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List of Indigenous Canadian films

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This is a list of indigenous Canadian films, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit films.

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3 Indian Tales (3 histoires d'indiens) Robert Morin 2014 Docufiction [1]

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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]
Angela's Shadow Jules Arita Koostachin 2024 Thriller drama [8]
Angelique's Isle Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Michelle Derosier 2018 Drama [9]
Angry Inuk Alethea Arnaquq-Baril 2016 Documentary [10]
Arctic Song Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher, Louise Flaherty 2022 Animated short [11]
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Zacharias Kunuk 2001 Drama [12]
Atikamekw Suns (Soleils Atikamekw) Chloé Leriche 2023 Drama [13]

B

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
The Ballad of Crowfoot Willie Dunn 1968 Documentary [14]
Balmoral Hotel Wayne Wapeemukwa 2015 Short drama [15]
Basket (Lhk'wál'us) Alanis Obomsawin 1975 Documentary [16]
Beautiful Scars Shane Belcourt 2022 Documentary Profile of Tom Wilson [17]
Beans Tracey Deer 2020 Drama [18]
Before Tomorrow (Le jour avant le lendemain) Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu 2008 Drama [19]
Before the Streets Chloé Leriche 2016 Drama [20]
Behind the Facade Banchi Hanuse 2021 Documentary [21]
Between Two Worlds Barry Greenwald 1990 Documentary [22]
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) Amanda Strong 2018 Animation [23]
Biidaaban: First Light Lisa Jackson 2018 Virtual reality [24]
Bill Reid Remembers Alanis Obomsawin 2022 Documentary [25]
The Birds Who Fear Death Sanjay Patel 2024 Drama [26]
Birth of a Family Tasha Hubbard 2017 Documentary [27]
Black Robe Bruce Beresford 1991 Drama [28]
Blood Quantum Jeff Barnaby 2019 Horror [29]
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn 2019 Drama [30]
Boil Alert Stevie Salas, James Burns 2023 Documentary [31]
Bones of Crows Marie Clements 2022 Drama [32]
Bootlegger Caroline Monnet 2021 Drama [33]
Brocket 99: Rockin' the Country Nilesh Patel 2006 Documentary [34]
Broken Angel (MaaShwaKanManiTo) Jules Arita Koostachin 2022 Drama [35]
Brother, I Cry Jessie Anthony 2020 Drama [36]
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On Madison Thomas 2022 Documentary [37]

C

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Café Daughter Shelley Niro 2023 Drama Fictionalized account of the childhood of Senator Lillian Dyck [38]
Call Me Human (Je m'appelle humain) Kim O'Bomsawin 2020 Documentary [39]
The Canoe Alanis Obomsawin 1972 Documentary [40]
The Cave (?E?anx) Helen Haig-Brown 2009 Science fiction [41]
Chaakapesh Roger Frappier, Justin Kingsley 2019 Documentary [42]
Children Alanis Obomsawin 1972 Documentary [40]
Choke Michelle Latimer 2011 Animated short [43]
Christmas at Moose Factory Alanis Obomsawin 1971 Documentary [5]
Circle of the Sun Colin Low 1960 Documentary [44]
Clearcut Ryszard Bugajski 1991 Thriller [45]
Club Native Tracey Deer 2008 Documentary [46]
Cold Road Kelvin Redvers 2024 Thriller [47]
Colonization Road Michelle St. John 2016 Documentary [48]
The Colony Jeff Barnaby 2007 Drama [49]
Coming Home: Wanna Icipus Kupi Erica Marie Daniels 2023 Documentary Released in conjunction with the scripted drama series Little Bird [50]
Conspiracy of Silence Francis Mankiewicz 1991 Drama [51]
The Corruption of Divine Providence Jeremy Torrie 2020 Horror [52]
Crazywater Dennis Allen 2013 Documentary [53]
Cree Hunters of Mistassini Boyce Richardson, Tony Ianzelo 1974 Documentary [54]
Cry Rock Banchi Hanuse 2010 Documentary [55]

D

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Dance Me Outside Bruce McDonald 1994 Drama [56]
Deaner '89 Sam McGlynn 2024 Comedy [57]
Deep Inside Clint Star Clint Alberta 1999 Documentary [58]
Le Dep Sonia Boileau 2015 Drama [59]
Divided Loyalties Mario Azzopardi 1990 Drama [60]
Do Not Tell (Ne le dis pas / Nika tshika uiten mishkut) Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush 2009 Short drama [61]
Dreamspeaker Claude Jutra 1976 Drama [62]

E

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Edge of the Knife Gwaai Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown 2018 Drama [63]
Elijah Paul Unwin 2007 Comedy-drama [64]
Êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines Theola Ross 2020 Short documentary [65]
Empire of Dirt Peter Stebbings 2013 Drama [66]
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak John Feeney 1964 Short documentary [67]
Etthén Heldeli: Caribou Eaters Ian Toews 2018 Documentary [68]
Ever Deadly Chelsea McMullan, Tanya Tagaq 2022 Documentary [69]

F

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Falls Around Her Darlene Naponse 2018 Drama [70]
Farming (Lep'cál) Alanis Obomsawin 1975 Documentary [16]
Fast Horse Alexandra Lazarowich 2018 Documentary [71]
File Under Miscellaneous Jeff Barnaby 2010 Short drama [72]
Les Filles du Roi Corey Payette 2023 Musical drama [73]
Finality of Dusk Madison Thomas 2023 Science fiction [74]
Finding Dawn Christine Welsh 2006 Documentary [75]
Fire Song Adam Garnet Jones 2015 Drama [76]
Fish Hawk Donald Shebib 1979 Drama [77]
Flood Amanda Strong 2017 Animated short [78]
Footprints (L'Empreinte) Yvan Dubuc, Carole Poliquin 2015 Documentary [79]
For Angela Daniel Prouty, Nancy Trites Botkin 1993 Short drama [80]
For John Dale Montour 2003 Short documentary [81]
Foster Child Gil Cardinal 1987 Documentary [82]
Fractured Land Fiona Rayher, Damien Gillis 2015 Documentary [83]
From Cherry English Jeff Barnaby 2004 Short drama [84]
Frost Jeremy Ball 2012 Short drama [85]

G

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Gabriel Goes to the City Alanis Obomsawin 1979 Documentary [5]
Gene Boy Came Home Alanis Obomsawin 2007 Documentary [86]
Giant Bear Neil Christopher, Daniel Gies 2019 Animated short [87]
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning Grant Harvey 2004 Horror [88]
God's Lake Narrows Kevin Lee Burton 2011 Documentary [44]
Great River Matt LeMay 2010 Documentary [89]
The Great Salish Heist Darrell Dennis 2024 Crime comedy [90]
Grey Owl Richard Attenborough 1999 Drama [91]
The Grizzlies Miranda de Pencier 2018 Drama [92]

H

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Hank Williams First Nation Aaron James Sorensen 2004 Comedy [93]
Heaven's Floor Lori Stoll 2016 Drama [94]
Hey, Viktor! Cody Lightning 2023 Comedy [95]
Hi-Ho Mistahey! Alanis Obomsawin 2013 Documentary [86]
Hiawatha, the Messiah of the Ojibway Joe Rosenthal 1903 Short drama [96]
High Steel Don Owen 1965 Short documentary [97]
History of Manawan, Part 1 Alanis Obomsawin 1972 Documentary [98]
History of Manawan, Part 2 Alanis Obomsawin 1972 Documentary [98]
Hochelaga, Land of Souls François Girard 2017 Drama [99]
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair Alanis Obomsawin 2021 Documentary [40]
How People Got Fire Daniel Janke 2008 Animated short [100]
How to Build an Igloo Douglas Wilkinson 1949 Short documentary [101]

I

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
If the Weather Permits Elisapie Isaac 2003 Documentary [102]
In a World Created by a Drunken God John Hazlett 2008 Drama [103]
In the Land of the Head Hunters Edward S. Curtis 1914 Drama [104]
In the Valley of Wild Horses Asia Youngman, Trevor Mack 2018 Short documentary [105]
Incident at Restigouche Alanis Obomsawin 1984 Documentary [5]
Inconvenient Indian Michelle Latimer 2020 Documentary [106]
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw Shelley Niro 2019 Comedy [107]
Indian Horse Stephen Campanelli 2017 Drama [108]
Indian Road Trip Allan W. Hopkins 2020 Comedy [109]
Inendi Sarain Fox 2020 Documentary [110]
The Inhuman (L'Inhumain) Jason Brennan 2021 Thriller [111]
Innu Nikamu: Resist and Sing Kevin Bacon-Hervieux 2017 Documentary [112]
The Invisible Nation (Le Peuple invisible) Richard Desjardins, Robert Monderie 2007 Documentary [113]
Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin, Brett Gaylor 2004 Documentary [114]
Iqaluit Benoît Pilon 2016 Drama [115]
Is the Crown at War with Us? Alanis Obomsawin 2002 Documentary [86]
Isaac Littlefeathers Les Rose 1984 Drama [116]
Islet (Îlot) Nicolas Brault 2003 Animated short [117]
The Issue with Tissue Michael Zelniker 2022 Documentary [118]

J

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Jesse Jams Trevor Anderson 2020 Short documentary [119]
Johnny Greyeyes Jorge Manzano 2000 Drama [120]
Johnny Tootall Shirley Cheechoo 2005 Drama [121]
Jordan River Anderson, the Messenger Alanis Obomsawin 2019 Documentary [122]
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen Zacharias Kunuk 2006 Drama [123]
June in Povungnituk Alanis Obomsawin 1980 Documentary [86]

K

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Kabloonak Claude Massot 1994 Drama [124]
Kajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes Scott Brachmayer 2014 Short drama [125]
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance Alanis Obomsawin 1993 Documentary [40]
Katshinau (Les Mains sales) Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush, Julien G. Marcotte 2023 Short drama
Kayak to Klemtu Zoe Leigh Hopkins 2022 Drama [126]
Kikkik Ole Gjerstad 2000 (English)
2002 (Inuktitut)
Documentary [127]
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers 2021 Documentary [128]
Kissed by Lightning Shelley Niro 2009 Drama [129]
Kivitoo: What They Thought of Us Zacharias Kunuk 2018 Documentary [130]
The Klabona Keepers Tamo Campos, Jasper Snow-Rosen 2022 Documentary [131]
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful Nettie Wild 2016 Documentary [132]
Kuessipan Myriam Verreault 2019 Drama [133]

L

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
The Legend of Sarila Nancy Florence Savard 2013 Animated [134]
Lelum' Asia Youngman 2017 Short documentary [135]
The Lesser Blessed Anita Doron 2012 Drama [136]
The Living Stone John Feeney 1958 Short documentary [101]
Living With Giants Aude Leroux-Lévesque, Sébastien Rist 2016 Documentary [137]
The Loon's Necklace F. R. Crawley 1948 Short drama [138]
Luk'Luk'I Wayne Wapeemukwa 2017 Drama [139]

M

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Maïna Michel Poulette 2013 Drama [140]
Map of the Human Heart Vincent Ward 1992 Drama [141]
Martha of the North Marquise Lepage 2009 Documentary [101]
Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics Terril Calder 2021 Animated short [142]
Mesnak Yves Sioui Durand 2011 Drama [143]
Mission of Fear (Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts) Fernand Dansereau 1965 Drama [144]
Moccasin Flats: Redemption Rob W. King 2008 Drama [145]
Mohawk Girls Tracey Deer 2005 Documentary Later spun off into a television series [146]
Monkey Beach Loretta Todd 2020 Drama [147]
MONSTR Tank Standing Buffalo 2023 Animated short [148]
Moose Call Alanis Obomsawin 1972 Documentary [40]
Mother of Many Children Alanis Obomsawin 1977 Documentary [5]
Mount Currie Summer Camp Alanis Obomsawin 1975 Documentary [40]
My Favourite Food Is Indian Tacos, My Favourite Drink Is Iced Tea and My Favourite Thing Is Drumming Derius Matchewan 2019 Short [149]
My Indian Name Abraham Côté 2022 Documentary [150]
My Name Is Kahentiiosta Alanis Obomsawin 1995 Documentary [5]

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Nahanni: River of Forgiveness Geoff Bowie 2019 Documentary [151]
Nalujuk Night Jennie Williams 2021 Short documentary [152]
nanekawâsis Conor McNally 2024 Documentary [153]
The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) Benoît Pilon 2008 Drama [154]
Night Raiders Danis Goulet 2021 Science fiction [155]
Nikamowin (Song) Kevin Lee Burton 2007 Short documentary [156]
Ninan Auassat: We, the Children (Ninan Auassat: Nous, les enfants) Kim O'Bomsawin 2024 Documentary
Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up Tasha Hubbard 2019 Documentary [157]
No Address Alanis Obomsawin 1988 Documentary [40]
North Mountain Bretten Hannam 2015 Action thriller [158]
Nouveau Québec Sarah Fortin 2021 Drama [159]
Now Is the Time Christopher Auchter 2019 Short documentary [160]
Nuhoniyeh: Our Story Mary Code, Allen Code 1992 Documentary [161]
Nuxalk Radio Banchi Hanuse 2020 Documentary [162]
N'xaxaitkw Asia Youngman 2022 Short drama [163]

O

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Okpik's Dream Laura Rietveld 2015 Documentary [164]
Old Crow Alanis Obomsawin 1979 Documentary [5]
On the Corner Nathaniel Geary 2003 Drama [165]
On the Trail of the Far Fur Country Kevin Nikkel 2014 Documentary [166]
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk Zacharias Kunuk 2019 Drama [167]
One of Ours Yasmine Mathurin 2021 Documentary [168]
Our Nationhood Alanis Obomsawin 2003 Documentary [169]
Our People Will Be Healed Alanis Obomsawin 2017 Documentary [40]
Out in the Cold Colleen Murphy 2008 Drama [170]
The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend Caroline Leaf 1974 Animated short [171]

P

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Pale Face (Visage pâle) Claude Gagnon 1985 Drama [172]
Partridge Alanis Obomsawin 1972 Documentary
The Pass System Alex Williams 2015 Documentary [173]
Passage John Walker 2008 Documentary [174]
People of a Feather Joel Heath 2011 Documentary [175]
The People of the Kattawapiskak River Alanis Obomsawin 2012 Documentary [86]
A Place Between: The Story of an Adoption Curtis Kaltenbaugh 2007 Documentary [176]
Portraits from a Fire Trevor Mack 2021 Comedy-drama [177]
Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place Alanis Obomsawin 1987 Documentary [5]
Power Magnus Isacsson 1996 Documentary [178]
The Pretendians Drew Hayden Taylor, Paul Kemp 2022 Documentary [179]
Puberty, Part 1 Alanis Obomsawin 1975 Documentary [40]
Puberty, Part 2 Alanis Obomsawin 1975 Documentary [40]

Q

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny Mark Sandiford, Zebedee Nungak 2006 Documentary [180]
Qimmit, a Clash of Two Truths Joelie Sanguya, Ole Gjerstad 2010 Documentary [101]
Québékoisie Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins 2013 Documentary [181]
Québexit Joshua Demers 2020 Comedy [182]
Quiet Killing (Ce silence qui tue) Kim O'Bomsawin 2018 Documentary [183]

R

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Red Gilles Carle 1970 Drama [184]
Red Fever Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge 2024 Documentary [185]
Red Snow Marie Clements 2019 Drama [186]
Redlights Eva Thomas 2023 Short drama [187]
Reel Injun Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes 2009 Documentary [188]
Restless River (La rivière sans repos) Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu 2019 Drama [189]
Returning Home Sean Stiller 2021 Documentary [190]
Rhymes for Young Ghouls Jeff Barnaby 2013 Drama [191]
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child Alanis Obomsawin 1986 Documentary [5]
Riel George Bloomfield 1979 Drama [192]
RKLSS Tank Standing Buffalo 2020 Animated short [193]
The Road Forward Marie Clements 2017 Documentary [194]
The Road to Webequie Tess Girard, Ryan Noth 2016 Short documentary [195]
Roberta Caroline Monnet 2014 Short drama [196]
Rocks at Whiskey Trench Alanis Obomsawin 2000 Documentary [197]
The Romance of the Far Fur Country Harold M. Wyckoff 1920 Documentary [198]
Rosie Gail Maurice 2022 Comedy-drama [199]
Round Up Narcisse Blood 2010 Short documentary [44]
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana 2017 Documentary [200]
Run Woman Run Zoe Leigh Hopkins 2021 Drama [201]
Rustic Oracle Sonia Boileau 2019 Drama [202]

S

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Ste. Anne Rhayne Vermette 2021 Experimental, drama [203]
Salmon (Tsúqwaoz') Alanis Obomsawin 1975 Documentary [16]
Savage Lisa Jackson 2009 Short drama [204]
SAVJ Tank Standing Buffalo 2022 Animated short [205]
Scarborough Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson 2021 Drama [206]
The Scattering of Man (DƏNE YI’INJETL) Luke Gleeson 2021 Documentary [207]
Searchers (Maliglutit) Zacharias Kunuk 2016 Drama [208]
Secret Path Gord Downie 2016 Animated [209]
Seeds Kaniehtiio Horn 2024 Comedy
Sigwan Alanis Obomsawin 2005 Short drama [40]
Sirmilik Zacharias Kunuk 2011 Short documentary [210]
Snip Terril Calder 2016 Animated short [211]
Snowshoes Alanis Obomsawin 2005 Documentary [40]
So Surreal: Behind the Masks Neil Diamond, Joanne Robertson 2024 Documentary [212]
Sol Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Susan Avingaq 2014 Documentary [213]
Spirit to Soar Tanya Talaga, Michelle Derosier 2021 Documentary [214]
Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man Alanis Obomsawin 1997 Documentary [215]
The Stand Christopher Auchter 2024 Documentary [216]
Standing Alone Colin Low 1982 Documentary [44]
Stellar Darlene Naponse 2022 Drama [217]
Stryker Noam Gonick 2004 Drama [218]
The Sun at Midnight Kirsten Carthew 2016 Drama [219]
Survivors Rowe Daniel Roher 2015 Documentary [220]

T

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Tautuktavuk (What We See) Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk 2023 Drama
There Are No Fakes Jamie Kastner 2019 Documentary [221]
There Is a House Here Alan Zweig 2017 Documentary [222]
This Ink Runs Deep Asia Youngman 2019 Short documentary [223]
This Place V. T. Nayani 2022 Drama [224]
This River Katherena Vermette 2016 Short documentary [225]
This Was the Time Eugene Boyko 1970 Short documentary [226]
Those Damned Savages (Les maudits sauvages) Jean Pierre Lefebvre 1971 Drama [227]
Those Who Come, Will Hear (Ceux qui viendront, l'entendront) Simon Plouffe 2018 Documentary [228]
Three Feathers Carla Ulrich 2018 Drama [229]
Three Thousand Asinnajaq 2017 Short documentary [230]
Throat Singing in Kangirsuk (Katatjatuuk Kangirsumi) Eva Kaukai, Manon Chamberland 2019 Short documentary [231]
Throat Song Miranda de Pencier 2011 Short drama [232]
Through Black Spruce Don McKellar 2018 Drama [233]
Thunder Drum (Mémoire battante) Arthur Lamothe 1983 Documentary [234]
Tia and Piujuq Lucy Tulugarjuk 2018 Children's drama [235]
Tkaronto Shane Belcourt 2007 Drama [236]
Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole Gil Cardinal 2003 Short documentary [81]
Totem: Return and Renewal Gil Cardinal 2007 Short documentary Sequel to the 2003 film [237]
Trial at Fortitude Bay Vic Sarin 1994 Drama [238]
Trick or Treaty? Alanis Obomsawin 2014 Documentary [86]
Trouble in the Garden Roz Owen 2018 Drama [239]
Tshiuetin Caroline Monnet 2016 Short documentary [240]
Tuktuq Robin Aubert 2016 Docufiction [241]
Twice Colonized Lin Alluna 2023 Documentary Canada-Denmark-Greenland coproduction [242]
Two Indians Talking Sara McIntyre 2010 Comedy-drama [243]
Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things Mark Kenneth Woods, Michael Yerxa 2016 Documentary [244]
Two Worlds Colliding Tasha Hubbard 2004 Documentary [245]

U

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories multiple 2011 multi-film compilation [101]
Unnatural & Accidental Carl Bessai 2006 Drama [246]
Utshimassits: Place of the Boss John Walker 1996 Documentary [247]
Uulx: The Scratcher Banchi Hanuse 2015 Documentary [248]
Uvanga Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu 2013 Drama [249]

V

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Vanishing Point Stephen A. Smith, Julia Szucs 2012 Documentary [250]

W

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
WaaPaKe Jules Arita Koostachin 2023 Documentary [251]
Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises Alanis Obomsawin 2006 Documentary [86]
Walker Alanis Obomsawin 1992 Documentary [86]
Wapawekka Danis Goulet 2010 Short drama [252]
Waseskun Steve Patry 2016 Documentary [253]
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice Alanis Obomsawin 2016 Documentary [86]
We Know the Truth: Stories to Inspire Reconciliation Meagan Fiddler, Bertram Schneider 2021 Documentary [254]
We Were Children Tim Wolochatiuk 2012 Documentary [255]
When All the Leaves Are Gone Alanis Obomsawin 2010 Short drama [40]
Where the Spirit Lives Bruce Pittman 1989 Drama [256]
The White Dawn Philip Kaufman 1974 Drama [257]
Wild Rice Harvest Kenora Alanis Obomsawin 1979 Documentary [86]
Wildhood Bretten Hannam 2021 Drama [258]
Wilfred Buck Lisa Jackson 2024 Documentary [259]
Windigo Robert Morin 1994 Drama [260]
Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace Heather Hatch 2021 Documentary [261]

X

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Xusum Alanis Obomsawin 1975 Documentary [16]

Y

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Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Yintah Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano 2024 Documentary [262]
You Are on Indian Land Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell 1969 Documentary [263]

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