...

    Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice
  • 2004
    Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive

    Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive

    Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive

    02004HD

    In this feature-length documentary, 8 Inuit teens with cameras offer a vibrant and contemporary view of life in Canada's North. They also use their...

    Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive
  • 2013
    The Orphan and the Polar Bear

    The Orphan and the Polar Bear

    The Orphan and the Polar Bear

    02013HD

    According to Inuit oral history, long ago animals had the power of speech, could shift their appearances, and could even assume human form. In The...

    The Orphan and the Polar Bear
  • 2015
    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People

    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People

    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People

    02015HD

    Both a requiem for and an honoring of Canada's First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women, this short film deconstructs the layers of Canadian...

    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People
  • 2007
    Waterproof

    Waterproof

    Waterproof

    02007HD

    This second Isuma-Artcirq co-production by Igloolik youth is a story about a young Inuk who lost his love. Using alcohol to put reality and the past...

    Waterproof
  • 1973
    Labrador North

    Labrador North

    Labrador North

    01973HD

    This short documentary looks at the government relocation of the Labrador Inuit and the effects on their culture and social structures.

    Labrador North
  • 2015
    Nowhere Land

    Nowhere Land

    Nowhere Land

    02015HD

    Documentary about filmmaker Bonnie Ammaaq's memories of life on Baffin Island, where her family moved for eleven years during her childhood from the...

    Nowhere Land
  • 2015
    Ogress of the Gravelbank

    Ogress of the Gravelbank

    Ogress of the Gravelbank

    02015HD

    Inuit oral history is filled with strange beings and supernatural creatures. One of these feared land spirits is the Ogress of the Gravelbank. This...

    Ogress of the Gravelbank
  • 2015
    Little Folk of the Arctic

    Little Folk of the Arctic

    Little Folk of the Arctic

    02015HD

    In the folklore of most cultures around the world there are stories of magical little folk. And the Arctic is no exception. Inuit traditional...

    Little Folk of the Arctic
  • 1988
    Lypa

    Lypa

    Lypa

    01988HD

    A look at the life and work of Inuit hunter and artist Lypa Pitsiulak.

    Lypa
  • 1983
    Our Land, Our Truth

    Our Land, Our Truth

    Our Land, Our Truth

    01983HD

    Made in collaboration with the Inuit Tungavingat Nunamini, this film focuses on those dissident members of the Inuit community who rejected the...

    Our Land, Our Truth
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimos, VII: Fishing at the Stone Weir

    Netsilik Eskimos, VII: Fishing at the Stone Weir

    Netsilik Eskimos, VII: Fishing at the Stone Weir

    5.51967HD

    Full summer, and the tundra is bare; skin tents are up and it is time to attend to the fishing as the fish move upstream. The men are in the river,...

    Netsilik Eskimos, VII: Fishing at the Stone Weir
  • 2015
    Handcrafted Hopedale

    Handcrafted Hopedale

    Handcrafted Hopedale

    02015HD

    If you want to find world-class artisans, the small northern Labrador community of Hopedale offers you some of the best. Created through the St....

    Handcrafted Hopedale
  • 2011
    Seven Sins: Sloth

    Seven Sins: Sloth

    Seven Sins: Sloth

    02011HD

    Sloth pokes gentle fun at stereotypes about the Inuit people, past and present.

    Seven Sins: Sloth
  • 1970
    Inuk Woman City Blues

    Inuk Woman City Blues

    Inuk Woman City Blues

    01970HD

    Follows homeless, addicted and alienated Greenlandic women in Copenhagen, Denmark; includes fragments of Greenlandic culture.

    Inuk Woman City Blues
  • 2016
    Kivalina

    Kivalina

    Kivalina

    5.52016HD

    The rarely seen lives of an Arctic tribe who try to continue to honor their way of life 80 miles above the Arctic Circle on a fragile barrier island...

    Kivalina
  • 2015
    One Who Has Two Souls

    One Who Has Two Souls

    One Who Has Two Souls

    6.82015HD

    He was called "He Who Has Two Souls". He was beautiful as a woman. And handsome as a man. He hesitated.

    One Who Has Two Souls
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp

    Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp

    Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp

    4.71967HD

    In late winter when the cold is severe, the people and dogs are glad to stop their trek and make camp. In the blue dusk the men probe the snow and...

    Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimo Series, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp

    5.51967HD

    Two Eskimo families travel across the wide sea ice. Before night falls they build small igloos and we see the construction in detail. The next day a...

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp