List of Indigenous Canadian films
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This is a list of indigenous Canadian films, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit films.
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Indian Tales (3 histoires d'indiens) | Robert Morin | 2014 | Docufiction | [1] |
A
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |
| Aki | Darlene Naponse | 2025 | Documentary | [5] | |
| Amisk | Alanis Obomsawin | 1977 | Documentary | [6] | |
| Ancestral Threads | Sean Stiller | 2023 | Short documentary | [7] | |
| Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice | Zacharias Kunuk | 2021 | Animated short | [8] | |
| Angela's Shadow | Jules Arita Koostachin | 2024 | Thriller drama | [9] | |
| Angelique's Isle | Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Michelle Derosier | 2018 | Drama | [10] | |
| Angry Inuk | Alethea Arnaquq-Baril | 2016 | Documentary | [11] | |
| Arctic Song | Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher, Louise Flaherty | 2022 | Animated short | [12] | |
| At the Place of Ghosts (Sk+te'kmujue'katik) | Bretten Hannam | 2025 | Thriller | [13] | |
| Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | Zacharias Kunuk | 2001 | Drama | [14] | |
| Atikamekw Suns (Soleils Atikamekw) | Chloé Leriche | 2023 | Drama | [15] |
B
C
D
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dance Me Outside | Bruce McDonald | 1994 | Drama | [62] | |
| Deaner '89 | Sam McGlynn | 2024 | Comedy | [63] | |
| Deep Inside Clint Star | Clint Alberta | 1999 | Documentary | [64] | |
| Le Dep | Sonia Boileau | 2015 | Drama | [65] | |
| Divided Loyalties | Mario Azzopardi | 1990 | Drama | [66] | |
| Do Not Tell (Ne le dis pas / Nika tshika uiten mishkut) | Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush | 2009 | Short drama | [67] | |
| Dreamspeaker | Claude Jutra | 1976 | Drama | [68] |
E
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edge of the Knife | Gwaai Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown | 2018 | Drama | [69] | |
| Elijah | Paul Unwin | 2007 | Comedy-drama | [70] | |
| Êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines | Theola Ross | 2020 | Short documentary | [71] | |
| Empire of Dirt | Peter Stebbings | 2013 | Drama | [72] | |
| Endless Cookie | Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver | 2025 | Animated, documentary | [73] | |
| Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak | John Feeney | 1964 | Short documentary | [74] | |
| Etthén Heldeli: Caribou Eaters | Ian Toews | 2018 | Documentary | [75] | |
| Ever Deadly | Chelsea McMullan, Tanya Tagaq | 2022 | Documentary | [76] |
F
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falls Around Her | Darlene Naponse | 2018 | Drama | [77] | |
| Farming (Lep'cál) | Alanis Obomsawin | 1975 | Documentary | [19] | |
| Fast Horse | Alexandra Lazarowich | 2018 | Documentary | [78] | |
| File Under Miscellaneous | Jeff Barnaby | 2010 | Short drama | [79] | |
| Les Filles du Roi | Corey Payette | 2023 | Musical drama | [80] | |
| Finality of Dusk | Madison Thomas | 2023 | Science fiction | [81] | |
| Finding Dawn | Christine Welsh | 2006 | Documentary | [82] | |
| Fire Song | Adam Garnet Jones | 2015 | Drama | [83] | |
| Fish Hawk | Donald Shebib | 1979 | Drama | [84] | |
| Flood | Amanda Strong | 2017 | Animated short | [85] | |
| Footprints (L'Empreinte) | Yvan Dubuc, Carole Poliquin | 2015 | Documentary | [86] | |
| For Angela | Daniel Prouty, Nancy Trites Botkin | 1993 | Short drama | [87] | |
| For John | Dale Montour | 2003 | Short documentary | [88] | |
| Forbidden Music | Barbara Hager | 2025 | Documentary | [89] | |
| Foster Child | Gil Cardinal | 1987 | Documentary | [90] | |
| Fractured Land | Fiona Rayher, Damien Gillis | 2015 | Documentary | [91] | |
| From Cherry English | Jeff Barnaby | 2004 | Short drama | [92] | |
| Frost | Jeremy Ball | 2012 | Short drama | [93] |
G
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Goes to the City | Alanis Obomsawin | 1979 | Documentary | [6] | |
| Gene Boy Came Home | Alanis Obomsawin | 2007 | Documentary | [94] | |
| Giant Bear | Neil Christopher, Daniel Gies | 2019 | Animated short | [95] | |
| Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning | Grant Harvey | 2004 | Horror | [96] | |
| God's Lake Narrows | Kevin Lee Burton | 2011 | Documentary | [50] | |
| The Gnawer of Rocks (Mangittatuarjuk) | Louise Flaherty | 2025 | Animated short | [97] | |
| Great River | Matt LeMay | 2010 | Documentary | [98] | |
| The Great Salish Heist | Darrell Dennis | 2024 | Crime comedy | [99] | |
| Grey Owl | Richard Attenborough | 1999 | Drama | [100] | |
| The Grizzlies | Miranda de Pencier | 2018 | Drama | [101] |
H
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Williams First Nation | Aaron James Sorensen | 2004 | Comedy | [102] | |
| Heaven's Floor | Lori Stoll | 2016 | Drama | [103] | |
| Hey, Viktor! | Cody Lightning | 2023 | Comedy | [104] | |
| Hi-Ho Mistahey! | Alanis Obomsawin | 2013 | Documentary | [94] | |
| Hiawatha, the Messiah of the Ojibway | Joe Rosenthal | 1903 | Short drama | [105] | |
| High Steel | Don Owen | 1965 | Short documentary | [106] | |
| Highway of Tears | Matt Smiley | 2015 | Documentary | ||
| History of Manawan, Part 1 | Alanis Obomsawin | 1972 | Documentary | [107] | |
| History of Manawan, Part 2 | Alanis Obomsawin | 1972 | Documentary | [107] | |
| Hochelaga, Land of Souls | François Girard | 2017 | Drama | [108] | |
| Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair | Alanis Obomsawin | 2021 | Documentary | [45] | |
| How People Got Fire | Daniel Janke | 2008 | Animated short | [109] | |
| How to Build an Igloo | Douglas Wilkinson | 1949 | Short documentary | [110] |
I
J
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Bay 1975: The Shock of Two Nations (Baie James 1975 : le choc des nations) | Mélanie Lameboy, Myriam Berthelet, Mathieu Fournier | 2025 | Documentary | [129] | |
| Jesse Jams | Trevor Anderson | 2020 | Short documentary | [130] | |
| Johnny Greyeyes | Jorge Manzano | 2000 | Drama | [131] | |
| Johnny Tootall | Shirley Cheechoo | 2005 | Drama | [132] | |
| Jordan River Anderson, the Messenger | Alanis Obomsawin | 2019 | Documentary | [133] | |
| The Journals of Knud Rasmussen | Zacharias Kunuk | 2006 | Drama | [134] | |
| June in Povungnituk | Alanis Obomsawin | 1980 | Documentary | [94] |
K
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kabloonak | Claude Massot | 1994 | Drama | [135] | |
| Kajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes | Scott Brachmayer | 2014 | Short drama | [136] | |
| Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance | Alanis Obomsawin | 1993 | Documentary | [45] | |
| Katshinau (Les Mains sales) | Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush, Julien G. Marcotte | 2023 | Short drama | ||
| Kayak to Klemtu | Zoe Leigh Hopkins | 2022 | Drama | [137] | |
| Kikkik | Ole Gjerstad | 2000 (English) 2002 (Inuktitut) | Documentary | [138] | |
| Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers | 2021 | Documentary | [139] | |
| Kissed by Lightning | Shelley Niro | 2009 | Drama | [140] | |
| Kivitoo: What They Thought of Us | Zacharias Kunuk | 2018 | Documentary | [141] | |
| The Klabona Keepers | Tamo Campos, Jasper Snow-Rosen | 2022 | Documentary | [142] | |
| Klee | Gavin Baird | 2025 | Short horror | [143] | |
| Koneline: Our Land Beautiful | Nettie Wild | 2016 | Documentary | [144] | |
| Kuessipan | Myriam Verreault | 2019 | Drama | [145] |
L
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Legend of Sarila | Nancy Florence Savard | 2013 | Animated | [146] | |
| Lelum' | Asia Youngman | 2017 | Short documentary | [147] | |
| The Lesser Blessed | Anita Doron | 2012 | Drama | [148] | |
| The Living Stone | John Feeney | 1958 | Short documentary | [110] | |
| Living With Giants | Aude Leroux-Lévesque, Sébastien Rist | 2016 | Documentary | [149] | |
| The Loon's Necklace | F. R. Crawley | 1948 | Short drama | [150] | |
| Luk'Luk'I | Wayne Wapeemukwa | 2017 | Drama | [151] |
M
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maïna | Michel Poulette | 2013 | Drama | [152] | |
| Map of the Human Heart | Vincent Ward | 1992 | Drama | [153] | |
| Martha of the North | Marquise Lepage | 2009 | Documentary | [110] | |
| Meadowlarks | Tasha Hubbard | 2025 | Drama | Narrative fiction debut of Hubbard, better known as a documentary filmmaker | [154] |
| Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics | Terril Calder | 2021 | Animated short | [155] | |
| Mesnak | Yves Sioui Durand | 2011 | Drama | [156] | |
| Mission of Fear (Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts) | Fernand Dansereau | 1965 | Drama | [157] | |
| Moccasin Flats: Redemption | Rob W. King | 2008 | Drama | [158] | |
| Mohawk Girls | Tracey Deer | 2005 | Documentary | Later spun off into a television series | [159] |
| Monkey Beach | Loretta Todd | 2020 | Drama | [160] | |
| MONSTR | Tank Standing Buffalo | 2023 | Animated short | [161] | |
| Moose Call | Alanis Obomsawin | 1972 | Documentary | [45] | |
| Mother of Many Children | Alanis Obomsawin | 1977 | Documentary | [6] | |
| Mount Currie Summer Camp | Alanis Obomsawin | 1975 | Documentary | [45] | |
| My Favourite Food Is Indian Tacos, My Favourite Drink Is Iced Tea and My Favourite Thing Is Drumming | Derius Matchewan | 2019 | Short | [162] | |
| My Indian Name | Abraham Côté | 2022 | Documentary | [163] | |
| My Name Is Kahentiiosta | Alanis Obomsawin | 1995 | Documentary | [6] |
N
O
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okpik's Dream | Laura Rietveld | 2015 | Documentary | [182] | |
| Old Crow | Alanis Obomsawin | 1979 | Documentary | [6] | |
| On the Corner | Nathaniel Geary | 2003 | Drama | [183] | |
| On the Trail of the Far Fur Country | Kevin Nikkel | 2014 | Documentary | [184] | |
| One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk | Zacharias Kunuk | 2019 | Drama | [185] | |
| One of Ours | Yasmine Mathurin | 2021 | Documentary | [186] | |
| Our Nationhood | Alanis Obomsawin | 2003 | Documentary | [187] | |
| Our People Will Be Healed | Alanis Obomsawin | 2017 | Documentary | [45] | |
| Out in the Cold | Colleen Murphy | 2008 | Drama | [188] | |
| The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend | Caroline Leaf | 1974 | Animated short | [189] |
P
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pale Face (Visage pâle) | Claude Gagnon | 1985 | Drama | [190] | |
| Partridge | Alanis Obomsawin | 1972 | Documentary | ||
| The Pass System | Alex Williams | 2015 | Documentary | [191] | |
| Passage | John Walker | 2008 | Documentary | [192] | |
| People of a Feather | Joel Heath | 2011 | Documentary | [193] | |
| The People of the Kattawapiskak River | Alanis Obomsawin | 2012 | Documentary | [94] | |
| Pidikwe (Rumble) | Caroline Monnet | 2025 | Documentary | [194] | |
| A Place Between: The Story of an Adoption | Curtis Kaltenbaugh | 2007 | Documentary | [195] | |
| Portraits from a Fire | Trevor Mack | 2021 | Comedy-drama | [196] | |
| Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place | Alanis Obomsawin | 1987 | Documentary | [6] | |
| Power | Magnus Isacsson | 1996 | Documentary | [197] | |
| The Pretendians | Drew Hayden Taylor, Paul Kemp | 2022 | Documentary | [198] | |
| Puberty, Part 1 | Alanis Obomsawin | 1975 | Documentary | [45] | |
| Puberty, Part 2 | Alanis Obomsawin | 1975 | Documentary | [45] |
Q
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny | Mark Sandiford, Zebedee Nungak | 2006 | Documentary | [199] | |
| Qimmit, a Clash of Two Truths | Joelie Sanguya, Ole Gjerstad | 2010 | Documentary | [110] | |
| Québékoisie | Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins | 2013 | Documentary | [200] | |
| Québexit | Joshua Demers | 2020 | Comedy | [201] | |
| Quiet Killing (Ce silence qui tue) | Kim O'Bomsawin | 2018 | Documentary | [202] |
R
S
T
U
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories | multiple | 2011 | multi-film compilation | [110] | |
| Unnatural & Accidental | Carl Bessai | 2006 | Drama | [275] | |
| Utshimassits: Place of the Boss | John Walker | 1996 | Documentary | [276] | |
| Uulx: The Scratcher | Banchi Hanuse | 2015 | Documentary | [277] | |
| Uvanga | Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu | 2013 | Drama | [278] |
V
| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanishing Point | Stephen A. Smith, Julia Szucs | 2012 | Documentary | [279] |