Inuit Movies

  • 2010
    The Bear Facts

    The Bear Facts

    The Bear Facts

    5.22010HD

    In this animated short, a self-important colonial explorer emerges from a sailing ship and plants a flag on the Arctic ice, as a bemused Inuit hunter...

    The Bear Facts
  • 2025
    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

    02025HD

    Through interviews with Inuit across Nunavut, and documentation of a three-year community hearing process during the COVID pandemic, award-winning...

    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit
  • 2017
    Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing

    Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing

    Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing

    02017HD

    The story of an ice-fishing trip taken by two unlikely friends—Ukaliq the Arctic hare and Kalla the lemming. Well-meaning but impatient, Ukaliq...

    Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing
  • 1943
    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    01943HD

    How Inuit peoples perform arts and crafts, on the island of Baffin Island on what is now the territory of Nanavut.

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2019
    Giant Bear

    Giant Bear

    Giant Bear

    02019HD

    Centered on a confrontation between the last monster bear and an Inuit hunter, Giant Bear is a chilling short that brings an ancient story out of the...

    Giant Bear
  • 2020
    Kajanaqtuq

    Kajanaqtuq

    Kajanaqtuq

    02020HD

    Kajanaqtuq (2020) is a short experimental film that features the voice of Inuk elder Naulaq LeDrew. She speaks about her home in Nunavut, Canada and...

    Kajanaqtuq
  • 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

    61967HD

    The family is on the shore of Pelly Bay in May-June. A seal basks beside its hole under a warming sun. The hunter stalks the seal, kills it and drags...

    Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice
  • 2009
    Exile

    Exile

    Exile

    02009HD

    Zacharias Kunuk tackles the subject of the High Arctic Relocation from an Inuit point of view in the documentary Exile. In 1953, Inuit families were...

    Exile
  • 2016
    Living with Giants

    Living with Giants

    Living with Giants

    92016HD

    Living with Giants delves into the imaginative world of Paulusie Kasudluak, a young Inuk facing responsibilities as he transitions into adulthood....

    Living with Giants
  • 1932
    Fishing in Greenland

    Fishing in Greenland

    Fishing in Greenland

    01932HD

    Danish documentary that follows fishermen in Greenland, from the time when fishing got industrialized. The filmcrew also captures ships fighting the...

    Fishing in Greenland
  • 1932
    Greenland, 1932

    Greenland, 1932

    Greenland, 1932

    01932HD

    Danish documentary filmed in Greenland. Shows a lot of Greenlanders, skiing, hunting for birds, seals and whales, and ice fishing. Filmed by Dr. Leif...

    Greenland, 1932
  • 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
  • 2014
    Tuktumit

    Tuktumit

    Tuktumit

    02014HD

    The film explores the way traditional hunting in Nunavut has evolved so that it can continue to play a vital role in contemporary Inuit culture.

    Tuktumit
  • 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
    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
  • 1979
    Canada Vignettes: Inuit Pipe

    Canada Vignettes: Inuit Pipe

    Canada Vignettes: Inuit Pipe

    01979HD

    In this animated short from the Canada Vignette series, the camera explores, in exquisite detail, the daily hunt, fishing scenes and children at play...

    Canada Vignettes: Inuit Pipe
  • 2009
    Nya vädrets offer

    Nya vädrets offer

    Nya vädrets offer

    02009HD

    "Melting Lives - Victims of the New Weather" is a six-part documentary series in which the viewers meet people in the Arctic region who live close to...

    Nya vädrets offer
  • 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