Inuit Movies
- 2015
Kajutaijuq
Kajutaijuq02015HD
An Inuit hunter camped out in the Arctic wilderness discovers that it is not just the extreme elements that threaten his survival.
- 2010
Lumaajuuq
Lumaajuuq62010HD
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...
- 2019
Giant Bear
Giant Bear02019HD
Centered on a confrontation between the last monster bear and an Inuit hunter, Giant Bear is a chilling short that brings an ancient story out of the...
- 1973
Animation from Cape Dorset
Animation from Cape Dorset01973HD
This collection assembles the first animated films to be made by Inuit artists at the NFB. Featured is work by Solomonie Pootoogook, Timmun Alariaq,...
- 1967
Netsilik Eskimo Series, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp
Netsilik Eskimo Series, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp5.51967HD
Two Eskimo families travel across the wide sea ice. Before night falls they build small igloos and we see the construction in detail. The next day a...
- 2015
Ogress of the Gravelbank
Ogress of the Gravelbank02015HD
Inuit oral history is filled with strange beings and supernatural creatures. One of these feared land spirits is the Ogress of the Gravelbank. This...
- 2021
Being prepared
Being prepared02021HD
As the global pandemic reaches into the Arctic Archipelago, Inuk filmmaker Carol Kunnuk documents how unfamiliar new protocols affect her family and...
- 2010
The Bear Facts
The Bear Facts5.22010HD
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...
- 2010
The White Archer
The White Archer02010HD
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...
- 2017
Three Thousand
Three Thousand02017HD
Inuit artist Asinnajaq plunges us into a sublime imaginary universe—14 minutes of luminescent, archive-inspired cinema that recast the present,...
- 2011
Seven Sins: Sloth
Seven Sins: Sloth02011HD
Sloth pokes gentle fun at stereotypes about the Inuit people, past and present.
- 1988
Nanook Revisited
Nanook Revisited01988HD
Filmmakers revisit Inukjuak, the Inuit village where Robert J. Flaherty filmed Nanook of the North in the early twentieth century, and examine the...
- 1967
Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp
Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp4.71967HD
In late winter when the cold is severe, the people and dogs are glad to stop their trek and make camp. In the blue dusk the men probe the snow and...
- 2015
Little Folk of the Arctic
Little Folk of the Arctic02015HD
In the folklore of most cultures around the world there are stories of magical little folk. And the Arctic is no exception. Inuit traditional...
- 2015
One Who Has Two Souls
One Who Has Two Souls6.8332015HD
He was called "He Who Has Two Souls". He was beautiful as a woman. And handsome as a man. He hesitated.
- 2009
Exile
Exile02009HD
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...
- 1964
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak5.41964HD
This documentary shows how an Inuit artist's drawings are transferred to stone, printed and sold. Kenojuak Ashevak became the first woman involved...
- 1967
Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice
Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice51967HD
Late June, and much of the land is bare. There are sounds of running water, and melt ponds shine everywhere. The woman carries heather and moss to...
- 2013
The Orphan and the Polar Bear
The Orphan and the Polar Bear02013HD
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...
- 2008
Kiyukta
Kiyukta02008HD