Inuit Movies

  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimo Series, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp

    5.51967HD

    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...

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimo Series, I: At the Autumn River Camp

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, I: At the Autumn River Camp

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, I: At the Autumn River Camp

    5.51967HD

    It is late autumn and the Eskimos travel through soft snow and build karmaks, shelters with snow walls and a roof of skins, in the river valley. The...

    Netsilik Eskimo Series, I: At the Autumn River Camp
  • 1944
    Arctic Hunters

    Arctic Hunters

    Arctic Hunters

    01944HD

    The hunting habits of the Inuit in the eastern Arctic.

    Arctic Hunters
  • 1983
    Our Land, Our Truth

    Our Land, Our Truth

    Our Land, Our Truth

    01983HD

    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
  • 1988
    Nanook Revisited

    Nanook Revisited

    Nanook Revisited

    01988HD

    Filmmakers revisit Inukjuak, the Inuit village where Robert J. Flaherty filmed Nanook of the North in the early twentieth century, and examine the...

    Nanook Revisited
  • 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
  • 1985
    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

    Kaali Goes for Seal Hunting

    01985HD

    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
  • 1967
    Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice

    Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice

    Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice

    51967HD

    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...

    Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice
  • 1901
    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    51901HD

    “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...

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip
  • 1998
    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut

    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut

    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut

    01998HD

    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...

    Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut
  • 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
  • 2013
    The Orphan and the Polar Bear

    The Orphan and the Polar Bear

    The Orphan and the Polar Bear

    02013HD

    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...

    The Orphan and the Polar Bear
  • 1932
    Fishing in Greenland

    Fishing in Greenland

    Fishing in Greenland

    01932HD

    Danish documentary that follows fishermen in Greenland, from the time when fishing got industrialized. The filmcrew also captures ships fighting the...

    Fishing in Greenland
  • 1973
    Labrador North

    Labrador North

    Labrador North

    01973HD

    This short documentary looks at the government relocation of the Labrador Inuit and the effects on their culture and social structures.

    Labrador North
  • 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
  • 2011
    The Dimming

    The Dimming

    The Dimming

    02011HD

    The Sun and the Moon are born, as a woman searches to reveal the identity of her mystery lover in this strikingly animated Inuit creation tale.

    The Dimming
  • 2009
    Nya vädrets offer

    Nya vädrets offer

    Nya vädrets offer

    02009HD

    "Melting Lives - Victims of the New Weather" is a six-part documentary series in which the viewers meet people in the Arctic region who live close to...

    Nya vädrets offer
  • 2005
    Urban Inuk

    Urban Inuk

    Urban Inuk

    02005HD

    Qallunajatut (Urban Inuk) follows the lives of three Inuit in Montreal over the course of one hot and humid summer.Only two generations ago Inuit...

    Urban Inuk
  • 1970
    Inuk Woman City Blues

    Inuk Woman City Blues

    Inuk Woman City Blues

    01970HD

    Follows homeless, addicted and alienated Greenlandic women in Copenhagen, Denmark; includes fragments of Greenlandic culture.

    Inuk Woman City Blues
  • 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