Inuit Movies

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

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...

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...

A spring sea-ice sequence documenting travel, camp construction, domestic labor, and seal hunting among Netsilingmiut families.

An early-autumn sequence documenting domestic life and a coordinated communal caribou hunt at a river crossing camp.

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....

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

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

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...

In this short film, artist Jobie Weetaluktuk turns his gaze on his family and the power of ritual through the story of a young woman and her...

A lonely fisherman drifts into haunted waters in search of food and finds much more than he bargained for. Based on an Inuit folktale.

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

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

A portrait of Ulayok Kaviok, one of the last of a generation of Inuit, born and bred on the land. Ulayok and her family, like many Inuit today,...

In the mid-1950s, lured by false promises of a better life, Inuit families were displaced by the Canadian government and left to their own devices in...

Inuit traditional face tattoos have been forbidden for a century, and almost forgotten. Director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, together with long-time...

Taqralik Partridge asks what if every language that had been lost to English — every word, every syllable — grew up out of the ground in...

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...

A late-spring sequence documenting domestic life, craft production, and a coordinated seal hunt on the sea ice.