Inuit Movies

  • 2016
    The Owl and the Lemming

    The Owl and the Lemming

    The Owl and the Lemming

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    The oral history of Inuit is filled with many folktales, legends, and myths. In this traditional story, a young owl catches a lemming to eat. Inuit...

    The Owl and the Lemming
  • 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
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimos, I: At the Autumn River Camp

    Netsilik Eskimos, I: At the Autumn River Camp

    Netsilik Eskimos, I: At the Autumn River Camp

    6.71967HD

    A late-autumn seasonal sequence documenting camp building, fishing, tool-making, and preparation for winter as a Netsilingmiut family travels...

    Netsilik Eskimos, I: At the Autumn River Camp
  • 2011
    That Which Once Was

    That Which Once Was

    That Which Once Was

    02011HD

    In 2032 an eight-year old boy, displaced by global warming, fends for himself as an environmental refugee in a hostile northern metropolis. Haunted...

    That Which Once Was
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout

    Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout

    Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout

    61967HD

    A late-winter/early-spring sequence documenting lake-ice fishing, camp life, and subsistence practices.

    Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout
  • 1995
    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

    91995HD

    In 1953 the Canadian government relocated Inuit families from Northern Québec to the High Arctic, promising an abundance of game and fish and...

    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation
  • 2024
    Red Fever

    Red Fever

    Red Fever

    02024HD

    Red Fever is a witty and entertaining feature documentary about the profound -- yet hidden -- Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity....

    Red Fever
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice

    Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice

    Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice

    7.31967HD

    A late-spring coastal sequence documenting seal hunting and processing on the sea ice.

    Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice
  • 2019
    The Last Igloo

    The Last Igloo

    The Last Igloo

    7.72019HD

    Documentary that follows a lone Inuit as he hunts, fishes and constructs an igloo, a way of life threatened by climate change.

    The Last Igloo
  • 2025
    We See Changes

    We See Changes

    We See Changes

    02025HD

    James Simonee, an Inuit hunter from Pond Inlet, Nunavut, investigates the impacts of one of Nunavut’s largest mines on traditional lands near...

    We See Changes
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak

    Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak

    Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak

    61967HD

    A summer sequence documenting the communal construction of a kayak and associated domestic and subsistence practices.

    Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak
  • 2024
    Greenland

    Greenland

    Greenland

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    Greenland
  • 1998
    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut

    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut

    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut

    101998HD

    In this feature-length documentary, three generations of the Caribou Inuit family come together to tell the story of their journey as Canada's last...

    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut
  • 2015
    Of Ravens and Children

    Of Ravens and Children

    Of Ravens and Children

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    Of Ravens and Children
  • 2011
    Amaqqut Nunaat: The Country of Wolves

    Amaqqut Nunaat: The Country of Wolves

    Amaqqut Nunaat: The Country of Wolves

    02011HD

    It begins as an average hunting trip for two young men, but when they find themselves lost, the only safe haven to be found for miles—a...

    Amaqqut Nunaat: The Country of Wolves
  • 1985
    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

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    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...

    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting
  • 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...

    Qalupalik
  • 2011
    Throat Song

    Throat Song

    Throat Song

    82011HD

    In a small town in the Canadian Arctic, Ippik, a young Inuit woman, suffers in an abusive relationship. She starts to heal when she connects with...

    Throat Song
  • 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

    71967HD

    A summer river sequence documenting stone-weir fishing, communal labor, and domestic life.

    Netsilik Eskimos, VII: Fishing at the Stone Weir
  • 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