Inuit Movies

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

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

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...

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

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...

Red Fever is a witty and entertaining feature documentary about the profound -- yet hidden -- Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity....

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

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...

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

A summer sequence documenting the communal construction of a kayak and associated domestic and subsistence practices.

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...

In this feature-length documentary, three generations of the Caribou Inuit family come together to tell the story of their journey as Canada's last...

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

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

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...

Canadian Inuit life in the early 1940's.

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...

“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...

Sloth pokes gentle fun at stereotypes about the Inuit people, past and present.

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