Inuit Movies

  • 1971
    People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer

    People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer

    People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer

    01971HD

    The first of two coproductions by the British Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board of Canada, People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summe...

    People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer
  • 2021
    Nalujuk Night

    Nalujuk Night

    Nalujuk Night

    02021HD

    Nalujuk Night is an up close look at an exhilarating, and sometimes terrifying, Labrador Inuit tradition. Every January 6th from the dark of the Nunat...

    Nalujuk Night
  • 2010
    Qalupalik

    Qalupalik

    Qalupalik

    6.32010HD

    This animated short tells the story of Qalupalik, a part-human sea monster that lives deep in the Arctic Ocean and preys on children who do not listen...

    Qalupalik
  • 1901
    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    51901HD

    “The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In the ba...

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip
  • 2021
    Evan's Drum

    Evan's Drum

    Evan's Drum

    02021HD

    For generations, the sound of traditional Inuit drum dancing fell silent in Labrador due to colonization. In the early 21st century, the beat of the d...

    Evan's Drum
  • 2008
    Kiyukta

    Kiyukta

    Kiyukta

    02008HD

    Kiyukta
  • 2019
    One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

    One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

    One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

    7.32019HD

    1961. In Kapuivik, an Inuit man named Noah Piugattuk and his compatriots are visited by a white man who says they have to move to a reservation.

    One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
  • 2000
    Ikingut

    Ikingut

    Ikingut

    6.72000HD

    In the middle ages a small Greenlandic boy comes drifting with an Iceberg to a remote and superstitious settlement in Iceland and is believed to be an...

    Ikingut
  • 2010
    I Am But a Little Woman

    I Am But a Little Woman

    I Am But a Little Woman

    52010HD

    Inspired by an Inuit poem first assigned to paper in 1927, this animated short evokes the beauty and power of nature, as well as the bond between moth...

    I Am But a Little Woman
  • 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 ne...

    Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout

    Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout

    Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout

    51967HD

    More signs of winter's end as more wildlife returns. The family makes an excursion for fresh fish from a lake. They build a karmak and move in the fur...

    Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout
  • 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
  • 1985
    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

    01985HD

    One day in the lives of an average Greenlandic family, which happens to be of great importance for 8-year old Kali - he's about to catch his first pre...

    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting
  • 2015
    Kajutaijuq

    Kajutaijuq

    Kajutaijuq

    02015HD

    An Inuit hunter camped out in the Arctic wilderness discovers that it is not just the extreme elements that threaten his survival.

    Kajutaijuq
  • 2005
    Urban Inuk

    Urban Inuk

    Urban Inuk

    02005HD

    Qallunajatut (Urban Inuk) follows the lives of three Inuit in Montreal over the course of one hot and humid summer.Only two generations ago Inuit live...

    Urban Inuk
  • 2021
    Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice

    02021HD

    Le grand solstice
  • 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
  • 2021
    Being prepared

    Being prepared

    Being prepared

    02021HD

    As the global pandemic reaches into the Arctic Archipelago, Inuk filmmaker Carol Kunnuk documents how unfamiliar new protocols affect her family and c...

    Being prepared
  • 2012
    Timuti

    Timuti

    Timuti

    02012HD

    In Inukjuak, an Inuit community in the Eastern Arctic, a baby boy has come into the world and they call him Timuti, a name that recurs across generati...

    Timuti
  • 2000
    Kikkik

    Kikkik

    Kikkik

    02000HD

    It is taking decades for Canada to come to terms with its history in the Arctic, and with its relationship to all its indigenous people. “Kikkik” is t...

    Kikkik