Inuit Movies

  • 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
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp

    Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp

    Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp

    5.21967HD

    A late-winter sea-ice sequence documenting camp building and seal hunting under extreme Arctic conditions.

    Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp
  • 2017
    Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing

    Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing

    Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing

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    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
  • 2013
    Maïna

    Maïna

    Maïna

    6.52013HD

    Maïna is the daughter of the Innu leader Mishtenapuu, who attends a bloody confrontation between his clan and the clan of "Men of the Land of...

    Maïna
  • 1964
    Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak

    Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak

    Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak

    5.71964HD

    This documentary shows how an Inuit artist's drawings are transferred to stone, printed and sold. Kenojuak Ashevak became the first woman involved...

    Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
  • 2010
    Lumaajuuq

    Lumaajuuq

    Lumaajuuq

    62010HD

    This animated short is a tragic and twisted story about the dangers of revenge. A cruel mother mistreats her son, feeding him dog meat and forcing...

    Lumaajuuq
  • 1979
    Canada Vignettes: Vignettes from Labrador North

    Canada Vignettes: Vignettes from Labrador North

    Canada Vignettes: Vignettes from Labrador North

    71979HD

    Brief history and profile of Inuit communities in Northern Labrador and the role of the Moravian missionaries in the region. Warning for outdated and...

    Canada Vignettes: Vignettes from Labrador North
  • 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
  • 2017
    Qipisa

    Qipisa

    Qipisa

    42017HD

    The director goes back to her roots in Pangnirtung, amongst her family and community. It leads her to another journey: to Qipisa, the outpost camp...

    Qipisa
  • 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
  • 2019
    The Grizzlies

    The Grizzlies

    The Grizzlies

    7.22019HD

    In a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students' lives are transformed when they are...

    The Grizzlies
  • 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

    6.31967HD

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

    Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice
  • 2013
    The Orphan and the Polar Bear

    The Orphan and the Polar Bear

    The Orphan and the Polar Bear

    02013HD

    According to Inuit oral history, long ago animals had the power of speech, could shift their appearances, and could even assume human form. In The...

    The Orphan and the Polar Bear
  • 2020
    Midnight Kids

    Midnight Kids

    Midnight Kids

    02020HD

    Utquiagvik is the northernmost city in Alaska, located 555 km beyond the Arctic Circle. This meditative documentary follows its young Inuit...

    Midnight Kids
  • 1958
    The Living Stone

    The Living Stone

    The Living Stone

    6.21958HD

    The Living Stone is a 1958 Canadian short documentary film directed by John Feeney about Inuit art. It shows the inspiration behind Inuit sculpture....

    The Living Stone
  • 2018
    Those Who Come, Will Hear

    Those Who Come, Will Hear

    Those Who Come, Will Hear

    92018HD

    The documentary proposes a unique meeting with the speakers of several indigenous and inuit languages of Quebec – all threatened with...

    Those Who Come, Will Hear
  • 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
  • 1933
    Eskimo

    Eskimo

    Eskimo

    6.61933HD

    The happy life of an Eskimo is disastrously changed when he mingles with an unscrupulous white trader.

    Eskimo
  • 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
  • 2023
    Grape Soda in the Parking Lot

    Grape Soda in the Parking Lot

    Grape Soda in the Parking Lot

    02023HD

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

    Grape Soda in the Parking Lot