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Movies: Best Movies in Inuktitut(ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ)

Inuktitut ( ih-NUUK-tə-tuut; Inuktitut: [inuktiˈtut], syllabics ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ; from inuk, 'person' + -titut, 'like', 'in the manner of'), also known as Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, is one of the principal Inuit languages of Canada. It is spoken in all areas north of the North American tree line, including parts of the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, to some extent in northeastern Manitoba as well as the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. It is one of the aboriginal languages written with Canadian Aboriginal syllabics. It is recognised as an official language in Nunavut alongside Inuinnaqtun, and both languages are known collectively as Inuktut. Further, it is recognized as one of eight official native tongues in the Northwest Territories. It also has legal recognition in Nunavik—a part of Quebec—thanks in part to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, and is recognised in the Charter of the French Language as the official language of instruction for Inuit school districts there. It also has some recognition in Nunatsiavut—the Inuit area in Labrador—following the ratification of its agreement with the government of Canada and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The 2016 Canadian census reports that 70,540 individuals identify themselve... ()

Inuktitut is spoken in Canada and 23 movies (between 1976 and 2023) with this language have been recorded so far. Most of these movies were shot in Canada (18). Popular genres for Inuktitut movies are Animation (8), Drama (7) and Documentary (7). Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002), The Orphan and the Polar Bear (2013), What We See (2023), Sumé: The Sound of a Revolution (2014) and Kajutaijuq (2015) are among the best known & most successful Inuktitut movies.

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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner(2002)

R
| 2h 52min | Fantasy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 28 votes)

Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch each other until one was unconscious, made love on the way to the caribou hunt, ate walrus meat and lit their igloos with seal-oil lamps.

Directed by Zacharias Kunuk - With Natar Ungalaaq
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Living Here(2017)

17min | Documentary
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Living Here is a story made of solitude and wind, told with the poetry of Nunavik's stark tundra and the beauty of young Martha's words.

Directed by Sarah Baril Gaudet

Throat Singing in Kangirsuk(2019)

4min | Documentary
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Eva and Manon practice the art of throat singing in the small village of Kangirsuk, in their native Arctic land. Interspliced with footage of the four seasons of Kangirsuk by Johnny Nassak.

Heart of Light(1998)

1h 30min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 3 votes)

When the humiliation and grief of his eldest son's shooting rampage and subsequent suicide threatens to pull him under, a brokenhearted father (Rasmus Lyberth) leaves his family and tight-knit community and heads into Greenland's bleak landscape. As he journeys forth on an antiquated dogsled with no destination, he eventually finds solace -- and the soul he lost long ago -- in the form of a mystical hermit (Anda Kristiansen).

Directed by Jacob Grønlykke - With Rasmus Lyberth, Henrik Larsen, Søren Hauch-Fausbøll, Asger Reher, Nukâka Coster-Waldau, Nina Kreutzmann Jørgensen, ...

J'ai rêvé/Sinnaktulauqpunga(2007)

40min | Documentary

Mittimatalik, community of 1300 inhabitants, located 6 ° from the Arctic Circle in the Canadian Far North. The temperature is only positive there for two months a year. This is where the directors have chosen to put their camera down to explore the influence of an extreme environment on the mental universe and to try to understand how this environment is reflected in the imagination. The film, at the same time poetic and anthropological, listens to the accounts of the inhabitants' dreams, which it confronts with the daily gestures and life of the village, a life naked to the immensity of a natural world beyond the human environment everywhere.

Kajutaijuq(2015)

15min | Drama, Thriller

An Inuit hunter camped out in the Arctic wilderness discovers that it is not just the extreme elements that threaten his survival.

Amaqqut Nunaat: The Country of Wolves(2011)

12min | Animation

It begins as an average hunting trip for two young men, but when they find themselves lost, the only safe haven to be found for miles—a mysterious village filled with the sounds of drum dancing and revelry—turns out to be even more dangerous than the frigid ocean.

The Orphan and the Polar Bear(2013)

9min | Animation

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 Orphan and the Polar Bear, a neglected orphan is adopted by a polar bear elder. Under the bear’s guidance, the little orphan learns the skills he will need to survive and provide for himself.

The Owl and the Lemming(2016)

3min | Animation

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 stories are often instructive, and with this fable, children quickly learn the value of being clever and humble, and why pride and arrogance are to be avoided. This short puppet film utilizes composited photographs and a set made with actual Arctic plants and lichen to create an authentic retelling of this ancient Arctic fable. This short film provides a glimpse of traditional Inuit values and beliefs.

Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing(2017)

5min | Animation, Kids & Family

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 can’t catch a single Arctic char! Good thing Kalla is there. Embodying the calm, thoughtful nature of traditional hunters and those who live in the Arctic, Kalla shares his wisdom—and his snacks—with his unprepared friend.

The Dimming(2011)

6min | Animation

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.

Directed by Ippiksaut Friesen

Those Who Come, Will Hear(2018)

1h 17min | Documentary
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

This documentary proposes a unique meeting with the speakers of several indigenous and inuit languages of Quebec – all threatened with extinction.

Directed by Simon Plouffe
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Mother(2003)

54min | Documentary

The history of changes experienced by Inuit people in the last sixty years is contained in the stories of Vivi Kunuk. Abandoned by her father, a White RCMP officer, Vivi Kunuk was adopted by the Inuk family of her mother who raised her as a boy. This is but one remarkable chapter in her life. With her husband Enuki, she raised eight children living most of the year on the land. Surrounded by her grandchildren, she recounts stories about the land she knows intimately and her life's destiny on Baffin Island.

I Will Come Back as a Baby(2014)

1h 32min

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Directed by Christian Merlhiot

I Am But a Little Woman(2010)

5min | Animation
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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 mother and daughter. As her daughter looks on, an Inuit woman creates a wall hanging filled with images of the spectacular Arctic landscape and traditional Inuit objects and iconography. Soon the boundaries between art and reality begin to dissolve.

Sumé: The Sound of a Revolution(2014)

1h 13min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

A successful rock band from Greenland? Yes, it's not a lie. In 1973, the Greenlandic Sumé released a debut album, which record time made it to all the households on the icy island. But Sumé's success was not just due to their catchy beat rock, but also to the band's ability to put words to the zeitgeist, where Greenlandic culture was slowly fading away.

Directed by Inuk Silis Høegh

If the Weather Permits(2003)

28min | Documentary

Director Elisapie Issac's documentary is a sort-of letter to her deceased grandfather addressing the question of Inuit culture in the modern world.

Qalupalik(2010)

6min | Animation
3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

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 listen to their parents or elders. That is the fate of Angutii, a young boy who refuses to help out in his family’s camp and who plays by the shoreline... until one day Qalupalik seizes him and drags him away. Angutii's father, a great hunter, must then embark on a lengthy kayak journey to try and bring his son home.

The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend(1976)

8min | Animation
3.0/5 (with 5 votes)

An owl marries a goose. They have off-spring, but somehow their habits of life are not compatible.

Directed by Caroline Leaf

Searchers(2016)

1h 34min | Action, Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 3 votes)

Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner) returns with this Arctic epic inspired by the classic John Ford western of the same name, about a vengeful husband who sets off in pursuit of the violent men who kidnapped his wife and destroyed his home.

Directed by Zacharias Kunuk
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Maïna(2013)

1h 43min | Adventure, Drama
3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Maïna is the daughter of the Innu leader Mishtenapuu, who attends a bloody confrontation between his clan and the clan of "Men of the Land of Ice." Following this confrontation, Maïna chooses a mission that will change her life. To fulfill the promise that she has made to her friend Matsii on her deathbed, she embarked on the trail of their enemies to deliver Nipki, a 11 year old boy that the Inuit have captured. But she was also taken as prisoner by Natak, the leader of the Inuit group, and forcibly taken to the Land of Ice.

Directed by Michel Poulette

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk(2019)

1h 52min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 2 votes)

1961. In Kapuivik, an Inuit man named Noah Piugattuk and his compatriots are visited by a white man who says they have to move to a reservation.

What We See(2023)

1h 22min | Drama

After experiencing a traumatic event in Igloolik (an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut), Uyarak leaves her community and family in Nunavut to live in Montréal. When Covid-19 lockdowns close off the Canadian Arctic from the rest of the world, Uyarak is further separated from her closest friend, eldest sister, Saqpinak. This extreme situation blurs the lines of both the fictional lives of the sisters, and the non-fiction lives of the film’s directors, Lucy Tulugarjuk and Carol Kunnuk, who play the sisters.