Inuit Movies
- 2003
If the Weather Permits
If the Weather Permits82003HD
Director Elisapie Issac's documentary is a sort-of letter to her deceased grandfather addressing the question of Inuit culture in the modern world.
- 1934
Man of Two Worlds
Man of Two Worlds61934HD
A British explorer brings an Eskimo hunter to London, where he misreads a woman.
- 1901
Esquimaux Village
Esquimaux Village51901HD
“One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux Village. In this most interesting exhibit, scenes are...
- 1901
Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip
Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip51901HD
“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...
- 2023
Grape Soda in the Parking Lot
Grape Soda in the Parking Lot02023HD
Taqralik Partridge asks what if every language that had been lost to English — every word, every syllable — grew up out of the ground in...
- 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...
- 2021
Nalujuk Night
Nalujuk Night02021HD
Nalujuk Night is an up close look at an exhilarating, and sometimes terrifying, Labrador Inuit tradition. Every January 6th from the dark of the...
- 2021
Evan's Drum
Evan's Drum02021HD
For generations, the sound of traditional Inuit drum dancing fell silent in Labrador due to colonization. In the early 21st century, the beat of the...
- 2011
Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos
Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos02011HD
Inuit traditional face tattoos have been forbidden for a century, and almost forgotten. Director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, together with long-time...
- 2021
Le grand solstice
Le grand solstice02021HD
- 2021
The Boys
The Boys02021HD
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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 1967
Tuktu and the Trials of Strength
Tuktu and the Trials of Strength01967HD
In this short docu-fiction film, strong and hardy Inuit hunters demonstrate and test their strength in boxing, tug-of-war, and other strenuous...
- 2017
Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing
Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing02017HD
The story of an ice-fishing trip taken by two unlikely friends—Ukaliq the Arctic hare and Kalla the lemming. Well-meaning but impatient, Ukaliq...
- 2015
Of Ravens and Children
Of Ravens and Children02015HD
- 1964
The Annanacks
The Annanacks01964HD
This short documentary depicts the formation in 1959 of the first successful co-operative in an Inuit community in Northern Québec. The film...
- 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...
- 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...
- 2016
The Owl and the Lemming
The Owl and the Lemming02016HD
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...