Inuit Movies

  • 1983
    Our Land, Our Truth

    Our Land, Our Truth

    Our Land, Our Truth

    71983HD

    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
    Tuktu and the Trials of Strength

    Tuktu and the Trials of Strength

    Tuktu and the Trials of Strength

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    In this short docu-fiction film, strong and hardy Inuit hunters demonstrate and test their strength in boxing, tug-of-war, and other strenuous...

    Tuktu and the Trials of Strength
  • 2009
    The Experimental Eskimos

    The Experimental Eskimos

    The Experimental Eskimos

    62009HD

    In the early 1960s the Canadian government conducted an experiment in social engineering. Three young Inuit boys were separated from their families...

    The Experimental Eskimos
  • 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
  • 2023
    Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher

    Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher

    Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher

    02023HD

    Part oral history and part visual poem, Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher is the story of Evelyn Campbell, a trailblazer for an Inuit-led educational...

    Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher
  • 1990
    The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son

    The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son

    The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son

    01990HD

    The Inuit folktale of an old woman and the orphaned polar bear cub she took in as her own child.

    The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son
  • 2009
    Nuummioq

    Nuummioq

    Nuummioq

    4.52009HD

    A love-struck man discovers he has an incurable illness shortly after meeting the woman of his dreams.

    Nuummioq
  • 2015
    Little Folk of the Arctic

    Little Folk of the Arctic

    Little Folk of the Arctic

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    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
  • 2010
    The Bear Facts

    The Bear Facts

    The Bear Facts

    5.62010HD

    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
  • 1977
    The Hunters

    The Hunters

    The Hunters

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    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
  • 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
  • 2007
    Qallunaat!

    Qallunaat!

    Qallunaat!

    5.72007HD

    Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny is an irreverent look at Western Civilization through Inuit eyes. Inspired by the satirical essays of Zebedee...

    Qallunaat!
  • 2014
    Children of the Arctic

    Children of the Arctic

    Children of the Arctic

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    Children of the Arctic is a portrait of five Native Alaskan teenagers growing up in Barrow - the northernmost community in the United States. As...

    Children of the Arctic
  • 1901
    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

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    “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...

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip
  • 1973
    Animation from Cape Dorset

    Animation from Cape Dorset

    Animation from Cape Dorset

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    This collection assembles the first animated films to be made by Inuit artists at the NFB. Featured is work by Solomonie Pootoogook, Timmun Alariaq,...

    Animation from Cape Dorset
  • 2011
    The Dimming

    The Dimming

    The Dimming

    02011HD

    The Sun and the Moon are born, as a woman searches to reveal the identity of her mystery lover in this strikingly animated Inuit creation tale.

    The Dimming
  • 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
  • 2018
    A Polar Year

    A Polar Year

    A Polar Year

    6.52018HD

    A Danish teacher takes a job in Greenland and tries to overcome the animosity of the tight-knit locals through a series of errors that help him...

    A Polar Year
  • 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
  • 1989
    Eskimos und die Zivilisation

    Eskimos und die Zivilisation

    Eskimos und die Zivilisation

    01989HD

    Short film about inuits

    Eskimos und die Zivilisation