List of Indigenous Canadian films
This is a list of indigenous Canadian films, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit films.
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Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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3 Indian Tales (3 histoires d'indiens) | Robert Morin | 2014 | Docufiction | [1] |
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Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Aberdeen | Ryan Cooper, Eva Thomas | 2024 | Drama | [2] | |
After the Last River | Victoria Lean | 2015 | Documentary | [3] | |
Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun | Banchi Hanuse | 2023 | Documentary | [4] | |
Amisk | Alanis Obomsawin | 1977 | Documentary | [5] | |
Ancestral Threads | Sean Stiller | 2023 | Short documentary | [6] | |
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice | Zacharias Kunuk | 2021 | Animated short | [7] | |
Angelique's Isle | Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Michelle Derosier | 2018 | Drama | [8] | |
Angry Inuk | Alethea Arnaquq-Baril | 2016 | Documentary | [9] | |
Arctic Song | Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher, Louise Flaherty | 2022 | Animated short | [10] | |
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | Zacharias Kunuk | 2001 | Drama | [11] | |
Atikamekw Suns (Soleils Atikamekw) | Chloé Leriche | 2023 | Drama | [12] |
B
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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The Ballad of Crowfoot | Willie Dunn | 1968 | Documentary | [13] | |
Balmoral Hotel | Wayne Wapeemukwa | 2015 | Short drama | [14] | |
Basket (Lhk'wál'us) | Alanis Obomsawin | 1975 | Documentary | [15] | |
Beautiful Scars | Shane Belcourt | 2022 | Documentary | Profile of Tom Wilson | [16] |
Beans | Tracey Deer | 2020 | Drama | [17] | |
Before Tomorrow (Le jour avant le lendemain) | Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu | 2008 | Drama | [18] | |
Before the Streets | Chloé Leriche | 2016 | Drama | [19] | |
Behind the Facade | Banchi Hanuse | 2021 | Documentary | [20] | |
Between Two Worlds | Barry Greenwald | 1990 | Documentary | [21] | |
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) | Amanda Strong | 2018 | Animation | [22] | |
Biidaaban: First Light | Lisa Jackson | 2018 | Virtual reality | [23] | |
Bill Reid Remembers | Alanis Obomsawin | 2022 | Documentary | [24] | |
Birth of a Family | Tasha Hubbard | 2017 | Documentary | [25] | |
Black Robe | Bruce Beresford | 1991 | Drama | [26] | |
Blood Quantum | Jeff Barnaby | 2019 | Horror | [27] | |
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn | 2019 | Drama | [28] | |
Boil Alert | Stevie Salas, James Burns | 2023 | Documentary | [29] | |
Bones of Crows | Marie Clements | 2022 | Drama | [30] | |
Bootlegger | Caroline Monnet | 2021 | Drama | [31] | |
Brocket 99: Rockin' the Country | Nilesh Patel | 2006 | Documentary | [32] | |
Broken Angel (MaaShwaKanManiTo) | Jules Arita Koostachin | 2022 | Drama | [33] | |
Brother, I Cry | Jessie Anthony | 2020 | Drama | [34] | |
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On | Madison Thomas | 2022 | Documentary | [35] |
C
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Café Daughter | Shelley Niro | 2023 | Drama | Fictionalized account of the childhood of Senator Lillian Dyck | [36] |
Call Me Human (Je m'appelle humain) | Kim O'Bomsawin | 2020 | Documentary | [37] | |
The Canoe | Alanis Obomsawin | 1972 | Documentary | [38] | |
The Cave (?E?anx) | Helen Haig-Brown | 2009 | Science fiction | [39] | |
Chaakapesh | Roger Frappier, Justin Kingsley | 2019 | Documentary | [40] | |
Children | Alanis Obomsawin | 1972 | Documentary | [38] | |
Choke | Michelle Latimer | 2011 | Animated short | [41] | |
Christmas at Moose Factory | Alanis Obomsawin | 1971 | Documentary | [5] | |
Circle of the Sun | Colin Low | 1960 | Documentary | [42] | |
Clearcut | Ryszard Bugajski | 1991 | Thriller | [43] | |
Club Native | Tracey Deer | 2008 | Documentary | [44] | |
Cold Road | Kelvin Redvers | 2024 | Thriller | [45] | |
Colonization Road | Michelle St. John | 2016 | Documentary | [46] | |
The Colony | Jeff Barnaby | 2007 | Drama | [47] | |
Coming Home: Wanna Icipus Kupi | Erica Marie Daniels | 2023 | Documentary | Released in conjunction with the scripted drama series Little Bird | [48] |
Conspiracy of Silence | Francis Mankiewicz | 1991 | Drama | [49] | |
The Corruption of Divine Providence | Jeremy Torrie | 2020 | Horror | [50] | |
Crazywater | Dennis Allen | 2013 | Documentary | [51] | |
Cree Hunters of Mistassini | Boyce Richardson, Tony Ianzelo | 1974 | Documentary | [52] | |
Cry Rock | Banchi Hanuse | 2010 | Documentary | [53] |
D
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Dance Me Outside | Bruce McDonald | 1994 | Drama | [54] | |
Deep Inside Clint Star | Clint Alberta | 1999 | Documentary | [55] | |
Le Dep | Sonia Boileau | 2015 | Drama | [56] | |
Divided Loyalties | Mario Azzopardi | 1990 | Drama | [57] | |
Do Not Tell (Ne le dis pas / Nika tshika uiten mishkut) | Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush | 2009 | Short drama | [58] | |
Dreamspeaker | Claude Jutra | 1976 | Drama | [59] |
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Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Edge of the Knife | Gwaai Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown | 2018 | Drama | [60] | |
Elijah | Paul Unwin | 2007 | Comedy-drama | [61] | |
Êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines | Theola Ross | 2020 | Short documentary | [62] | |
Empire of Dirt | Peter Stebbings | 2013 | Drama | [63] | |
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak | John Feeney | 1964 | Short documentary | [64] | |
Etthén Heldeli: Caribou Eaters | Ian Toews | 2018 | Documentary | [65] | |
Ever Deadly | Chelsea McMullan, Tanya Tagaq | 2022 | Documentary | [66] |
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Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Falls Around Her | Darlene Naponse | 2018 | Drama | [67] | |
Farming (Lep'cál) | Alanis Obomsawin | 1975 | Documentary | [15] | |
Fast Horse | Alexandra Lazarowich | 2018 | Documentary | [68] | |
File Under Miscellaneous | Jeff Barnaby | 2010 | Short drama | [69] | |
Les Filles du Roi | Corey Payette | 2023 | Musical drama | [70] | |
Finality of Dusk | Madison Thomas | 2023 | Science fiction | [71] | |
Finding Dawn | Christine Welsh | 2006 | Documentary | [72] | |
Fire Song | Adam Garnet Jones | 2015 | Drama | [73] | |
Fish Hawk | Donald Shebib | 1979 | Drama | [74] | |
Flood | Amanda Strong | 2017 | Animated short | [75] | |
Footprints (L'Empreinte) | Yvan Dubuc, Carole Poliquin | 2015 | Documentary | [76] | |
For Angela | Daniel Prouty, Nancy Trites Botkin | 1993 | Short drama | [77] | |
For John | Dale Montour | 2003 | Short documentary | [78] | |
Foster Child | Gil Cardinal | 1987 | Documentary | [79] | |
Fractured Land | Fiona Rayher, Damien Gillis | 2015 | Documentary | [80] | |
From Cherry English | Jeff Barnaby | 2004 | Short drama | [81] | |
Frost | Jeremy Ball | 2012 | Short drama | [82] |
G
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Gabriel Goes to the City | Alanis Obomsawin | 1979 | Documentary | [5] | |
Gene Boy Came Home | Alanis Obomsawin | 2007 | Documentary | [83] | |
Giant Bear | Neil Christopher, Daniel Gies | 2019 | Animated short | [84] | |
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning | Grant Harvey | 2004 | Horror | [85] | |
God's Lake Narrows | Kevin Lee Burton | 2011 | Documentary | [42] | |
Great River | Matt LeMay | 2010 | Documentary | [86] | |
The Great Salish Heist | Darrell Dennis | 2024 | Crime comedy | [87] | |
Grey Owl | Richard Attenborough | 1999 | Drama | [88] | |
The Grizzlies | Miranda de Pencier | 2018 | Drama | [89] |
H
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Hank Williams First Nation | Aaron James Sorensen | 2004 | Comedy | [90] | |
Heaven's Floor | Lori Stoll | 2016 | Drama | [91] | |
Hey, Viktor! | Cody Lightning | 2023 | Comedy | [92] | |
Hi-Ho Mistahey! | Alanis Obomsawin | 2013 | Documentary | [83] | |
Hiawatha, the Messiah of the Ojibway | Joe Rosenthal | 1903 | Short drama | [93] | |
High Steel | Don Owen | 1965 | Short documentary | [94] | |
History of Manawan, Part 1 | Alanis Obomsawin | 1972 | Documentary | [95] | |
History of Manawan, Part 2 | Alanis Obomsawin | 1972 | Documentary | [95] | |
Hochelaga, Land of Souls | François Girard | 2017 | Drama | [96] | |
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair | Alanis Obomsawin | 2021 | Documentary | [38] | |
How People Got Fire | Daniel Janke | 2008 | Animated short | [97] | |
How to Build an Igloo | Douglas Wilkinson | 1949 | Short documentary | [98] |
I
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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If the Weather Permits | Elisapie Isaac | 2003 | Documentary | [99] | |
In a World Created by a Drunken God | John Hazlett | 2008 | Drama | [100] | |
In the Land of the Head Hunters | Edward S. Curtis | 1914 | Drama | [101] | |
In the Valley of Wild Horses | Asia Youngman, Trevor Mack | 2018 | Short documentary | [102] | |
Incident at Restigouche | Alanis Obomsawin | 1984 | Documentary | [5] | |
Inconvenient Indian | Michelle Latimer | 2020 | Documentary | [103] | |
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw | Shelley Niro | 2019 | Comedy | [104] | |
Indian Horse | Stephen Campanelli | 2017 | Drama | [105] | |
Indian Road Trip | Allan W. Hopkins | 2020 | Comedy | [106] | |
Inendi | Sarain Fox | 2020 | Documentary | [107] | |
The Inhuman (L'Inhumain) | Jason Brennan | 2021 | Thriller | [108] | |
Innu Nikamu: Resist and Sing | Kevin Bacon-Hervieux | 2017 | Documentary | [109] | |
The Invisible Nation (Le Peuple invisible) | Richard Desjardins, Robert Monderie | 2007 | Documentary | [110] | |
Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive | Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin, Brett Gaylor | 2004 | Documentary | [111] | |
Iqaluit | Benoît Pilon | 2016 | Drama | [112] | |
Is the Crown at War with Us? | Alanis Obomsawin | 2002 | Documentary | [83] | |
Isaac Littlefeathers | Les Rose | 1984 | Drama | [113] | |
Islet (Îlot) | Nicolas Brault | 2003 | Animated short | [114] | |
The Issue with Tissue | Michael Zelniker | 2022 | Documentary | [115] |
J
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Jesse Jams | Trevor Anderson | 2020 | Short documentary | [116] | |
Johnny Greyeyes | Jorge Manzano | 2000 | Drama | [117] | |
Johnny Tootall | Shirley Cheechoo | 2005 | Drama | [118] | |
Jordan River Anderson, the Messenger | Alanis Obomsawin | 2019 | Documentary | [119] | |
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen | Zacharias Kunuk | 2006 | Drama | [120] | |
June in Povungnituk | Alanis Obomsawin | 1980 | Documentary | [83] |
K
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Kabloonak | Claude Massot | 1994 | Drama | [121] | |
Kajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes | Scott Brachmayer | 2014 | Short drama | [122] | |
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance | Alanis Obomsawin | 1993 | Documentary | [38] | |
Katshinau (Les Mains sales) | Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush, Julien G. Marcotte | 2023 | Short drama | ||
Kayak to Klemtu | Zoe Leigh Hopkins | 2022 | Drama | [123] | |
Kikkik | Ole Gjerstad | 2000 (English) 2002 (Inuktitut) | Documentary | [124] | |
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers | 2021 | Documentary | [125] | |
Kissed by Lightning | Shelley Niro | 2009 | Drama | [126] | |
Kivitoo: What They Thought of Us | Zacharias Kunuk | 2018 | Documentary | [127] | |
The Klabona Keepers | Tamo Campos, Jasper Snow-Rosen | 2022 | Documentary | [128] | |
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful | Nettie Wild | 2016 | Documentary | [129] | |
Kuessipan | Myriam Verreault | 2019 | Drama | [130] |
L
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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The Legend of Sarila | Nancy Florence Savard | 2013 | Animated | [131] | |
Lelum' | Asia Youngman | 2017 | Short documentary | [132] | |
The Lesser Blessed | Anita Doron | 2012 | Drama | [133] | |
The Living Stone | John Feeney | 1958 | Short documentary | [98] | |
Living With Giants | Aude Leroux-Lévesque, Sébastien Rist | 2016 | Documentary | [134] | |
The Loon's Necklace | F. R. Crawley | 1948 | Short drama | [135] | |
Luk'Luk'I | Wayne Wapeemukwa | 2017 | Drama | [136] |
M
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Maïna | Michel Poulette | 2013 | Drama | [137] | |
Map of the Human Heart | Vincent Ward | 1992 | Drama | [138] | |
Martha of the North | Marquise Lepage | 2009 | Documentary | [98] | |
Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics | Terril Calder | 2021 | Animated short | [139] | |
Mesnak | Yves Sioui Durand | 2011 | Drama | [140] | |
Mission of Fear (Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts) | Fernand Dansereau | 1965 | Drama | [141] | |
Moccasin Flats: Redemption | Rob W. King | 2008 | Drama | [142] | |
Mohawk Girls | Tracey Deer | 2005 | Documentary | Later spun off into a television series | [143] |
Monkey Beach | Loretta Todd | 2020 | Drama | [144] | |
MONSTR | Tank Standing Buffalo | 2023 | Animated short | [145] | |
Moose Call | Alanis Obomsawin | 1972 | Documentary | [38] | |
Mother of Many Children | Alanis Obomsawin | 1977 | Documentary | [5] | |
Mount Currie Summer Camp | Alanis Obomsawin | 1975 | Documentary | [38] | |
My Favourite Food Is Indian Tacos, My Favourite Drink Is Iced Tea and My Favourite Thing Is Drumming | Derius Matchewan | 2019 | Short | [146] | |
My Indian Name | Abraham Côté | 2022 | Documentary | [147] | |
My Name Is Kahentiiosta | Alanis Obomsawin | 1995 | Documentary | [5] |
N
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nahanni: River of Forgiveness | Geoff Bowie | 2019 | Documentary | [148] | |
Nalujuk Night | Jennie Williams | 2021 | Short documentary | [149] | |
nanekawâsis | Conor McNally | 2024 | Documentary | [150] | |
The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) | Benoît Pilon | 2008 | Drama | [151] | |
Night Raiders | Danis Goulet | 2021 | Science fiction | [152] | |
Nikamowin (Song) | Kevin Lee Burton | 2007 | Short documentary | [153] | |
Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up | Tasha Hubbard | 2019 | Documentary | [154] | |
No Address | Alanis Obomsawin | 1988 | Documentary | [38] | |
North Mountain | Bretten Hannam | 2015 | Action thriller | [155] | |
Nouveau Québec | Sarah Fortin | 2021 | Drama | [156] | |
Now Is the Time | Christopher Auchter | 2019 | Short documentary | [157] | |
Nuhoniyeh: Our Story | Mary Code, Allen Code | 1992 | Documentary | [158] | |
Nuxalk Radio | Banchi Hanuse | 2020 | Documentary | [159] | |
N'xaxaitkw | Asia Youngman | 2022 | Short drama | [160] |
O
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Okpik's Dream | Laura Rietveld | 2015 | Documentary | [161] | |
Old Crow | Alanis Obomsawin | 1979 | Documentary | [5] | |
On the Corner | Nathaniel Geary | 2003 | Drama | [162] | |
On the Trail of the Far Fur Country | Kevin Nikkel | 2014 | Documentary | [163] | |
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk | Zacharias Kunuk | 2019 | Drama | [164] | |
One of Ours | Yasmine Mathurin | 2021 | Documentary | [165] | |
Our Nationhood | Alanis Obomsawin | 2003 | Documentary | [166] | |
Our People Will Be Healed | Alanis Obomsawin | 2017 | Documentary | [38] | |
Out in the Cold | Colleen Murphy | 2008 | Drama | [167] | |
The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend | Caroline Leaf | 1974 | Animated short | [168] |
P
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Partridge | Alanis Obomsawin | 1972 | Documentary | ||
The Pass System | Alex Williams | 2015 | Documentary | [169] | |
Passage | John Walker | 2008 | Documentary | [170] | |
People of a Feather | Joel Heath | 2011 | Documentary | [171] | |
The People of the Kattawapiskak River | Alanis Obomsawin | 2012 | Documentary | [83] | |
A Place Between: The Story of an Adoption | Curtis Kaltenbaugh | 2007 | Documentary | [172] | |
Portraits from a Fire | Trevor Mack | 2021 | Comedy-drama | [173] | |
Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place | Alanis Obomsawin | 1987 | Documentary | [5] | |
Power | Magnus Isacsson | 1996 | Documentary | [174] | |
The Pretendians | Drew Hayden Taylor, Paul Kemp | 2022 | Documentary | [175] | |
Puberty, Part 1 | Alanis Obomsawin | 1975 | Documentary | [38] | |
Puberty, Part 2 | Alanis Obomsawin | 1975 | Documentary | [38] |
Q
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny | Mark Sandiford, Zebedee Nungak | 2006 | Documentary | [176] | |
Qimmit, a Clash of Two Truths | Joelie Sanguya, Ole Gjerstad | 2010 | Documentary | [98] | |
Québékoisie | Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins | 2013 | Documentary | [177] | |
Québexit | Joshua Demers | 2020 | Comedy | [178] | |
Quiet Killing (Ce silence qui tue) | Kim O'Bomsawin | 2018 | Documentary | [179] |
R
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Red | Gilles Carle | 1970 | Drama | [180] | |
Red Snow | Marie Clements | 2019 | Drama | [181] | |
Redlights | Eva Thomas | 2023 | Short drama | [182] | |
Reel Injun | Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes | 2009 | Documentary | [183] | |
Restless River (La rivière sans repos) | Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu | 2019 | Drama | [184] | |
Returning Home | Sean Stiller | 2021 | Documentary | [185] | |
Rhymes for Young Ghouls | Jeff Barnaby | 2013 | Drama | [186] | |
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child | Alanis Obomsawin | 1986 | Documentary | [5] | |
Riel | George Bloomfield | 1979 | Drama | [187] | |
RKLSS | Tank Standing Buffalo | 2020 | Animated short | [188] | |
The Road Forward | Marie Clements | 2017 | Documentary | [189] | |
The Road to Webequie | Tess Girard, Ryan Noth | 2016 | Short documentary | [190] | |
Roberta | Caroline Monnet | 2014 | Short drama | [191] | |
Rocks at Whiskey Trench | Alanis Obomsawin | 2000 | Documentary | [192] | |
The Romance of the Far Fur Country | Harold M. Wyckoff | 1920 | Documentary | [193] | |
Rosie | Gail Maurice | 2022 | Comedy-drama | [194] | |
Round Up | Narcisse Blood | 2010 | Short documentary | [42] | |
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World | Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana | 2017 | Documentary | [195] | |
Run Woman Run | Zoe Leigh Hopkins | 2021 | Drama | [196] | |
Rustic Oracle | Sonia Boileau | 2019 | Drama | [197] |
S
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ste. Anne | Rhayne Vermette | 2021 | Experimental, drama | [198] | |
Salmon (Tsúqwaoz') | Alanis Obomsawin | 1975 | Documentary | [15] | |
Savage | Lisa Jackson | 2009 | Short drama | [199] | |
SAVJ | Tank Standing Buffalo | 2022 | Animated short | [200] | |
Scarborough | Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson | 2021 | Drama | [201] | |
The Scattering of Man (DƏNE YI’INJETL) | Luke Gleeson | 2021 | Documentary | [202] | |
Searchers (Maliglutit) | Zacharias Kunuk | 2016 | Drama | [203] | |
Secret Path | Gord Downie | 2016 | Animated | [204] | |
Seeds | Kaniehtiio Horn | 2024 | Comedy | ||
Sigwan | Alanis Obomsawin | 2005 | Short drama | [38] | |
Sirmilik | Zacharias Kunuk | 2011 | Short documentary | [205] | |
Snip | Terril Calder | 2016 | Animated short | [206] | |
Snowshoes | Alanis Obomsawin | 2005 | Documentary | [38] | |
Sol | Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Susan Avingaq | 2014 | Documentary | [207] | |
Spirit to Soar | Tanya Talaga, Michelle Derosier | 2021 | Documentary | [208] | |
Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man | Alanis Obomsawin | 1997 | Documentary | [209] | |
Standing Alone | Colin Low | 1982 | Documentary | [42] | |
Stellar | Darlene Naponse | 2022 | Drama | [210] | |
Stryker | Noam Gonick | 2004 | Drama | [211] | |
The Sun at Midnight | Kirsten Carthew | 2016 | Drama | [212] | |
Survivors Rowe | Daniel Roher | 2015 | Documentary | [213] |
T
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Tautuktavuk (What We See) | Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk | 2023 | Drama | ||
There Are No Fakes | Jamie Kastner | 2019 | Documentary | [214] | |
There Is a House Here | Alan Zweig | 2017 | Documentary | [215] | |
This Ink Runs Deep | Asia Youngman | 2019 | Short documentary | [216] | |
This Place | V. T. Nayani | 2022 | Drama | [217] | |
This River | Katherena Vermette | 2016 | Short documentary | [218] | |
This Was the Time | Eugene Boyko | 1970 | Short documentary | [219] | |
Those Damned Savages (Les maudits sauvages) | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | 1971 | Drama | [220] | |
Those Who Come, Will Hear (Ceux qui viendront, l'entendront) | Simon Plouffe | 2018 | Documentary | [221] | |
Three Feathers | Carla Ulrich | 2018 | Drama | [222] | |
Three Thousand | Asinnajaq | 2017 | Short documentary | [223] | |
Throat Singing in Kangirsuk (Katatjatuuk Kangirsumi) | Eva Kaukai, Manon Chamberland | 2019 | Short documentary | [224] | |
Throat Song | Miranda de Pencier | 2011 | Short drama | [225] | |
Through Black Spruce | Don McKellar | 2018 | Drama | [226] | |
Thunder Drum (Mémoire battante) | Arthur Lamothe | 1983 | Documentary | [227] | |
Tia and Piujuq | Lucy Tulugarjuk | 2018 | Children's drama | [228] | |
Tkaronto | Shane Belcourt | 2007 | Drama | [229] | |
Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole | Gil Cardinal | 2003 | Short documentary | [78] | |
Totem: Return and Renewal | Gil Cardinal | 2007 | Short documentary | Sequel to the 2003 film | [230] |
Trial at Fortitude Bay | Vic Sarin | 1994 | Drama | [231] | |
Trick or Treaty? | Alanis Obomsawin | 2014 | Documentary | [83] | |
Trouble in the Garden | Roz Owen | 2018 | Drama | [232] | |
Tshiuetin | Caroline Monnet | 2016 | Short documentary | [233] | |
Tuktuq | Robin Aubert | 2016 | Docufiction | [234] | |
Twice Colonized | Lin Alluna | 2023 | Documentary | Canada-Denmark-Greenland coproduction | [235] |
Two Indians Talking | Sara McIntyre | 2010 | Comedy-drama | [236] | |
Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things | Mark Kenneth Woods, Michael Yerxa | 2016 | Documentary | [237] | |
Two Worlds Colliding | Tasha Hubbard | 2004 | Documentary | [238] |
U
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories | multiple | 2011 | multi-film compilation | [98] | |
Unnatural & Accidental | Carl Bessai | 2006 | Drama | [239] | |
Utshimassits: Place of the Boss | John Walker | 1996 | Documentary | [240] | |
Uulx: The Scratcher | Banchi Hanuse | 2015 | Documentary | [241] | |
Uvanga | Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu | 2013 | Drama | [242] |
V
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vanishing Point | Stephen A. Smith, Julia Szucs | 2012 | Documentary | [243] |
W
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WaaPaKe | Jules Arita Koostachin | 2023 | Documentary | [244] | |
Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises | Alanis Obomsawin | 2006 | Documentary | [83] | |
Walker | Alanis Obomsawin | 1992 | Documentary | [83] | |
Wapawekka | Danis Goulet | 2010 | Short drama | [245] | |
Waseskun | Steve Patry | 2016 | Documentary | [246] | |
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice | Alanis Obomsawin | 2016 | Documentary | [83] | |
We Know the Truth: Stories to Inspire Reconciliation | Meagan Fiddler, Bertram Schneider | 2021 | Documentary | [247] | |
We Were Children | Tim Wolochatiuk | 2012 | Documentary | [248] | |
When All the Leaves Are Gone | Alanis Obomsawin | 2010 | Short drama | [38] | |
Where the Spirit Lives | Bruce Pittman | 1989 | Drama | [249] | |
The White Dawn | Philip Kaufman | 1974 | Drama | [250] | |
Wild Rice Harvest Kenora | Alanis Obomsawin | 1979 | Documentary | [83] | |
Wildhood | Bretten Hannam | 2021 | Drama | [251] | |
Wilfred Buck | Lisa Jackson | 2024 | Documentary | [252] | |
Windigo | Robert Morin | 1994 | Drama | [253] | |
Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace | Heather Hatch | 2021 | Documentary | [254] |
X
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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Xusum | Alanis Obomsawin | 1975 | Documentary | [15] |
Y
Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yintah | Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano | 2024 | Documentary | [255] | |
You Are on Indian Land | Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell | 1969 | Documentary | [256] |
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