Inuit Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    Tuktu and the Trials of Strength

    Tuktu and the Trials of Strength

    Tuktu and the Trials of Strength

    01967HD

    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
  • 1949
    How to Build an Igloo

    How to Build an Igloo

    How to Build an Igloo

    7.21949HD

    This classic short film shows how to make an igloo using only snow and a knife. Two Inuit men in Canada’s Far North choose the site, cut and...

    How to Build an Igloo
  • 1980
    Death in the Spring

    Death in the Spring

    Death in the Spring

    101980HD

    In this animated short the artist tells the story of an Inuit hunter who clubs a seal pup on the ice and then later dies himself. The film's ethereal...

    Death in the Spring
  • 1989
    Kamik

    Kamik

    Kamik

    81989HD

    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,...

    Kamik
  • 1964
    The Annanacks

    The Annanacks

    The Annanacks

    01964HD

    This short documentary depicts the formation in 1959 of the first successful co-operative in an Inuit community in Northern Québec. The film...

    The Annanacks
  • 1977
    The Hunters

    The Hunters

    The Hunters

    71977HD

    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
  • 1989
    Eskimos und die Zivilisation

    Eskimos und die Zivilisation

    Eskimos und die Zivilisation

    01989HD

    Short film about inuits

    Eskimos und die Zivilisation
  • 2021
    Evan's Drum

    Evan's Drum

    Evan's Drum

    02021HD

    For generations, the sound of traditional Inuit drum dancing fell silent in Labrador due to colonization. In the early 21st century, the beat of the...

    Evan's Drum
  • 1973
    Animation from Cape Dorset

    Animation from Cape Dorset

    Animation from Cape Dorset

    101973HD

    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
  • 2015
    Little Folk of the Arctic

    Little Folk of the Arctic

    Little Folk of the Arctic

    02015HD

    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
  • 2024
    Greenland

    Greenland

    Greenland

    72024HD

    Greenland
  • 2021
    Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice

    02021HD

    Le grand solstice
  • 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
  • 2020
    Inuit Languages in the 21st Century

    Inuit Languages in the 21st Century

    Inuit Languages in the 21st Century

    52020HD

    Ulivia explores what is accessible via the Internet in relation to Inuktitut. A complex language with several dialects which varies from one...

    Inuit Languages in the 21st Century
  • 1944
    Arctic Hunters

    Arctic Hunters

    Arctic Hunters

    91944HD

    The hunting habits of the Inuit in the eastern Arctic.

    Arctic Hunters
  • 1990
    Between Two Worlds

    Between Two Worlds

    Between Two Worlds

    01990HD

    This feature film is a documentary portrait of Joseph Idlout, a man who was once the world's most famous Inuit. Unknown to most Canadians today,...

    Between Two Worlds