Inuit Movies

  • 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
  • 1988
    Lypa

    Lypa

    Lypa

    81988HD

    A portrait of Inuit hunter and artist Lypa Pitsiulak, who decided to return to the land several years ago. His goal was to rediscover his culture,...

    Lypa
  • 2016
    The Owl and the Lemming

    The Owl and the Lemming

    The Owl and the Lemming

    02016HD

    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
  • 1995
    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

    91995HD

    In 1953 the Canadian government relocated Inuit families from Northern Québec to the High Arctic, promising an abundance of game and fish and...

    Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation
  • 2021
    The Boys

    The Boys

    The Boys

    02021HD

    Follow this ever brief conversation that is deeper then the actual words between the two woman and their families. Set in the landscape of Iqaluit, a...

    The Boys
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2024
    Greenland

    Greenland

    Greenland

    72024HD

    Greenland
  • 2021
    Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice

    Le grand solstice

    02021HD

    Le grand solstice
  • 2015
    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People

    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People

    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People

    02015HD

    Both a requiem for and an honoring of Canada's First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women, this short film deconstructs the layers of Canadian...

    Nimmikaage: She Dances for People
  • 2023
    Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher

    Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher

    Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher

    02023HD

    Part oral history and part visual poem, Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher is the story of Evelyn Campbell, a trailblazer for an Inuit-led educational...

    Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher
  • 1985
    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

    81985HD

    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
  • 2010
    The White Archer

    The White Archer

    The White Archer

    8.52010HD

    An Inuit youth trains to become a great archer in hopes of avenging the killing of his family – but the First Nations attackers were punishing...

    The White Archer
  • 2007
    Waterproof

    Waterproof

    Waterproof

    02007HD

    This second Isuma-Artcirq co-production by Igloolik youth is a story about a young Inuk who lost his love. Using alcohol to put reality and the past...

    Waterproof
  • 1944
    Eskimo Summer

    Eskimo Summer

    Eskimo Summer

    101944HD

    Canadian Inuit life in the early 1940's.

    Eskimo Summer
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2003
    If the Weather Permits

    If the Weather Permits

    If the Weather Permits

    7.52003HD

    This short documentary studies life in the village of Kangirsujuaq, Nunavik. In this community on the edge of the Arctic Ocean, children’s...

    If the Weather Permits
  • 2009
    Martha of the North

    Martha of the North

    Martha of the North

    02009HD

    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...

    Martha of the North
  • 2003
    Islet

    Islet

    Islet

    102003HD

    Combining figurative abstraction with magic realism, this animated short depicts a world in which whales fall out of the sky and fish turn into...

    Islet