Zacharias Kunuk Movies

  • 1970
    Avaja

    Avaja

    Avaja

    01970HD

    Inuaraq's family finally arrives at Avaja to a warm welcome. Yet, many changes have taken place. On the hill above the tents, they now find a wooden...

    Avaja
  • 1993
    Fish Traps

    Fish Traps

    Fish Traps

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    As summer ends near Igloolik in the 1930's, three families build a saputi to trap fish going upriver for the winter. The days are getting shorter and...

    Fish Traps
  • 2009
    Exile

    Exile

    Exile

    02009HD

    Zacharias Kunuk tackles the subject of the High Arctic Relocation from an Inuit point of view in the documentary Exile. In 1953, Inuit families were...

    Exile
  • 1991
    Going Inland

    Going Inland

    Going Inland

    01991HD

    For the Igloolik Inuit, summer is the time of Nunaqpa, 'going inland,' that is, hunting for caribou to get sufficient meat provisions for the cold...

    Going Inland
  • 2024
    Red Fever

    Red Fever

    Red Fever

    02024HD

    Red Fever is a witty and entertaining feature documentary about the profound -- yet hidden -- Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity....

    Red Fever
  • 2019
    Silakut

    Silakut

    Silakut

    02019HD

    In a feature documentary, Silakut, filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk talks to people from the five Northern Baffin Communities affected by the proposed...

    Silakut
  • 2025
    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

    02025HD

    Through interviews with Inuit across Nunavut, and documentation of a three-year community hearing process during the COVID pandemic, award-winning...

    They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit
  • 2004
    Kunuk Family Reunion

    Kunuk Family Reunion

    Kunuk Family Reunion

    02004HD

    In June 2003, Cannes prize-winner Zacharias Kunuk's family gathered at their traditional home camp site of Siuraajuk, to share stories and honor the...

    Kunuk Family Reunion
  • 1970
    Qarmaq (Stone House)

    Qarmaq (Stone House)

    Qarmaq (Stone House)

    01970HD

    Igloolik, Fall 1945. Grandmother remembers the old way. In autumn 1945, five families build a stone house to prepare for the coming winter.

    Qarmaq (Stone House)
  • 2011
    Inuit Cree Reconciliation

    Inuit Cree Reconciliation

    Inuit Cree Reconciliation

    02011HD

    Filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk and Neil Diamond join forces on a journey to the remote site where their ancestors once clashed to celebrate 200 years of...

    Inuit Cree Reconciliation
  • 1970
    Qimuksik (Dog Team)

    Qimuksik (Dog Team)

    Qimuksik (Dog Team)

    01970HD

    In Qimuksik (Dog Team) one family travels in the immense and beautiful arctic during spring. Inuaraq teaches his young son how to survive in the old...

    Qimuksik (Dog Team)
  • 1985
    From Inuk Point of View

    From Inuk Point of View

    From Inuk Point of View

    01985HD

    In 1985, Zacharias Kunuk broke the race barrier at Canada Council for the Arts when his Inuktitut-language video, From Inuk Point of View, was the...

    From Inuk Point of View
  • 1970
    Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)

    Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)

    Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)

    01970HD

    Igloolik, Fall 1945. Even here, news of the terrible world war raging outside makes people frightened and uneasy. They talk of the danger of the...

    Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)
  • 2010
    Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

    Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

    Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

    62010HD

    Director Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat The Fast Runner) and researcher and filmmaker Dr. Ian Mauro (Seeds of Change) have teamed up with Inuit...

    Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change