Inuit Movies

  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak

    Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak

    Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak

    61967HD

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

    Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2013
    Bering. Equilibrio y resistencia

    Bering. Equilibrio y resistencia

    Bering. Equilibrio y resistencia

    7.22013HD

    This documentary closely follows a group of people living in the Bering Strait and delves into the fundamental aspects of their daily lives, their...

    Bering. Equilibrio y resistencia
  • 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
  • 2024
    Greenland

    Greenland

    Greenland

    72024HD

    Greenland
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1944
    Arctic Hunters

    Arctic Hunters

    Arctic Hunters

    91944HD

    The hunting habits of the Inuit in the eastern Arctic.

    Arctic Hunters
  • 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
  • 2015
    Ogress of the Gravelbank

    Ogress of the Gravelbank

    Ogress of the Gravelbank

    02015HD

    Inuit oral history is filled with strange beings and supernatural creatures. One of these feared land spirits is the Ogress of the Gravelbank. This...

    Ogress of the Gravelbank
  • 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
  • 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!
  • 2010
    I Am But a Little Woman

    I Am But a Little Woman

    I Am But a Little Woman

    52010HD

    Inspired by an Inuit poem first assigned to paper in 1927, this animated short evokes the beauty and power of nature, as well as the bond between...

    I Am But a Little Woman
  • 2011
    Seven Sins: Sloth

    Seven Sins: Sloth

    Seven Sins: Sloth

    02011HD

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

    Seven Sins: Sloth
  • 2026
    SILA

    SILA

    SILA

    02026HD

    Set on an island 600 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, this intimate vérité portrait follows two young Inuit coming of age....

    SILA
  • 1973
    Pictures Out Of My Life

    Pictures Out Of My Life

    Pictures Out Of My Life

    01973HD

    The drawings and recollections of Inuit artist Pitseolak, from the book of the same title written by Dorothy Eber. Now in her seventies, Pitseolak is...

    Pictures Out Of My Life
  • 2014
    Children of the Arctic

    Children of the Arctic

    Children of the Arctic

    92014HD

    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
  • 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