List of Indigenous Canadian films

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

0–9

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

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
The Ballad of Crowfoot Willie Dunn 1968 Documentary [16]
Balmoral Hotel Wayne Wapeemukwa 2015 Short drama [17]
Basket (Lhk'wál'us) Alanis Obomsawin 1975 Documentary [18]
Beautiful Scars Shane Belcourt 2022 Documentary Profile of Tom Wilson [19]
Beans Tracey Deer 2020 Drama [20]
Before Tomorrow (Le jour avant le lendemain) Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu 2008 Drama [21]
Before the Streets Chloé Leriche 2016 Drama [22]
Behind the Facade Banchi Hanuse 2021 Documentary [23]
Between Two Worlds Barry Greenwald 1990 Documentary [24]
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) Amanda Strong 2018 Animation [25]
Biidaaban: First Light Lisa Jackson 2018 Virtual reality [26]
Bill Reid Remembers Alanis Obomsawin 2022 Documentary [27]
The Birds Who Fear Death Sanjay Patel 2024 Drama [28]
Birth of a Family Tasha Hubbard 2017 Documentary [29]
Black Robe Bruce Beresford 1991 Drama [30]
Blood Lines Gail Maurice 2025 Drama [31]
Blood Quantum Jeff Barnaby 2019 Horror [32]
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn 2019 Drama [33]
Boil Alert Stevie Salas, James Burns 2023 Documentary [34]
Bones of Crows Marie Clements 2022 Drama [35]
Bootlegger Caroline Monnet 2021 Drama [36]
Braiding Knowledge Through Breath, Language, and Movement Jessica Barudin 2023 Short documentary [37]
Brocket 99: Rockin' the Country Nilesh Patel 2006 Documentary [38]
Broken Angel (MaaShwaKanManiTo) Jules Arita Koostachin 2022 Drama [39]
Brother, I Cry Jessie Anthony 2020 Drama [40]
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On Madison Thomas 2022 Documentary [41]

C

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Café Daughter Shelley Niro 2023 Drama Fictionalized account of the childhood of Senator Lillian Dyck [42]
Call Me Human (Je m'appelle humain) Kim O'Bomsawin 2020 Documentary [43]
The Canoe Alanis Obomsawin 1972 Documentary [44]
Carcajou et le péril blanc Arthur Lamothe 1973–1976 Documentary Multi-film series [45]
The Cave (?E?anx) Helen Haig-Brown 2009 Science fiction [46]
Chaakapesh Roger Frappier, Justin Kingsley 2019 Documentary [47]
Children Alanis Obomsawin 1972 Documentary [44]
Choke Michelle Latimer 2011 Animated short [48]
Christmas at Moose Factory Alanis Obomsawin 1971 Documentary [6]
Circle of the Sun Colin Low 1960 Documentary [49]
Clearcut Ryszard Bugajski 1991 Thriller [50]
Club Native Tracey Deer 2008 Documentary [51]
Cold Road Kelvin Redvers 2024 Thriller [52]
Colonization Road Michelle St. John 2016 Documentary [53]
The Colony Jeff Barnaby 2007 Drama [54]
Coming Home: Wanna Icipus Kupi Erica Marie Daniels 2023 Documentary Released in conjunction with the scripted drama series Little Bird [55]
Conspiracy of Silence Francis Mankiewicz 1991 Drama [56]
The Corruption of Divine Providence Jeremy Torrie 2020 Horror [57]
Crazywater Dennis Allen 2013 Documentary [58]
Cree Hunters of Mistassini Boyce Richardson, Tony Ianzelo 1974 Documentary [59]
Cry Rock Banchi Hanuse 2010 Documentary [60]

D

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Dance Me Outside Bruce McDonald 1994 Drama [61]
Deaner '89 Sam McGlynn 2024 Comedy [62]
Deep Inside Clint Star Clint Alberta 1999 Documentary [63]
Le Dep Sonia Boileau 2015 Drama [64]
Divided Loyalties Mario Azzopardi 1990 Drama [65]
Do Not Tell (Ne le dis pas / Nika tshika uiten mishkut) Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush 2009 Short drama [66]
Dreamspeaker Claude Jutra 1976 Drama [67]

E

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Edge of the Knife Gwaai Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown 2018 Drama [68]
Elijah Paul Unwin 2007 Comedy-drama [69]
Êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines Theola Ross 2020 Short documentary [70]
Empire of Dirt Peter Stebbings 2013 Drama [71]
Endless Cookie Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver 2025 Animated, documentary [72]
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak John Feeney 1964 Short documentary [73]
Etthén Heldeli: Caribou Eaters Ian Toews 2018 Documentary [74]
Ever Deadly Chelsea McMullan, Tanya Tagaq 2022 Documentary [75]

F

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Falls Around Her Darlene Naponse 2018 Drama [76]
Farming (Lep'cál) Alanis Obomsawin 1975 Documentary [18]
Fast Horse Alexandra Lazarowich 2018 Documentary [77]
File Under Miscellaneous Jeff Barnaby 2010 Short drama [78]
Les Filles du Roi Corey Payette 2023 Musical drama [79]
Finality of Dusk Madison Thomas 2023 Science fiction [80]
Finding Dawn Christine Welsh 2006 Documentary [81]
Fire Song Adam Garnet Jones 2015 Drama [82]
Fish Hawk Donald Shebib 1979 Drama [83]
Flood Amanda Strong 2017 Animated short [84]
Footprints (L'Empreinte) Yvan Dubuc, Carole Poliquin 2015 Documentary [85]
For Angela Daniel Prouty, Nancy Trites Botkin 1993 Short drama [86]
For John Dale Montour 2003 Short documentary [87]
Forbidden Music Barbara Hager 2025 Documentary [88]
Foster Child Gil Cardinal 1987 Documentary [89]
Fractured Land Fiona Rayher, Damien Gillis 2015 Documentary [90]
From Cherry English Jeff Barnaby 2004 Short drama [91]
Frost Jeremy Ball 2012 Short drama [92]

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 [93]
Giant Bear Neil Christopher, Daniel Gies 2019 Animated short [94]
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning Grant Harvey 2004 Horror [95]
God's Lake Narrows Kevin Lee Burton 2011 Documentary [49]
Great River Matt LeMay 2010 Documentary [96]
The Great Salish Heist Darrell Dennis 2024 Crime comedy [97]
Grey Owl Richard Attenborough 1999 Drama [98]
The Grizzlies Miranda de Pencier 2018 Drama [99]

H

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Hank Williams First Nation Aaron James Sorensen 2004 Comedy [100]
Heaven's Floor Lori Stoll 2016 Drama [101]
Hey, Viktor! Cody Lightning 2023 Comedy [102]
Hi-Ho Mistahey! Alanis Obomsawin 2013 Documentary [93]
Hiawatha, the Messiah of the Ojibway Joe Rosenthal 1903 Short drama [103]
High Steel Don Owen 1965 Short documentary [104]
Highway of Tears Matt Smiley 2015 Documentary
History of Manawan, Part 1 Alanis Obomsawin 1972 Documentary [105]
History of Manawan, Part 2 Alanis Obomsawin 1972 Documentary [105]
Hochelaga, Land of Souls François Girard 2017 Drama [106]
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair Alanis Obomsawin 2021 Documentary [44]
How People Got Fire Daniel Janke 2008 Animated short [107]
How to Build an Igloo Douglas Wilkinson 1949 Short documentary [108]

I

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
If the Weather Permits Elisapie Isaac 2003 Documentary [109]
In a World Created by a Drunken God John Hazlett 2008 Drama [110]
In the Land of the Head Hunters Edward S. Curtis 1914 Drama [111]
In the Valley of Wild Horses Asia Youngman, Trevor Mack 2018 Short documentary [112]
Incident at Restigouche Alanis Obomsawin 1984 Documentary [6]
Inconvenient Indian Michelle Latimer 2020 Documentary [113]
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw Shelley Niro 2019 Comedy [114]
Indian Horse Stephen Campanelli 2017 Drama [115]
Indian Road Trip Allan W. Hopkins 2020 Comedy [116]
Inendi Sarain Fox 2020 Documentary [117]
The Inhuman (L'Inhumain) Jason Brennan 2021 Thriller [118]
Inkwo for When the Starving Return Amanda Strong 2024 Animated short [119]
Innu Nikamu: Resist and Sing Kevin Bacon-Hervieux 2017 Documentary [120]
The Invisible Nation (Le Peuple invisible) Richard Desjardins, Robert Monderie 2007 Documentary [121]
Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin, Brett Gaylor 2004 Documentary [122]
Iqaluit Benoît Pilon 2016 Drama [123]
Is the Crown at War with Us? Alanis Obomsawin 2002 Documentary [93]
Isaac Littlefeathers Les Rose 1984 Drama [124]
Islet (Îlot) Nicolas Brault 2003 Animated short [125]
The Issue with Tissue Michael Zelniker 2022 Documentary [126]

J

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Jesse Jams Trevor Anderson 2020 Short documentary [127]
Johnny Greyeyes Jorge Manzano 2000 Drama [128]
Johnny Tootall Shirley Cheechoo 2005 Drama [129]
Jordan River Anderson, the Messenger Alanis Obomsawin 2019 Documentary [130]
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen Zacharias Kunuk 2006 Drama [131]
June in Povungnituk Alanis Obomsawin 1980 Documentary [93]

K

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Kabloonak Claude Massot 1994 Drama [132]
Kajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes Scott Brachmayer 2014 Short drama [133]
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance Alanis Obomsawin 1993 Documentary [44]
Katshinau (Les Mains sales) Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush, Julien G. Marcotte 2023 Short drama
Kayak to Klemtu Zoe Leigh Hopkins 2022 Drama [134]
Kikkik Ole Gjerstad 2000 (English)
2002 (Inuktitut)
Documentary [135]
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers 2021 Documentary [136]
Kissed by Lightning Shelley Niro 2009 Drama [137]
Kivitoo: What They Thought of Us Zacharias Kunuk 2018 Documentary [138]
The Klabona Keepers Tamo Campos, Jasper Snow-Rosen 2022 Documentary [139]
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful Nettie Wild 2016 Documentary [140]
Kuessipan Myriam Verreault 2019 Drama [141]

L

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
The Legend of Sarila Nancy Florence Savard 2013 Animated [142]
Lelum' Asia Youngman 2017 Short documentary [143]
The Lesser Blessed Anita Doron 2012 Drama [144]
The Living Stone John Feeney 1958 Short documentary [108]
Living With Giants Aude Leroux-Lévesque, Sébastien Rist 2016 Documentary [145]
The Loon's Necklace F. R. Crawley 1948 Short drama [146]
Luk'Luk'I Wayne Wapeemukwa 2017 Drama [147]

M

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Maïna Michel Poulette 2013 Drama [148]
Map of the Human Heart Vincent Ward 1992 Drama [149]
Martha of the North Marquise Lepage 2009 Documentary [108]
Meadowlarks Tasha Hubbard 2025 Drama Narrative fiction debut of Hubbard, better known as a documentary filmmaker [150]
Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics Terril Calder 2021 Animated short [151]
Mesnak Yves Sioui Durand 2011 Drama [152]
Mission of Fear (Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts) Fernand Dansereau 1965 Drama [153]
Moccasin Flats: Redemption Rob W. King 2008 Drama [154]
Mohawk Girls Tracey Deer 2005 Documentary Later spun off into a television series [155]
Monkey Beach Loretta Todd 2020 Drama [156]
MONSTR Tank Standing Buffalo 2023 Animated short [157]
Moose Call Alanis Obomsawin 1972 Documentary [44]
Mother of Many Children Alanis Obomsawin 1977 Documentary [6]
Mount Currie Summer Camp Alanis Obomsawin 1975 Documentary [44]
My Favourite Food Is Indian Tacos, My Favourite Drink Is Iced Tea and My Favourite Thing Is Drumming Derius Matchewan 2019 Short [158]
My Indian Name Abraham Côté 2022 Documentary [159]
My Name Is Kahentiiosta Alanis Obomsawin 1995 Documentary [6]

N

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Nahanni: River of Forgiveness Geoff Bowie 2019 Documentary [160]
Nalujuk Night Jennie Williams 2021 Short documentary [161]
nanekawâsis Conor McNally 2024 Documentary [162]
The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) Benoît Pilon 2008 Drama [163]
Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again Lyana Patrick 2025 Documentary [164]
Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising Shane Belcourt 2025 Documentary [5]
Night Raiders Danis Goulet 2021 Science fiction [165]
NIGIQTUG ᓂᒋᖅᑐᖅ (The South Wind) Lindsay McIntyre 2023 Short drama [37]
Nika and Madison Eva Thomas 2025 Crime thriller [166]
Nikamowin (Song) Kevin Lee Burton 2007 Short documentary [167]
NiiMisSak: Sisters in Film Jules Koostachin 2024 Documentary [168]
Ninan Auassat: We, the Children (Ninan Auassat: Nous, les enfants) Kim O'Bomsawin 2024 Documentary [169]
Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up Tasha Hubbard 2019 Documentary [170]
No Address Alanis Obomsawin 1988 Documentary [44]
North Mountain Bretten Hannam 2015 Action thriller [171]
Nouveau Québec Sarah Fortin 2021 Drama [172]
Now Is the Time Christopher Auchter 2019 Short documentary [173]
Nuhoniyeh: Our Story Mary Code, Allen Code 1992 Documentary [174]
Nuliajuk: Mother of the Sea Beasts John Houston 2001 Documentary
Nuxalk Radio Banchi Hanuse 2020 Short documentary [175]
N'xaxaitkw Asia Youngman 2022 Short drama [176]

O

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Okpik's Dream Laura Rietveld 2015 Documentary [177]
Old Crow Alanis Obomsawin 1979 Documentary [6]
On the Corner Nathaniel Geary 2003 Drama [178]
On the Trail of the Far Fur Country Kevin Nikkel 2014 Documentary [179]
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk Zacharias Kunuk 2019 Drama [180]
One of Ours Yasmine Mathurin 2021 Documentary [181]
Our Nationhood Alanis Obomsawin 2003 Documentary [182]
Our People Will Be Healed Alanis Obomsawin 2017 Documentary [44]
Out in the Cold Colleen Murphy 2008 Drama [183]
The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend Caroline Leaf 1974 Animated short [184]

P

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Pale Face (Visage pâle) Claude Gagnon 1985 Drama [185]
Partridge Alanis Obomsawin 1972 Documentary
The Pass System Alex Williams 2015 Documentary [186]
Passage John Walker 2008 Documentary [187]
People of a Feather Joel Heath 2011 Documentary [188]
The People of the Kattawapiskak River Alanis Obomsawin 2012 Documentary [93]
A Place Between: The Story of an Adoption Curtis Kaltenbaugh 2007 Documentary [189]
Portraits from a Fire Trevor Mack 2021 Comedy-drama [190]
Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place Alanis Obomsawin 1987 Documentary [6]
Power Magnus Isacsson 1996 Documentary [191]
The Pretendians Drew Hayden Taylor, Paul Kemp 2022 Documentary [192]
Puberty, Part 1 Alanis Obomsawin 1975 Documentary [44]
Puberty, Part 2 Alanis Obomsawin 1975 Documentary [44]

Q

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny Mark Sandiford, Zebedee Nungak 2006 Documentary [193]
Qimmit, a Clash of Two Truths Joelie Sanguya, Ole Gjerstad 2010 Documentary [108]
Québékoisie Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins 2013 Documentary [194]
Québexit Joshua Demers 2020 Comedy [195]
Quiet Killing (Ce silence qui tue) Kim O'Bomsawin 2018 Documentary [196]

R

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Red Gilles Carle 1970 Drama [197]
Red Fever Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge 2024 Documentary [198]
Red Snow Marie Clements 2019 Drama [199]
Redlights Eva Thomas 2023 Short drama [200]
Reel Injun Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes 2009 Documentary [201]
Restless River (La rivière sans repos) Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu 2019 Drama [202]
Returning Home Sean Stiller 2021 Documentary [203]
Rez Ball Sydney Freeland 2024 Drama [204]
Rhymes for Young Ghouls Jeff Barnaby 2013 Drama [205]
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child Alanis Obomsawin 1986 Documentary [6]
Riel George Bloomfield 1979 Drama [206]
RKLSS Tank Standing Buffalo 2020 Animated short [207]
The Road Forward Marie Clements 2017 Documentary [208]
The Road to Webequie Tess Girard, Ryan Noth 2016 Short documentary [209]
Roberta Caroline Monnet 2014 Short drama [210]
Rocks at Whiskey Trench Alanis Obomsawin 2000 Documentary [211]
The Romance of the Far Fur Country Harold M. Wyckoff 1920 Documentary [212]
Rosie Gail Maurice 2022 Comedy-drama [213]
Round Up Narcisse Blood 2010 Short documentary [49]
Rumble (Pidikwe) Caroline Monnet 2025 Documentary
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana 2017 Documentary [214]
Run Woman Run Zoe Leigh Hopkins 2021 Drama [215]
Rustic Oracle Sonia Boileau 2019 Drama [216]

S

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Ste. Anne Rhayne Vermette 2021 Experimental, drama [217]
Saints and Warriors Patrick Shannon 2025 Documentary [218]
Salmon (Tsúqwaoz') Alanis Obomsawin 1975 Documentary [18]
Savage Lisa Jackson 2009 Short drama [219]
SAVJ Tank Standing Buffalo 2022 Animated short [220]
Scarborough Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson 2021 Drama [221]
The Scattering of Man (DƏNE YI'INJETL) Luke Gleeson 2021 Documentary [222]
Searchers (Maliglutit) Zacharias Kunuk 2016 Drama [223]
Secret Path Gord Downie 2016 Animated [224]
Seeds Kaniehtiio Horn 2024 Comedy [225]
Sigwan Alanis Obomsawin 2005 Short drama [44]
Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man Sinakson Trevor Solway 2025 Documentary [226]
Singing Back the Buffalo Tasha Hubbard 2024 Documentary [227]
Sirmilik Zacharias Kunuk 2011 Short documentary [228]
#skoden Damien Eagle Bear 2025 Documentary [229]
Snip Terril Calder 2016 Animated short [230]
Snowshoes Alanis Obomsawin 2005 Documentary [44]
So Surreal: Behind the Masks Neil Diamond, Joanne Robertson 2024 Documentary [231]
Sol Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Susan Avingaq 2014 Documentary [232]
Spirit to Soar Tanya Talaga, Michelle Derosier 2021 Documentary [233]
Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man Alanis Obomsawin 1997 Documentary [234]
The Stand Christopher Auchter 2024 Documentary [235]
Standing Alone Colin Low 1982 Documentary [49]
Starwalker Corey Payette 2025 Musical drama [236]
Stellar Darlene Naponse 2022 Drama [237]
Stryker Noam Gonick 2004 Drama [238]
Sweet Summer Pow Wow Darrell Dennis 2025 Romance [88]
The Sun at Midnight Kirsten Carthew 2016 Drama [239]
Survivors Rowe Daniel Roher 2015 Documentary [240]

T

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Tautuktavuk (What We See) Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk 2023 Drama [241]
Tea Creek Ryan Dickie 2024 Documentary [242]
There Are No Fakes Jamie Kastner 2019 Documentary [243]
There Is a House Here Alan Zweig 2017 Documentary [244]
This Ink Runs Deep Asia Youngman 2019 Short documentary [245]
This Place V. T. Nayani 2022 Drama [246]
This River Katherena Vermette 2016 Short documentary [247]
This Was the Time Eugene Boyko 1970 Short documentary [248]
Those Damned Savages (Les maudits sauvages) Jean Pierre Lefebvre 1971 Drama [249]
Those Who Come, Will Hear (Ceux qui viendront, l'entendront) Simon Plouffe 2018 Documentary [250]
Three Feathers Carla Ulrich 2018 Drama [251]
Three Thousand Asinnajaq 2017 Short documentary [252]
Throat Singing in Kangirsuk (Katatjatuuk Kangirsumi) Eva Kaukai, Manon Chamberland 2019 Short documentary [253]
Throat Song Miranda de Pencier 2011 Short drama [254]
Through Black Spruce Don McKellar 2018 Drama [255]
Thunder Drum (Mémoire battante) Arthur Lamothe 1983 Documentary [256]
Tia and Piujuq Lucy Tulugarjuk 2018 Children's drama [257]
Tkaronto Shane Belcourt 2007 Drama [258]
Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole Gil Cardinal 2003 Short documentary [87]
Totem: Return and Renewal Gil Cardinal 2007 Short documentary Sequel to the 2003 film [259]
Trial at Fortitude Bay Vic Sarin 1994 Drama [260]
Trick or Treaty? Alanis Obomsawin 2014 Documentary [93]
Trouble in the Garden Roz Owen 2018 Drama [261]
Tshiuetin Caroline Monnet 2016 Short documentary [262]
Tuktuq Robin Aubert 2016 Docufiction [263]
Twice Colonized Lin Alluna 2023 Documentary Canada-Denmark-Greenland coproduction [264]
Two Indians Talking Sara McIntyre 2010 Comedy-drama [265]
Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things Mark Kenneth Woods, Michael Yerxa 2016 Documentary [266]
Two Worlds Colliding Tasha Hubbard 2004 Documentary [267]

U

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories multiple 2011 multi-film compilation [108]
Unnatural & Accidental Carl Bessai 2006 Drama [268]
Utshimassits: Place of the Boss John Walker 1996 Documentary [269]
Uulx: The Scratcher Banchi Hanuse 2015 Documentary [270]
Uvanga Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu 2013 Drama [271]

V

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Vanishing Point Stephen A. Smith, Julia Szucs 2012 Documentary [272]

W

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
WaaPaKe Jules Arita Koostachin 2023 Documentary [273]
Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises Alanis Obomsawin 2006 Documentary [93]
Walker Alanis Obomsawin 1992 Documentary [93]
Wapawekka Danis Goulet 2010 Short drama [274]
Waseskun Steve Patry 2016 Documentary [275]
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice Alanis Obomsawin 2016 Documentary [93]
We Know the Truth: Stories to Inspire Reconciliation Meagan Fiddler, Bertram Schneider 2021 Documentary [276]
We Were Children Tim Wolochatiuk 2012 Documentary [277]
welima'q shalan joudry 2024 Short documentary [278]
What Good Canadians Do Stephanie Joline 2024 Animated short [37]
When All the Leaves Are Gone Alanis Obomsawin 2010 Short drama [44]
Where the Spirit Lives Bruce Pittman 1989 Drama [279]
The White Dawn Philip Kaufman 1974 Drama [280]
Wild Rice Harvest Kenora Alanis Obomsawin 1979 Documentary [93]
Wildhood Bretten Hannam 2021 Drama [281]
Wilfred Buck Lisa Jackson 2024 Documentary [282]
Windigo Robert Morin 1994 Drama [283]
Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace Heather Hatch 2021 Documentary [284]
Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara) Zacharias Kunuk 2025 Historical drama [285]

X

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Xusum Alanis Obomsawin 1975 Documentary [18]

Y

Title Director Year Genre Notes Ref
Yintah Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano 2024 Documentary [286]
You Are on Indian Land Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell 1969 Documentary [287]

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