{{short description|none}} This is a list of '''indigenous Canadian films''', including First Nations, Métis and Inuit films.
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==0–9== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''3 Indian Tales (3 histoires d'indiens)'' |Robert Morin |2014 |Docufiction | |<ref>[https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/3-histoires-indiens-robert-morin/ "3 Histoires d'Indiens – Film de Robert Morin"]. ''Films du Québec'', April 8, 2014.</ref> |}
==A== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Aberdeen'' || Ryan Cooper, Eva Thomas || 2024 || Drama || || <ref>Kelly Townsend, [https://playbackonline.ca/2023/09/26/ryan-cooper-eva-thomas-set-feature-debut-with-aberdeen/ "Ryan Cooper, Eva Thomas set feature debut with Aberdeen"]. ''Playback'', September 26, 2023.</ref> |- |''After the Last River'' || Victoria Lean || 2015 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/after-the-last-river-attawapiskat-movie-1.3346841 "After the Last River, film about Attawapiskat, in Sudbury tonight"]. CBC Sudbury, December 2, 2015.</ref> |- |''Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun'' || Banchi Hanuse || 2023 || Documentary || || <ref>Nora Mable, [https://missoulian.com/news/local/i-m-going-to-race-documentary-on-indian-relay-premieres-in-missoula-saturday/article_f13c1eb1-8ded-5146-ad60-653c71daee95.html "'I'm going to race': Documentary on Indian relay premieres in Missoula Saturday"]. ''The Missoulian'', February 22, 2023.</ref> |- | ''Aki'' || Darlene Naponse || 2025 || Documentary || || <ref name=tiffdocs2025>Etan Vlessing, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ben-proudfoot-obamas-eyes-of-ghana-toronto-2025-1236338184/ "Ben Proudfoot’s Obamas-Backed ‘The Eyes of Ghana’ to Open Toronto Fest Doc Program"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter'', August 6, 2025.</ref> |- |''Amisk'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1977 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanis>Maurie Alioff and Susan Schouten Levine, [http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/the-long-walk-of-alanis-obomsawin "The Long Walk of Alanis Obomsawin"]. ''Cinema Canada'', June 1987; reprinted by ''Point of View'', May 3, 2016.</ref> |- | ''Ancestral Threads'' || Sean Stiller || 2023 || Short documentary || || <ref>Leanne Delap, [https://www.thestar.com/life/beauty-and-fashion/fashion/this-is-a-story-of-transformation-indigenous-fashion-weaves-with-healing-and-hope-in-an/article_e61a20d6-0692-5afe-8112-136e9f1247f8.html "'This is a story of transformation.' Indigenous fashion weaves with healing and hope in an unmissable film"]. ''Toronto Star'', September 30, 2023.</ref> |- |''Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice'' || Zacharias Kunuk || 2021 || Animated short || || <ref>David Venn, [https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/zacharias-kunuk-explores-inuit-shamanism-in-short-animated-film/ "Zacharias Kunuk explores Inuit shamanism in short animated film"]. ''Nunatsiaq News'', August 26, 2021.</ref> |- |''Angela's Shadow'' || Jules Arita Koostachin || 2024 || Thriller drama || || <ref>Sam Laskaris, [https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/koostachins-latest-film-premiere-vancouver-international-film-festival "Koostachin's latest film to premiere at Vancouver International Film Festival"]. ''Windspeaker'', October 2, 2024.</ref> |- |''Angelique's Isle'' || Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Michelle Derosier || 2018 || Drama || || <ref>Sara Clements, [https://exclaim.ca/film/article/angeliques_isle_is_more_than_just_a_man-versus-nature_survival_story-directed_by_marie-h_l_ne_cousineau_michelle_derosier "'Angelique's Isle' Is More Than Just a Man-versus-Nature Survival Story"]. ''Exclaim!'', August 23, 2019.</ref> |- |''Angry Inuk'' || Alethea Arnaquq-Baril || 2016 || Documentary || || <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nowtoronto.com/movies/hot-docs-2016/angry-inuk/|title=Angry Inuk|last=Cole|first=Susan G.|authorlink=Susan G. Cole|date=April 29, 2016|work=Now}}</ref> |- |''Arctic Song'' || Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher, Louise Flaherty || 2022 || Animated short || || <ref>Ethan Butterfield, [https://www.nnsl.com/news/work-of-yellowknife-based-inuk-artist-to-debut-at-available-light-film-festival/ "Work of Yellowknife-based Inuk artist to debut at Available Light Film Festival"]. ''Northern News Services'', February 1, 2022.</ref> |- |''At the Place of Ghosts (Sk+te'kmujue'katik)'' || Bretten Hannam || 2025 || Thriller || || <ref>Kim Izzo, [https://playbackonline.ca/2024/08/28/bretten-hannam-feature-place-of-ghosts-underway-in-halifax/ "Bretten Hannam feature Place of Ghosts underway in Halifax"]. ''Playback'', August 28, 2024.</ref> |- |''Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner'' || Zacharias Kunuk || 2001 || Drama || || <ref name="Howell">{{cite news |last=Howell|first=Peter |date=February 8, 2002 |title=Inuit director sweeps Genies Zacharias Kunuk's unique Arctic tale takes Canadian 'Oscars' before it hits theatres |newspaper=Toronto Star |page=D01}}</ref> |- |''Atikamekw Suns (Soleils Atikamekw)'' || Chloé Leriche || 2023 || Drama || || <ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/en-direct/segments/entrevue/210208/film-atikamekws-chloe-leriche-casting "À la recherche de talents autochtones pour un film"]. Ici Radio-Canada Première, November 19, 2020.</ref> |}
==B== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- | ''Backroads'' || Shirley Cheechoo || 2000 || Drama || || <ref>Joe Leydon, [https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/backroads-2-1200460967/ "Backroads"]. ''Variety'', March 26, 2000.</ref> |- |''The Ballad of Crowfoot'' || Willie Dunn || 1968 || Documentary || || <ref>Daniel Glassman, [https://povmagazine.com/documentary-essentials-the-ballad-of-crowfoot/ "Canada's Documentary Essentials: 'The Ballad of Crowfoot'"]. ''Point of View'', April 20, 2017.</ref> |- |''Balmoral Hotel'' || Wayne Wapeemukwa || 2015 || Short drama || || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2018/01/25/From-Streets-to-Film-Heart-Downtown-Eastside/|title=From the Streets to Film, With Her Heart in the Downtown Eastside|author=Krystle Alarcon|date=January 25, 2018|website=The Tyee|language=English|access-date=December 23, 2020}}</ref> |- |''Basket (Lhk'wál'us)'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1975 || Documentary || || <ref name=biennale>[https://www.vancouverbiennale.com/big-ideas-film/six-short-films-the-lilwata-and-manuwan-series/ "Six Short Films: The L'il'wata and Manuwan series"]. ''Vancouver Biennale''.</ref> |- |''Beautiful Scars'' || Shane Belcourt || 2022 || Documentary || Profile of Tom Wilson || <ref>Justin Anderson, [https://realscreen.com/2022/05/06/hot-docs-22-beautiful-scars-tackles-art-family-trauma-and-identity/ "Hot Docs '22: "Beautiful Scars" tackles art, family trauma and identity"]. ''RealScreen'', May 6, 2022.</ref> |- |''Beans'' || Tracey Deer || 2020 || Drama || || <ref>Norman Wilner, [https://www.straight.com/movies/viff-review-tracey-deers-beans-finds-its-hero-coming-of-age-during-oka-crisis "VIFF review: Tracey Deer's 'Beans' finds its hero coming of age during the Oka crisis"]. ''The Georgia Straight'', September 16, 2020.</ref> |- |''Before Tomorrow (Le jour avant le lendemain)'' || Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu || 2008 || Drama || || <ref>Chisholm, Dianne. "The Enduring Afterlife of Before Tomorrow: Inuit Survivance and the Spectral Cinema of Arnait Video Productions." Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, 2016, pp. 211–227., doi:10.7202/1040152ar.</ref> |- |''Before the Streets'' || Chloé Leriche || 2016 || Drama || || <ref name=oeuvreutile>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/201604/15/01-4971632-avant-les-rues-une-oeuvre-utile-et-pertinente-12.php |title=Avant les rues: une oeuvre utile et pertinente ***1/2 |last=Lussier |first=Marc-André |work=La Presse |date=15 April 2016 }}</ref> |- |''Behind the Facade'' || Banchi Hanuse || 2021 || Documentary || || <ref>Dorothy Woodend, [https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2021/06/04/New-Short-Films-Explore-BC-Facades/ "New Short Films Explore BC's Many 'Façades'"]. ''The Tyee'', June 4, 2021.</ref> |- |''Between Two Worlds'' || Barry Greenwald || 1990 || Documentary || || <ref>Bonnie Malleck, "Arctic tragedy: Filmmaker Greenwald crafts a compelling story of Inuit struggles". ''Waterloo Region Record'', October 12, 1991.</ref> |- |''Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)'' || Amanda Strong || 2018 || Animation || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/arts/live-action-could-never-have-created-these-worlds-amanda-strong-on-her-latest-film-biidaaban-1.4821934 "'Live action could never have created these worlds': Amanda Strong on her latest film, Biidaaban"]. CBC Arts, September 13, 2018.</ref> |- |''Biidaaban: First Light'' || Lisa Jackson || 2018 || Virtual reality || || <ref>Chris Rattan, [https://nowtoronto.com/culture/biidaaban-lisa-jackson-virtual-reality "Virtual reality film imagines an Indigenous future for Toronto"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814230030/https://nowtoronto.com/culture/biidaaban-lisa-jackson-virtual-reality/ |date=2020-08-14 }}. ''Now'', September 14, 2018.</ref> |- |''Bill Reid Remembers'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2022 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://ctvm.info/hot-docs-2022-deux-courts-films-de-lonf-sur-des-destins-hors-du-commun/ "Hot Docs 2022 | Deux courts films de l'ONF sur des destins hors du commun"]. ''CTVM'', March 31, 2022.</ref> |- |''The Birds Who Fear Death'' || Sanjay Patel || 2024 || Drama || || <ref>{{Cite web |last=McDermott |first=Vincent |date=September 15, 2022 |title=Local filmmaker wraps filming of latest project near Calgary |url=https://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/news/local-filmmaker-wraps-filming-of-latest-project-near-calgary |access-date= |website=Fort McMurray Today}}</ref> |- |''Birth of a Family'' || Tasha Hubbard || 2017 || Documentary || || <ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Writer |url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/reclaiming-retelling-and-revisioning-indigenous-stories-1.4079554/filmmaker-tasha-hubbard-s-personal-connection-to-the-sixties-scoop-1.4080128 |title=Filmmaker Tasha Hubbard's personal connection to the Sixties Scoop |work=CBC Radio |date=2017-10-17 |accessdate=2018-03-17 }}</ref> |- |''Black Robe'' || Bruce Beresford || 1991 || Drama || || <ref>{{cite magazine|last=Stratton|first=David|date=9 September 1991|title=Black Robe|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117789325.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0|magazine=Variety|page=65}}</ref> |- |''Blood Lines'' || Gail Maurice || 2025 || Drama || || <ref>Etan Vlessing, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gail-maurice-blood-lines-1236024420/ "Gail Maurice, Tamara Podemski, Dana Solomon, Melanie Bray Star in ‘Blood Lines’ Indigenous Drama"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter'', October 4, 2024.</ref> |- |''Blood Quantum'' || Jeff Barnaby || 2019 || Horror || || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenanarchy.com/2018/04/michael-greyeyes-anchors-the-cast-of-jeff-barnabys-blood-quantum.html|title=Michael Greyeyes Anchors The Cast Of Jeff Barnaby's Blood Quantum|last=Brown|first=Todd|date=April 5, 2018|website=Screen Anarchy|access-date=July 14, 2019}}</ref> |- |''The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open'' || Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn || 2019 || Drama || || <ref>{{cite web |author=Jason Asenap |url=https://www.hcn.org/issues/51.11/tribal-affairs-no-happy-ending-in-the-body-remembers-when-the-world-broke-open |title=No happy ending in 'The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open' |work=High Country News |date=June 24, 2019}}</ref> |- |''Boil Alert'' || Stevie Salas, James Burns || 2023 || Documentary || || <ref>Pat Mullen, [https://povmagazine.com/mr-dressup-fred-wiseman-lead-tiff-docs-line-up/ "Mr. Dressup, Fred Wiseman Lead TIFF Docs Line-Up"]. ''Point of View'', July 26, 2023.</ref> |- |''Bones of Crows'' || Marie Clements || 2022 || Drama || || <ref>[https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-arts/local-actor-grace-dove-stars-in-new-psychological-drama-4693953 "Local actor Grace Dove stars in new psychological drama"]. ''Prince George Citizen'', October 27, 2021.</ref> |- |''Bootlegger'' || Caroline Monnet || 2021 || Drama || || <ref>Yves Bergeras, [https://www.ledroit.com/arts/bootlegger-film-tourne-a-kitigan-zibi-pourra-courtiser-le-marche-americain-b538a744300f67f556d071f006441c03 "Bootlegger, film tourné à Kitigan Zibi, pourra courtiser le marché américain"]. ''Le Droit'', April 27, 2021.</ref> |- |''Braiding Knowledge Through Breath, Language, and Movement'' || Jessica Barudin || 2023 || Short documentary || || <ref name=vancouvershort>Charlie Smith, [https://pancouver.ca/vancouver-short-film-festival-addresses-blackness-palestinian-displacement-indigenous-wellness-and-war/ "Vancouver Short Film Festival addresses Blackness, Palestinian displacement, Indigenous wellness, and war"]. ''Pancouver'', May 28, 2024.</ref> |- |''Brocket 99: Rockin' the Country'' || Nilesh Patel || 2006 || Documentary || || <ref>Dawn Walton, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-tale-of-the-tape/article983278/ "The tale of the tape"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', July 12, 2005.</ref> |- |''Broken Angel (MaaShwaKanManiTo)'' || Jules Arita Koostachin || 2022 || Drama || || <ref>Andrew Wright, [https://www.everythingzoomer.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/20/cree-filmmaker-jules-koostachin-tells-the-warriors-story-of-domestic-abuse-survival-in-broken-angel/ "Cree Filmmaker Jules Koostachin Explores Domestic Abuse Survival in 'Broken Angel'"]. Zoomer Media, October 20, 2022.</ref> |- |''Brother, I Cry'' || Jessie Anthony || 2020 || Drama || || <ref>Volkmar Richter, [https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/09/29/reviews/viff-films-about-classy-first-job-bad-vibes-between-father-and-son-and-recalling "VIFF films about a classy first job, bad vibes between father and son and recalling Oka crisis"]. ''National Observer'', September 29, 2020.</ref> |- |''Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On'' || Madison Thomas || 2022 || Documentary || || <ref>Becca Longmire, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220810161948/https://etcanada.com/news/919444/buffy-sainte-marie-carry-it-on-to-premiere-at-tiff-2022/ "'Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On' To Premiere At TIFF 2022"]. ''ET Canada'', August 10, 2022.</ref> |}
==C== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Café Daughter'' || Shelley Niro || 2023 || Drama || Fictionalized account of the childhood of Senator Lillian Dyck || <ref>Eden Suh, [https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/film-cafe-daughter-shooting-wraps-up-in-sudbury-5396092 "Film: Café Daughter shooting wraps up in Sudbury"]. ''Sudbury.com'', May 22, 2022.</ref> |- |''Call Me Human (Je m'appelle humain)'' || Kim O'Bomsawin || 2020 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-autochtones/1732941/josephine-bacon-kim-obomsawin-poete-culture-innu-cote-nord-autochtones "Le film sur la poète autochtone Joséphine Bacon sortira le 13 novembre"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014151633/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-autochtones/1732941/josephine-bacon-kim-obomsawin-poete-culture-innu-cote-nord-autochtones |date=2020-10-14 }}. Ici Radio-Canada, September 10, 2020.</ref> |- |''The Canoe'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1972 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanisretrospective>Pat Mullen, [https://povmagazine.com/tiff-unveils-line-up-for-celebrating-alanis-retrospective/ "TIFF Unveils Line-up for 'Celebrating Alanis' Retrospective"]. ''Point of View'', August 11, 2021.</ref> |- |''Carcajou et le péril blanc'' || Arthur Lamothe || 1973–1976 || Documentary || Multi-film series || <ref>Isabelle Morissette, "Carcajou et le péril blanc/Kauapishit Miam Kuakuatshen Etentakuess" (pp. 29–30) in ''Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada'' (Peter H. Rist, ed.) Bloomsbury Publishing, 2002. {{ISBN|9780313017254}}.</ref> |- |''The Cave (?E?anx)'' || Helen Haig-Brown || 2009 || Science fiction || || <ref>Monica Lamb-Yorski, "Aboriginal director to shoot sci-fi movie in Tsilhqot'in language". Canadian Press, July 24, 2009.</ref> |- |''Ceremony'' || Banchi Hanuse || 2026 || Documentary || || <ref>Pat Mullen, [https://povmagazine.com/ceremony-review-a-river-runs-through-it/ "Ceremony Review: A River Runs Through It"]. ''Point of View'', April 30, 2026.</ref> |- |''Chaakapesh'' || Roger Frappier, Justin Kingsley || 2019 || Documentary || || <ref>Chris Knight, [https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/movies/chaakapesh-celebrates-creation-and-performance-of-a-cree-opera "Chaakapesh celebrates creation and performance of a Cree opera"]. ''National Post'', January 30, 2020.</ref> |- |''Children'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1972 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanisretrospective/> |- |''Choke'' || Michelle Latimer || 2011 || Animated short || || <ref>[https://www.fftimes.com/news/news/%E2%80%98choke%E2%80%99-doesn%E2%80%99t-win-genie "'Choke' doesn't win Genie'"]{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''Fort Frances Times'', March 9, 2012.</ref> |- |''Christmas at Moose Factory'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1971 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanis/> |- |''Circle of the Sun'' || Colin Low || 1960 || Documentary || || <ref name=trilogy>{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Kelly|title=NFB celebrates National Aboriginal Day|url=http://realscreen.com/2011/06/17/nfb-celebrates-national-aboriginal-day/|accessdate=4 July 2011|newspaper=Realscreen|date=17 June 2011|location=Toronto}}</ref> |- |''Clearcut'' || Ryszard Bugajski || 1991 || Thriller || || <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94408804/the-expositor/|work=Brantford Expositor|title=Movie skewers white ineptitude about natives|last=Bastien|first=Mark|date=20 September 1991|page=C4|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |''Club Native'' || Tracey Deer || 2008 || Documentary || || <ref name="cole">{{cite news|url=https://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=165317&archive=28,6,2008|title=Club Native|last=Cole|first=Susan G.|accessdate=10 December 2010|newspaper=Now Magazine|date=October 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011085150/http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=165317|archive-date=11 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | ''Cold Road'' || Kelvin Redvers || 2024 || Thriller || || <ref>Aaron Sousa, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/cold-road-indigenous-filmmakers-1.7111785 "A Dene filmmaker and his 'Cold Road' to Indigenous representation on screen"]. CBC News Edmonton, February 11, 2024.</ref> |- |''Colonization Road'' || Michelle St. John || 2016 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://www.muskokaregion.com/whatson-story/7068530-film-explores-dark-legacy-of-colonization-roads-in-muskoka-and-beyond/ "Film explores dark legacy of colonization roads in Muskoka and beyond"]. MuskokaRegion.com, January 18, 2017.</ref> |- |''The Colony'' || Jeff Barnaby || 2007 || Drama || || <ref>Trevor McNally, "Former Listuguj resident returns to film". ''Campbellton Tribune'', October 22, 2008.</ref> |- |''Coming Home: Wanna Icipus Kupi'' || Erica Marie Daniels || 2023 || Documentary || Released in conjunction with the scripted drama series ''Little Bird'' || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-documentary-coming-home-sixties-scoop-1.6893839 "Documentary features impacts of Sixties Scoop on Indigenous families"]. CBC News Manitoba, June 30, 2023.</ref> |- |''Conspiracy of Silence'' || Francis Mankiewicz || 1991 || Drama || || <ref>{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Celina |title=Close-ups of the heart |url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1993/8/30/close-ups-of-the-heart |website=MacLean's |access-date=3 October 2022 |page=30 August 1993 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003155730/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1993/8/30/close-ups-of-the-heart |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |''The Corruption of Divine Providence'' || Jeremy Torrie || 2020 || Horror || || <ref>Alisha Mughal, [https://exclaim.ca/film/article/the_corruption_of_divine_providence_film_review-directed_by_jeremy_torrie "'The Corruption of Divine Providence' Is a Fresh Take on Classic Horror Conventions"]. ''Exclaim!'', May 24, 2021.</ref> |- |''Crazywater'' || Dennis Allen || 2013 || Documentary || || <ref>Stephanie Waddell, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/whitehorse-daily-star/135904047/ "Local filmmaker to show new documentary at film festival"]. ''Whitehorse Star'', January 31, 2014.</ref> |- |''Cree Hunters of Mistassini'' || Boyce Richardson, Tony Ianzelo || 1974 || Documentary || || <ref>{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Gary|title=In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0802068330|url=https://archive.org/details/innationalintere0000evan|url-access=registration|quote=Cree Hunters of Mistassini.|accessdate=3 January 2012|page=[https://archive.org/details/innationalintere0000evan/page/170 170]|date=30 September 1991}}</ref> |- |''Cry Rock'' || Banchi Hanuse || 2010 || Documentary || || <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/six-emerging-aboriginal-artists-in-canada-who-are-inspiring-change|title=Six emerging Aboriginal artists in Canada who are inspiring change|date=June 21, 2013|work=National Post|language=en-US}}</ref> |}
==D== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Dance Me Outside'' || Bruce McDonald || 1994 || Drama || || <ref>Marc Horton, "Dance Me Outside one of best in the fest; Toronto International Film Festival". ''Edmonton Journal'', September 18, 1994.</ref> |- |''Deaner '89'' || Sam McGlynn || 2024 || Comedy || || <ref>Marko Djurdjić, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/deaner-89-paul-spence-will-sasso-interview "'Deaner '89' Brings Humour, Heart and Headbanging to Stories of Canadian Atrocities"]. ''Exclaim!'', September 5, 2024.</ref> |- |''Deep Inside Clint Star'' || |Clint Alberta || 1999 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/deep-inside-clint-star-1200462448/ "Deep Inside Clint Star"]. ''Variety'', May 8, 2000.</ref> |- |''Le Dep'' || Sonia Boileau || 2015 || Drama || || <ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [http://www.filmsquebec.com/films/dep-sonia-bonspille-boileau/ "Dep, Le – Film de Sonia Bonspille Boileau"]. ''Films du Québec'', July 31, 2015.</ref> |- |''Divided Loyalties'' || Mario Azzopardi || 1990 || Drama || || <ref>Mike Boone, "Brant saga lives up to its potential in CTV blockbuster". ''Montreal Gazette'', February 13, 1990.</ref> |- |''Do Not Tell (Ne le dis pas / Nika tshika uiten mishkut)'' || Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush || 2009 || Short drama || || <ref>Anne-Marie Yvon, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-autochtones/1362581/wapikoni-cinema-autochtones-premiers-peuples-odile-joannette "Porter un regard sur soi la caméra au poing"]. Ici Radio-Canada Espaces Autochtones, October 26, 2019.</ref> |- |''Dreamspeaker'' || Claude Jutra || 1976 || Drama || || <ref>Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. {{ISBN|1894073215}}. p. 164.</ref> |}
==E== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Edge of the Knife'' || Gwaai Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown || 2018 || Drama || || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://theconversation.com/tiff-premiere-sgaawaay-kuuna-the-first-feature-film-about-the-haida-people-102109 |title=TIFF premiere: ''SG̲aawaay Ḵʹuuna'', the first feature film about the Haida people |last=Sandercock |first=Leonie |date=5 September 2018 |work=The Conversation |accessdate=8 September 2018 }}</ref> |- |''Elijah'' || Paul Unwin || 2007 || Comedy-drama || || <ref name=doyle>John Doyle, "In politics, truth is stranger than fiction". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 23, 2008.</ref> |- |''Êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines'' || Theola Ross || 2020 || Short documentary || || <ref>Rhiannon Johnson, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/theola-ross-ivf-documentary-1.5671022 "Documentary by two-spirit Cree filmmaker shares journey through IVF to parenthood"]. CBC News Indigenous, August 3, 2020.</ref> |- |''Empire of Dirt'' || Peter Stebbings || 2013 || Drama || || <ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2012/10/06/peter_stebbings_director_has_hopes_for_tiff_2013.html | title=Peter Stebbings: director has hopes for TIFF 2013 | newspaper=Toronto Star | date=6 October 2012 | first=Linda | last=Barnard | accessdate=24 August 2013 }}</ref> |- |''Endless Cookie'' || Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver || 2025 || Animated, documentary || || <ref>Alex Nino Gheciu, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/film-sundance-festival-endless-cookie-manitoba-shamattawa-1.7438175 "Animated doc by 2 brothers from Shamattawa, Man., to premiere at Sundance Film Festival"]. CBC News Manitoba, January 22, 2025.</ref> |- |''Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak'' || John Feeney || 1964 || Short documentary || || <ref>Sandra Martin, "For Inuit culture, she was an iconic light of happiness and a dancing owl". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 12, 2013.</ref> |- |''Etthén Heldeli: Caribou Eaters'' || Ian Toews || 2018 || Documentary || || <ref name=paherald>Jason Kerr, [https://paherald.sk.ca/2018/10/11/the-hunt-is-on-in-the-north/ "The hunt is on in the north"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114061841/https://paherald.sk.ca/2018/10/11/the-hunt-is-on-in-the-north/ |date=2021-11-14 }}. ''Prince Albert Daily Herald'', October 11, 2018.</ref> |- |''Ever Deadly'' || Chelsea McMullan, Tanya Tagaq || 2022 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/tanya-tagaq-film-to-debut-at-toronto-festival/ "Tanya Tagaq film to debut at Toronto festival"]. ''Nunatsiaq News'', August 15, 2022.</ref> |}
==F== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Falls Around Her'' || Darlene Naponse || 2018 || Drama || || <ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/review/2019/03/28/indigenous-actress-tantoo-cardinal-shows-her-talents-in-two-so-so-movies-opening-friday.html "Indigenous actress Tantoo Cardinal shows her talents in two good movies opening Friday"]. ''Toronto Star'', March 28, 2019.</ref> |- |''Farming (Lep'cál)'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1975 || Documentary || || <ref name=biennale/> |- |''Fast Horse'' || Alexandra Lazarowich || 2018 || Documentary || || <ref>"Edmonton born-and-raised Lazarowich takes Sundance shorts director prize". ''Edmonton Journal'', January 30, 2019.</ref> |- |''File Under Miscellaneous'' || Jeff Barnaby || 2010 || Short drama || || <ref>[https://screenanarchy.com/2010/09/short-film-short-review-file-under-miscellaneous.html "Short Film, Short Review: FILE UNDER MISCELLANEOUS"]. ''Screen Anarchy'', September 9, 2010.</ref> |- |''Les Filles du Roi'' || Corey Payette || 2023 || Musical drama || || <ref>V.S. Wells, [https://www.straight.com/movies/review-corey-payettes-les-filles-du-roi-blossoms-from-stage-to-screen "Review: Corey Payette's "Les Filles du Roi" blossoms from stage to screen"]. ''The Georgia Straight'', October 6, 2023.</ref> |- |''Finality of Dusk'' || Madison Thomas || 2023 || Science fiction || || <ref>[https://occhimagazine.com/madison-thomas-finality-of-dusk-receives-its-world-premiere/ "Film 'Finality Of Dusk' Receives its World Premiere"]. ''Occhimag'', November 3, 2023.</ref> |- |''Finding Dawn'' || Christine Welsh || 2006 || Documentary || || <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straight.com/article/metis-filmmaker-christine-welsh-can-be-proud-of-her-showing-at-the-amnesty-international-film-festival|title=Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh can be proud of her showing at the Amnesty International Film Festival|date=November 9, 2006|work=The Georgia Straight}}</ref> |- |''Fire Song'' || Adam Garnet Jones || 2015 || Drama || || <ref>[http://www.dailyxtra.com/toronto/arts-and-entertainment/adam-garnet-jones%E2%80%99-fire-song-178118 "Adam Garnet Jones' Fire Song"]. ''Daily Xtra'', October 13, 2015.</ref> |- |''Fish Hawk'' || Donald Shebib || 1979 || Drama || || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A02E7DF1E38F935A25752C0A967948260#&ex=1332475200&en=709faf668585ee66&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink|title=Movie Review – 'Fish Hawk' at Guild |author=Vincent Canby |author-link=Vincent Canby | date=16 January 1981 |newspaper=The New York Times }}</ref> |- |''Flood'' || Amanda Strong || 2017 || Animated short || || <ref>Anna Dimoff, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/amanda-strong-flood-short-1.4442248 "Animated short film tells story of Indigenous youth combating colonial influence"]. CBC News British Columbia, December 10, 2017.</ref> |- |''Footprints (L'Empreinte)'' || Yvan Dubuc, Carole Poliquin || 2015 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/ecrans/443021/le-documentaire-l-empreinte-veut-inviter-aux-reconciliations? "Le documentaire «L'empreinte» veut inviter aux réconciliations"]. ''Le Devoir'', June 20, 2015.</ref> |- |''For Angela'' || Daniel Prouty, Nancy Trites Botkin || 1993 || Short drama || || <ref>"Short film about racism wins Gemini". ''Montreal Gazette'', February 13, 1995.</ref> |- |''For John'' || Dale Montour || 2003 || Short documentary || || <ref name=development>[https://playbackonline.ca/2003/09/01/nfb-20030901/ "Growing development slate at NFB English Program"]. ''Playback'', September 1, 2003.</ref> |- | ''Forbidden Music'' || Barbara Hager || 2025 || Documentary || || <ref name=victoria2025>Jamie Casemore, [https://playbackonline.ca/2025/01/13/two-canadian-films-set-for-world-premiere-in-victoria/ "Two Canadian films set for world premiere in Victoria"]. ''Playback'', January 13, 2025.</ref> |- |''Foster Child'' || Gil Cardinal || 1987 || Documentary || || <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/gil-cardinal-canadian-documentarian-found-his-identity-in-film/article27873055/|title=Gil Cardinal: Canadian documentarian found his identity in film|last=Cullingham|first=James|date=December 18, 2015|work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> |- |''Fractured Land'' || Fiona Rayher, Damien Gillis || 2015 || Documentary || || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/fracking-issue-creating-a-reel-buzz-with-documentary-drama/article6980820/ |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=January 6, 2013 |title=Fracking issue creating a reel buzz with documentary, drama |author=Mark Hume}}</ref> |- |''From Cherry English'' || Jeff Barnaby || 2004 || Short drama || || <ref>T'Cha Dunlevy, "Home on native land; Rhymes for Young Ghouls, which just wrapped its shoot in Kahnawake, opts for story over an emphasis on aboriginals' plight". ''Montreal Gazette'', November 23, 2012.</ref> |- |''Frost'' || Jeremy Ball || 2012 || Short drama || || <ref>{{cite news| url = http://playbackonline.ca/2012/08/31/jeremy-ball-debuts-frost-at-tiff/ | title = Jeremy Ball debuts Frost at TIFF | work = Playback | date = August 31, 2012 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190704223625/http://playbackonline.ca/2012/08/31/jeremy-ball-debuts-frost-at-tiff | archivedate = July 4, 2019 | url-status = live}}</ref> |}
==G== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Gabriel Goes to the City'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1979 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanis/> |- |''Gene Boy Came Home'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2007 || Documentary || || <ref name=alaniscanenc>Winston Wuttunee, Zuzana M. Pick and Paul Williams, [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/alanis-obomsawin "Alanis Obomsawin"]. ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', April 6, 2017.</ref> |- |''Giant Bear'' || Neil Christopher, Daniel Gies || 2019 || Animated short || || <ref>Dustin Patar, [https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/the-giant-bear-finds-success-prowling-the-international-film-festival-circuit/ "The Giant Bear finds success prowling the international film festival circuit"]. ''Nunatsiaq News'', November 26, 2019.</ref> |- |''Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning'' || Grant Harvey || 2004 || Horror || || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/2128/fantasia-festival-day-three-snaps-back-reviewed/|title=FanTasia Festival (Day Three)- 'Snaps Back' Reviewed!|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=Bloody Disgusting|date=July 11, 2004}}</ref> |- |''God's Lake Narrows'' || Kevin Lee Burton || 2011 || Documentary || || <ref name=trilogy/> |- |''The Gnawer of Rocks (Mangittatuarjuk)'' || Louise Flaherty || 2025 || Animated short || || <ref name=sundance2026>Andrew Tracy, [https://playbackonline.ca/2025/12/18/five-canadian-produced-shorts-slated-for-sundance-26/ "Five Canadian-produced shorts slated for Sundance ’26"]. ''Playback'', December 18, 2025.</ref> |- |''Great River'' || Matt LeMay || 2010 || Documentary || || <ref>"DocFest starts Wednesday". ''Pembroke Observer'', October 17, 2015.</ref> |- | ''The Great Salish Heist'' || Darrell Dennis || 2024 || Crime comedy || || <ref>Liz Braun, [https://www.original-cin.ca/posts/2024/6/19/the-great-salish-heist-comedy-with-a-message-of-indigenous-artifact-repatriation "The Great Salish Heist: Comedy with a Message of Indigenous Artifact Repatriation"]. ''Original Cin'', June 19, 2024.</ref> |- |''Grey Owl'' || Richard Attenborough || 1999 || Drama || || <ref>Gordon Kennedy, "Bond goes native: Cinescreen storms back with Pierce Brosnan in Grey Owl". ''Sudbury Star'', November 5, 1999.</ref> |- |''The Grizzlies'' || Miranda de Pencier || 2018 || Drama || || <ref>Stephen Farber, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/grizzlies-review-1174879 "'The Grizzlies': Film Review | Palm Springs 2019"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter'', January 9, 2019.</ref> |}
==H== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Hank Williams First Nation'' || Aaron James Sorensen || 2004 || Comedy || || <ref>"First Nations pair go in search of idol". ''Cowichan Valley Citizen'', November 23, 2005.</ref> |- |''Heaven's Floor'' || Lori Stoll || 2016 || Drama || || <ref>Elyse Skura, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/heavens-floor-iqaluit-edmonton-movie-premiere-1.3789611 "Heaven's Floor, a 'love letter' to director's Inuk daughter, wows Edmonton crowd"]. CBC North, October 4, 2016.</ref> |- |''Hey, Viktor!'' || Cody Lightning || 2023 || Comedy || || <ref>Gary M. Kramer, [https://www.salon.com/2023/06/12/hey-viktor-cody-lightning-smoke-signals/ "'We need to laugh': 'Hey, Viktor' is a much-needed send-up of Native dysfunction and Hollywood"]. ''Salon'', June 12, 2023.</ref> |- |''Hi-Ho Mistahey!'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2013 || Documentary || || <ref name=alaniscanenc/> |- |''Hiawatha, the Messiah of the Ojibway'' || Joe Rosenthal || 1903 || Short drama || || <ref>{{cite web |title=Hiawatha, The Messiah of the Ojibway |url=https://cfe.tiff.net/content/films/hiawatha-the-messiah-of-the-ojibway |website=Canadian Film Encyclopedia |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> |- |''High Steel'' || Don Owen || 1965 || Short documentary || || <ref>{{cite book | last1 = Gravestock | first1 = Steve |authorlink=Steve Gravestock | title = Don Owen: Notes on a Filmmaker and His Culture | date = 2005 | publisher = Indiana University Press| isbn = 9780968913246 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/donowennotesonfi00grav_0/page/41 41]–43 | url = https://archive.org/details/donowennotesonfi00grav_0 | url-access = registration | quote = High Steel Don Owen. | access-date = June 4, 2017 | language = en }}</ref> |- | ''Highway of Tears'' || Matt Smiley || 2015 || Documentary || || |- |''History of Manawan, Part 1'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1972 || Documentary || || <ref name=listenlouder>Guy Dixon, "Teaching audiences to 'listen louder'". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 1, 2009.</ref> |- |''History of Manawan, Part 2'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1972 || Documentary || || <ref name=listenlouder/> |- |''Hochelaga, Land of Souls'' || François Girard || 2017 || Drama || || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/tiff-2017-francois-girard-traces-montreals-indigenous-roots-in-hochelaga-terre-des-ames |title=TIFF 2017: François Girard traces Montreal's Indigenous roots in Hochelaga, terre des âmes |author=T'cha Dunlevy |date=September 10, 2017 |work=Montreal Gazette}}</ref> |- |''Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2021 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanisretrospective/> |- |''How People Got Fire'' || Daniel Janke || 2008 || Animated short || || <ref>Stephanie Waddell, "Local story is becoming short film". ''Whitehorse Star'', March 7, 2006.</ref> |- |''How to Build an Igloo'' || Douglas Wilkinson || 1949 || Short documentary || || <ref name=Unikkausivut>{{cite news|title=Inuit films move online and into northern communities|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/inuit-films-move-online-and-into-northern-communities-1.1044506|newspaper=CBC News|date=November 2, 2011}}</ref> |}
==I== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''If the Weather Permits'' || Elisapie Isaac || 2003 || Documentary || || <ref>"Aboriginal filmfest starts tonight". ''Ottawa Citizen'', March 20, 2003.</ref> |- |''In a World Created by a Drunken God'' || John Hazlett || 2008 || Drama || || <ref>Eric Volmers, "Calgary director goes guerrilla; Star's apartment, homeless man help bring unique story to life". ''Calgary Herald'', September 25, 2008.</ref> |- |''In the Land of the Head Hunters'' || Edward S. Curtis || 1914 || Drama || || <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/in-the-land-of-the-headhunters-b-c-s-first-feature-film-celebrates-100-years-1.2860859|title=In the Land of the Headhunters: B.C.'s first feature film celebrates 100 years|author=Elaine Chau|publisher=CBC News|date=December 5, 2014}}</ref> |- |''In the Valley of Wild Horses'' || Asia Youngman, Trevor Mack || 2018 || Short documentary || || <ref>Emilee Gilpin, [https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/10/12/news/emerging-indigenous-filmmakers-feature-indigenous-cowboys-bc-valley-wild-horses "Emerging Indigenous filmmakers feature Indigenous cowboys of B.C. 'In the Valley of Wild Horses'"]. ''National Observer'', October 12, 2018.</ref> |- |''Incident at Restigouche'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1984 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanis/> |- |''Inconvenient Indian'' || Michelle Latimer || 2020 || Documentary || || <ref>{{cite news|author=Radheyan Simonpillai|url=https://www.straight.com/movies/viff-review-inconvenient-indian-is-made-with-love|title=VIFF review: Inconvenient Indian is made with love|website=The Georgia Straight|date=September 15, 2020}}</ref> |- |''The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw'' || Shelley Niro || 2019 || Comedy || || <ref>Aruna Dutt, [https://www.cbc.ca/comedy/the-incredible-25th-year-of-mitzi-bearclaw-new-film-takes-a-comedic-look-at-life-on-an-indigenous-reserve-1.5323390 "The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw: New film takes a comedic look at life on an Indigenous reserve"]. CBC Comedy, October 26, 2019.</ref> |- |''Indian Horse'' || Stephen Campanelli || 2017 || Drama || || <ref>{{cite web|author=Craig Takeuchi|date=August 23, 2017|title=Film adaptation of Richard Wagamese's novel 'Indian Horse' to screen at TIFF 2017|url=https://www.straight.com/movies/955351/film-adaptation-richard-wagameses-novel-indian-horse-screen-viff-2017|work=The Georgia Straight}}</ref> |- |''Indian Road Trip'' || Allan W. Hopkins || 2020 || Comedy || || <ref>Alyssa Noel, [https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/must-reads/indian-road-trip-premieres-at-whistler-film-festival-where-it-all-started-3170055 "Indian Road Trip premieres at Whistler Film Festival, where it all started"]. ''Pique Newsmagazine'', December 10, 2020.</ref> |- |''Inendi'' || Sarain Fox || 2020 || Documentary || || <ref>Ben Cousins, [https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/they-had-no-pity-new-documentary-chronicles-traumatizing-life-at-residential-schools/ "'They had no pity': New documentary chronicles traumatizing life at residential schools"]. CTV News, March 4, 2021.</ref> |- |''The Inhuman (L'Inhumain)'' || Jason Brennan || 2021 || Thriller || || <ref>Marc-André Lussier, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/2022-04-29/l-inhumain/samian-avec-grace.php "Samian, avec grâce"]. ''La Presse'', April 29, 2022.</ref> |- |''Inkwo for When the Starving Return'' || Amanda Strong || 2024 || Animated short || || <ref>Brooklyn Hollinger, [https://thegatewayonline.ca/2024/10/eiff-film-review-inkwo-for-when-the-starving-return/ "EIFF film review: 'Inkwo For When the Starving Return'"]. ''The Gateway'', October 7, 2024.</ref> |- |''Innu Nikamu: Resist and Sing'' || Kevin Bacon-Hervieux || 2017 || Documentary || || <ref>Caroline Montpetit, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/526937/innu-nikamu-chanter-la-resistance "Innu Nikamu: chanter la résistance"]. ''Le Devoir'', May 4, 2018.</ref> |- |''The Invisible Nation (Le Peuple invisible)'' || Richard Desjardins, Robert Monderie || 2007 || Documentary || || <ref>Leo Guimont, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/146729/desjardins-et-mondorie-du-triste-sort-d-un-peuple-invisible? "Desjardins et Mondorie (sic) – Du triste sort d'un « peuple invisible"]. ''Le Devoir'', June 9, 2007.</ref> |- |''Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive'' || Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin, Brett Gaylor || 2004 || Documentary || || <ref>Leighann Chalykoff, "Available Light festival to shine next week". ''Whitehorse Star'', February 25, 2005.</ref> |- |''Iqaluit'' || Benoît Pilon || 2016 || Drama || || <ref name="Bergeras">{{Cite web |url=http://www.lapresse.ca/le-droit/arts-et-spectacles/cinema/201703/09/01-5077293-iqaluit-le-chemin-du-deuil-et-de-la-guerison.php |title=Iqaluit: le chemin du deuil et de la guérison |author=Yves Bergeras |date=March 9, 2017 |work=La Presse |archive-date=March 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331092055/http://www.lapresse.ca/le-droit/arts-et-spectacles/cinema/201703/09/01-5077293-iqaluit-le-chemin-du-deuil-et-de-la-guerison.php |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |''Is the Crown at War with Us?'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2002 || Documentary || || <ref name=alaniscanenc/> |- |''Isaac Littlefeathers'' || Les Rose || 1984 || Drama || || <ref name=cinemacanada>"Reviews: Les Rose's Isaac Littlefeathers". ''Cinema Canada'', February 1985.</ref> |- |''Islet (Îlot)'' || Nicolas Brault || 2003 || Animated short || || <ref>André Lavoie, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/46652/cinema-d-animation-la-beaute-du-trait? "Cinéma d'animation – La beauté du trait"]. ''Le Devoir'', February 7, 2004.</ref> |- |''The Issue with Tissue'' || Michael Zelniker || 2022 || Documentary || || <ref>Patrick Quinn, [https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_654c374a-1506-5e49-8f5a-4b47c277944f.html "The Issue with Tissue connects Indigenous history with industrial exploitation"]. ''Penticton Herald'', October 19, 2022.</ref> |}
==J== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''James Bay 1975: The Shock of Two Nations (Baie James 1975 : le choc des nations)'' || Mélanie Lameboy, Myriam Berthelet, Mathieu Fournier || 2025 || Documentary || || <ref>Shushan Bacon, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-autochtones/2208222/baie-james-choc-nations-documentaire-cris "Le choc des nations : raconter la Convention de la Baie-James entre histoire et modernité"]. Ici Radio-Canada, November 18, 2025.</ref> |- |''Jesse Jams'' || Trevor Anderson || 2020 || Short documentary || || <ref>Gabrielle Mulholland, [https://exclaim.ca/film/article/jesse_jams_and_the_flams_documentary_trevor_anderson_film_review "'Jesse Jams' Is a Life-Affirming Glimpse into the Life of an Edmonton Mumble Punk"]. ''Exclaim!'', July 15, 2020.</ref> |- |''Johnny Greyeyes'' || Jorge Manzano || 2000 || Drama || || <ref>Rachel Giese, [https://www.dailyxtra.com/impossible-love-45859 "Impossible love: An untold story escapes from prison"]. ''Daily Xtra'', November 14, 2001.</ref> |- |''Johnny Tootall'' || Shirley Cheechoo || 2005 || Drama || || <ref>Laura Stevens, [https://ammsa.com/publications/ontario-birchbark/johnny-tootall-receive-wider-audience "Johnny Tootall to receive wider audience"]. ''Ontario Birchbark'', Vol. 5 No. 6 (2006).</ref> |- |''Jordan River Anderson, the Messenger'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2019 || Documentary || || <ref>Pat Mullen, [http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/jordan-river-anderson-named-top-canadian-doc-at-viff "'Jordan River Anderson' Named Top Canadian Doc at VIFF"]{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''Point of View'', October 6, 2019.</ref> |- |''The Journals of Knud Rasmussen'' || Zacharias Kunuk || 2006 || Drama || || <ref>Randall King, "Warm heart, frozen surroundings". ''Winnipeg Free Press'', September 29, 2006.</ref> |- |''June in Povungnituk'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1980 || Documentary || || <ref name=alaniscanenc/> |}
==K== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Kabloonak'' || Claude Massot || 1994 || Drama || || <ref>"Kabloonak captures the North". ''Montreal Gazette'', September 16, 1994.</ref> |- |''Kajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes'' || Scott Brachmayer || 2014 || Short drama || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-filmmakers-take-horror-short-kajutaijuq-to-tiff-1.2762933 "Nunavut filmmakers take horror short, Kajutaijuq, to TIFF"]. CBC North, September 11, 2014.</ref> |- |''Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1993 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanisretrospective/> |- |''Katshinau (Les Mains sales)'' || Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush, Julien G. Marcotte || 2023 || Short drama || || |- |''Kayak to Klemtu'' || Zoe Leigh Hopkins || 2022 || Drama || || <ref>Alison Gillmor, "Movie pushes environmental message: Kayak to Klemtu a protest against supertankers, pipelines in First Nations territories". ''Winnipeg Free Press'', August 11, 2018.</ref> |- |''Kikkik'' || Ole Gjerstad || 2000 (English)<br>2002 (Inuktitut) || Documentary || || <ref>Tony Atherton, "An arctic mother's terrible choice". ''Ottawa Citizen'', April 5, 2000.</ref> |- |''Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy'' || Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers || 2021 || Documentary || || <ref>Jessica Robb, [https://globalnews.ca/news/7811048/blood-tribe-opioid-crisis-documentary/ "The meaning of empathy: Documentary examines the opioid crisis and community work being done on Blood Tribe"]. Global News, April 26, 2021.</ref> |- |''Kissed by Lightning'' || Shelley Niro || 2009 || Drama || || <ref>Rachel Garrow Hayes, [https://www.indiantime.net/story/2013/04/18/news/mohawk-artist-shelley-niro-shows-movie-kissed-by-lightning/9537.html "Mohawk Artist Shelley Niro Shows Movie 'Kissed By Lightning'"]. ''Indian Time'', April 18, 2013.</ref> |- |''Kivitoo: What They Thought of Us'' || Zacharias Kunuk || 2018 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/arts/over-50-years-ago-tragedy-struck-this-nunavut-community-zacharias-kunuk-s-new-film-wants-answers-1.4870317 "Over 50 years ago, tragedy struck this Nunavut community. Zacharias Kunuk's new film wants answers"]. CBC Arts, October 19, 2018.</ref> |- |''The Klabona Keepers'' || Tamo Campos, Jasper Snow-Rosen || 2022 || Documentary || || <ref>Hannah Schmidt, [https://www.cftktv.com/documentary-filmed-in-northwest-b-c-to-be-screened-at-toronto-film-fest-1.5907647 "Documentary filmed in Northwest B.C. to be screened at Toronto film fest"]{{Dead link|date=May 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}. CFTK-TV, May 17, 2022.</ref> |- |''Klee'' || Gavin Baird || 2025 || Short horror || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-88-saskatoon-morning/clip/16183208-klee-locally-made-seductive-alien-horror-film-kicks "KLEE, a locally made seductive alien horror film, kicks off Broadway Fantastic Festival"]. ''Saskatoon Morning'', November 21, 2025.</ref> |- |''Koneline: Our Land Beautiful'' || Nettie Wild || 2016 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/movies/koneline-our-land-beautiful-serves-moral-ambiguity-and-beautiful-british-columbia-visuals "Koneline: Our Land Beautiful serves moral ambiguity and beautiful British Columbia visuals"]. ''National Post'', June 9, 2016.</ref> |- |''Kuessipan'' || Myriam Verreault || 2019 || Drama || || <ref>{{cite web |author=Peter Howell |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2019/07/31/indigenous-films-highlight-canadian-slate-at-tiff-2019.html |title=Indigenous films highlight Canadian slate at TIFF 2019 |work=Toronto Star |date=July 31, 2019}}</ref> |}
==L== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''The Legend of Sarila'' || Nancy Florence Savard || 2013 || Animated || || <ref>Robert Ito, [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/movies/travails-of-legend-of-sarila-canadian-animated-3-d-film.html "For a Plucky Upstart, Icy Industry Tundra"]. ''The New York Times'', February 7, 2014.</ref> |- |''Lelum''' || Asia Youngman || 2017 || Short documentary || || <ref>[https://www.squamishchief.com/in-the-community/squamish-featured-in-new-first-nations-documentary-3347274 "Squamish featured in new First Nations documentary"]. ''The Squamish Chief'', October 20, 2017.</ref> |- |''The Lesser Blessed'' || Anita Doron || 2012 || Drama || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/the-lesser-blessed-tells-universal-story-of-alienation-1.1272783 "The Lesser Blessed tells universal story of alienation"]. CBC News, October 22, 2012.</ref> |- |''The Living Stone'' || John Feeney || 1958 || Short documentary || || <ref name=Unikkausivut/> |- |''Living With Giants'' || Aude Leroux-Lévesque, Sébastien Rist || 2016 || Documentary || || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/485671/chez-les-geants-une-empreinte-dans-la-neige|title='Chez les géants' — Une empreinte dans la neige|author=François Lévesque|date=November 26, 2016|website=Le Devoir}}</ref> |- |''The Loon's Necklace'' || F. R. Crawley || 1948 || Short drama || || <ref>"Award-winning film maker was a pioneer in industry". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 15, 1987.</ref> |- |''Luk'Luk'I'' || Wayne Wapeemukwa || 2017 || Drama || || <ref>Brett Pardy, [https://seventh-row.com/2017/09/21/lukluki-wayne-wapeemukwa/ "TIFF Review: In Luk'Luk'I, Vancouver plays itself, but the Olympics don't"]. ''Seventh Row'', September 21, 2017.</ref> |}
==M== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Maïna'' || Michel Poulette || 2013 || Drama || || <ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/labradormorning/episodes/2013/11/04/maina---a-story-about-the-meeting-of-the-innu-and-inuit/ "Maina! – a story about the meeting of the Innu and Inuit"]. CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, November 4, 2013.</ref> |- |''Map of the Human Heart'' || Vincent Ward || 1992 || Drama || || <ref>Alan Kellogg, "Artists from all hemispheres collaborate on Northern love story". ''Edmonton Journal'', May 21, 1993.</ref> |- |''Martha of the North'' || Marquise Lepage || 2009 || Documentary || || <ref name=Unikkausivut/> |- |''Meadowlarks'' || Tasha Hubbard || 2025 || Drama || Narrative fiction debut of Hubbard, better known as a documentary filmmaker || <ref>Jamie Casemore, [https://playbackonline.ca/2024/12/03/tasha-hubbard-wraps-scripted-directorial-debut-birth-of-a-family/ "Tasha Hubbard wraps scripted directorial debut Birth of a Family"]. ''Playback'', December 3, 2024.</ref> |- |''Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics'' || Terril Calder || 2021 || Animated short || || <ref>Pat Mullen, [https://povmagazine.com/terril-calder-crafts-a-duel-of-sacred-teachings-in-meneath/ "Terril Calder Crafts a Duel of Sacred Teachings in Meneath"]. ''Point of View'', September 11, 2021.</ref> |- |''Mesnak'' || Yves Sioui Durand || 2011 || Drama || || <ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/mesnak-film-de-yves-sioui-durand/ "Mesnak – Film de Yves Sioui Durand"]. ''Films du Québec'', January 17, 2012.</ref> |- |''Mission of Fear (Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts)'' || Fernand Dansereau || 1965 || Drama || || <ref>Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. {{ISBN|1894073215}}. p. 145.</ref> |- |''Moccasin Flats: Redemption'' || Rob W. King || 2008 || Drama || || <ref>"Gritty, disturbing TV movie gets inside Regina thug life". ''Winnipeg Free Press'', May 18, 2008.</ref> |- |''Mohawk Girls'' || Tracey Deer || 2005 || Documentary || Later spun off into a television series || <ref>John Griffin, "Her peers, her people, herself". ''Montreal Gazette'', June 11, 2005.</ref> |- |''Monkey Beach'' || Loretta Todd || 2020 || Drama || || <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200904061404/https://www.tricitynews.com/loretta-sarah-todd-s-monkey-beach-to-open-vancouver-film-festival-1.24197437 "Loretta Sarah Todd's 'Monkey Beach' to open Vancouver film festival"]. ''Tri-City News'', September 3, 2020.</ref> |- |''MONSTR'' || Tank Standing Buffalo || 2023 || Animated short || || <ref>Taylor Simmons, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/tank-standing-buffalo-cartoon-1.6787438 "Calgary-based animator ready to walk red carpet as his MONSTR premieres on HBO Max"]. CBC News Calgary, March 22, 2023.</ref> |- |''Moose Call'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1972 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanisretrospective/> |- |''Mother of Many Children'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1977 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanis/> |- |''Mount Currie Summer Camp'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1975 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanisretrospective/> |- |''My Favourite Food Is Indian Tacos, My Favourite Drink Is Iced Tea and My Favourite Thing Is Drumming'' || Derius Matchewan || 2019 || Short || || <ref>Alyssa Noel, [https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-arts/whistler-film-festival-hands-out-awards-2508969 "Whistler Film Festival hands out awards"]. ''Pique Newsmagazine'', December 14, 2019.</ref> |- | ''My Indian Name'' || Abraham Côté || 2022 || Documentary || || <ref>Peter Hum, "'We're still here'; Anishinabe filmmakers shine spotlight on Kitigan Zibi reserve". ''Ottawa Citizen'', August 5, 2023.</ref> |- |''My Name Is Kahentiiosta'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1995 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanis/> |}
==N== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Nahanni: River of Forgiveness'' || Geoff Bowie || 2019 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2020/08/04/a-film-shows-how-canadian-indigenous-paddled-over-500-km-in-a-handmade-mooseskin-boat/ "A film shows how Canadian Indigenous paddled over 500 km in a handmade mooseskin boat"]. Radio Canada International, August 4, 2020.</ref> |- |''Nalujuk Night'' || Jennie Williams || 2021 || Short documentary || || <ref>Sam Laskaris, [https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/09/29/award-winning-short-film-captures-unique-annual-inuit-tradition.html "Award-winning short film captures unique annual Inuit tradition"]. ''Toronto Star'', September 29, 2021.</ref> |- |''nanekawâsis'' || Conor McNally || 2024 || Documentary || || <ref>Barbara Goslawski, [https://povmagazine.com/nanekawasis-review-an-appropriately-artistic-portrait/ "nanekawâsis Review: An Appropriately Artistic Portrait"]. ''Point of View'', May 25, 2024.</ref> |- |''The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)'' || Benoît Pilon || 2008 || Drama || || <ref>{{Cite news|title=Le déracinement d'un inuit |last=Lapointe |first=Bruno |date=August 24, 2008 |work=Canoe.ca}}</ref> |- |''Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again'' || Lyana Patrick || 2025 || Documentary || || <ref>Adrian Mack, [https://www.createastir.ca/articles/doxa-documentary-film-festival-nechako "Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again follows the flow of a multigenerational legal battle at DOXA"]. ''Stir'', April 24, 2025.</ref> |- | ''Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising'' || Shane Belcourt || 2025 || Documentary || || <ref>Pat Mullen, [https://povmagazine.com/how-ni-naadamaadiz-red-power-rising-harnesses-a-call-to-spirit/ "How Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising Harnesses a Call to Spirit"]. ''Point of View'', September 7, 2025.</ref> |- |''Night Raiders'' || Danis Goulet || 2021 || Science fiction || || <ref>{{cite web|title=XYZ Boards World Sales On Sci-Fi 'Night Raiders', Berlin Fest Entry Exec-Produced By Taika Waititi — EFM|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/xyz-boards-world-sales-on-sci-fi-night-raiders-berlin-fest-entry-exec-produced-by-taika-waititi-efm-1234692120/ |first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 11, 2021}}</ref> |- |''NIGIQTUG ᓂᒋᖅᑐᖅ (The South Wind)'' || Lindsay McIntyre || 2023 || Short drama || || <ref name=vancouvershort/> |- |''Nika and Madison'' || Eva Thomas || 2025 || Crime thriller || || <ref>Etan Vlessing, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/toronto-indigenous-women-nika-madison-trailer-1236324657/ "Toronto: Two Indigenous Women Flee Predatory Cop, Tense Manhunt in ‘Nika & Madison’ Trailer"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter'', July 23, 2025.</ref> |- |''Nikamowin (Song)'' || Kevin Lee Burton || 2007 || Short documentary || || <ref>Will Sloan, [https://thevarsity.ca/2009/01/29/short-and-sweet/ "Short and sweet"]. ''The Varsity'', January 29, 2009.</ref> |- | ''NiiMisSak: Sisters in Film'' || Jules Koostachin || 2024 || Documentary || || <ref name="whistlerdoc">Janet Smith, [https://www.createastir.ca/articles/whistler-film-festival-fairy-creek-resident-orca-sisters-in-film "Film reviews: At Whistler Film Festival, eco-warriors and women in film"]. ''Stir'', December 4, 2024.</ref> |- |''Ninan Auassat: We, the Children (Ninan Auassat: Nous, les enfants)'' || Kim O'Bomsawin || 2024 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/phare-ouest/segments/rattrapage/1866615/entrevue-avec-kim-o-bomsawin-ninan-auassat-we-the-children-au-viff "Entrevue avec Kim O'Bomsawin : Ninan Auassat : We, the Children au VIFF"]. Ici Radio-Canada Première, August 30, 2024.</ref> |- |''Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up'' || Tasha Hubbard || 2019 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://globalnews.ca/news/5302394/colten-boushie-documentary-national-tour/ "'Canadians should see this film': Colten Boushie doc sets out on national tour"]. Global News, May 22, 2019.</ref> |- |''No Address'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1988 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanisretrospective/> |- |''North Mountain'' || Bretten Hannam || 2015 || Action thriller || || <ref>[http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/north-mountain-goes-in-a-new-direction/Content?oid=4934969 "North Mountain goes in a new direction"]. ''The Coast'', September 17, 2015.</ref> |- |''Nouveau Québec'' || Sarah Fortin || 2021 || Drama || || <ref>Véronik Picard, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-autochtones/1830410/innu-naskapi-autochtone-schefferville-film-sarah-fortin "Nouveau Québec : la rencontre des cultures dans une ville minière du Nord"]. Ici Radio-Canada Espaces Autochtones, October 9, 2021.</ref> |- |''Now Is the Time'' || Christopher Auchter || 2019 || Short documentary || || <ref>Pat Mullen, [http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/now-is-the-time-for-the-haida-renaissance-an-interview-with-christopher-auc "Now Is the Time for the Haida Renaissance: an interview with Christopher Auchter"]. ''Point of View'', September 29, 2019.</ref> |- |''Nuhoniyeh: Our Story'' || Mary Code, Allen Code || 1992 || Documentary || || <ref>Alexandra Paul, [https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/2016/08/13/relocation-and-reconciliation "Addressing the fatal ordeal of the Dene"]. ''Winnipeg Free Press'', August 13, 2016.</ref> |- |''Nuliajuk: Mother of the Sea Beasts'' || John Houston || 2001 || Documentary || || |- |''Nuxalk Radio'' || Banchi Hanuse || 2020 || Short documentary || || <ref>Caitlin Thompson, [https://www.coastmountainnews.com/news/nuxalk-radio-film-wins-big-at-vancouver-international-film-festival/ "Nuxalk Radio film wins big at Vancouver International Film Festival"]. ''Coast Mountain News'', September 29, 2020.</ref> |- |''N'xaxaitkw'' || Asia Youngman || 2022 || Short drama || || <ref>Twila Amato, [https://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/entertainment/peachland-set-to-star-in-fantasy-thriller-film-about-nxaxaitkw-a-k-a-the-ogopogo/ "Peachland set to star in fantasy thriller film about N'xaxaitk'w — a.k.a. the Ogopogo"]. ''Penticton Western News'', June 21, 2021.</ref> |}
==O== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Okpik's Dream'' || Laura Rietveld || 2015 || Documentary || || <ref>[http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674new_documentary_follows_the_hopes_and_dreams_of_nunavik_musher/ "New documentary follows the hopes and dreams of Nunavik musher"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201095149/http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674new_documentary_follows_the_hopes_and_dreams_of_nunavik_musher/ |date=2016-02-01 }}. ''Nunatsiaq News'', July 28, 2014.</ref> |- |''Old Crow'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1979 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanis/> |- |''On the Corner'' || Nathaniel Geary || 2003 || Drama || || <ref>"Great, gritty debut for Geary". ''The Province'', October 6, 2003.</ref> |- |''On the Trail of the Far Fur Country'' || Kevin Nikkel || 2014 || Documentary || || <ref>Randall King, "Local filmmaker gives life to footage". ''Winnipeg Free Press'', October 24, 2014.</ref> |- |''One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk'' || Zacharias Kunuk || 2019 || Drama || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/isuma-venice-art-biennale-1.5131629 "Inuit artists featured in Canadian pavilion for 1st time at Venice Art Biennale"]. CBC News, May 11, 2019.</ref> |- |''One of Ours'' || Yasmine Mathurin || 2021 || Documentary || || <ref>Radheyan Simonpillai, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/hot-docs-review-one-of-ours "Hot Docs review: One Of Ours"]. ''Now'', May 3, 2021.</ref> |- |''Our Nationhood'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2003 || Documentary || || <ref>"Obomsawin movie coming to museum". ''Ottawa Citizen'', September 23, 2004.</ref> |- |''Our People Will Be Healed'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2017 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanisretrospective/> |- |''Out in the Cold'' || Colleen Murphy || 2008 || Drama || || <ref name="dispatch">{{cite news|url=https://www.uregina.ca/alumni/news-aen-nfrcdaafdis.htm|title=New film renews community discussion about Aboriginal freezing deaths in Saskatoon|work=Dispatch|publisher=University of Regina|access-date=February 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102040422/https://www.uregina.ca/alumni/news-aen-nfrcdaafdis.htm|archive-date=November 2, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |''The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend'' || Caroline Leaf || 1974 || Animated short || || <ref>{{cite book|last1=Morris|first1=Peter|title=The Film Companion|url=https://archive.org/details/filmcompanion0000morr|url-access=registration|date=1984|publisher=Irwin Publishing|location=Toronto|isbn=0772515050|page=[https://archive.org/details/filmcompanion0000morr/page/227 227]}}</ref> |}
==P== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Pale Face (Visage pâle)'' || Claude Gagnon || 1985 || Drama || || <ref>Bruce Bailey, "Silly script sinks Quebec allegory". ''Montreal Gazette'', October 16, 1985.</ref> |- |''Partridge'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1972 || Documentary || || |- |''The Pass System'' || Alex Williams || 2015 || Documentary || || <ref>{{cite news|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/the-pass-system-more-than-a-movie|title=First Nation reserves prior to 1960s were 'open-air prisons,' says Saskatoon filmmaker behind ''The Pass System''|last=Benjoe|first=Kerry|date=November 26, 2015|work=Regina Leader-Post|publisher=Postmedia Network}}</ref> |- |''Passage'' || John Walker || 2008 || Documentary || || <ref>Marsha Lederman, "Turning a forgotten figure into a hero". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 1, 2008.</ref> |- |''People of a Feather'' || Joel Heath || 2011 || Documentary || || <ref>"Documentary about ducks in Hudson Bay investigates our role in the cycle of life". ''Prince George Citizen'', March 2, 2012.</ref> |- |''The People of the Kattawapiskak River'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2012 || Documentary || || <ref name=alaniscanenc/> |- |''Pidikwe (Rumble)'' || Caroline Monnet || 2025 || Documentary || || <ref name=Uiksaringitara>Jamie Casemore, [https://playbackonline.ca/2025/01/16/zacharias-kunuks-uiksaringitara-to-have-world-premiere-in-berlin/ "Zacharias Kunuk's Uiksaringitara to have world premiere in Berlin"]. ''Playback'', January 16, 2025.</ref> |- |''A Place Between: The Story of an Adoption'' || Curtis Kaltenbaugh || 2007 || Documentary || || <ref>David Schmeichel, "Family matters; New doc a personal journey for local filmmaker". ''Winnipeg Sun'', November 26, 2007.</ref> |- |''Portraits from a Fire'' || Trevor Mack || 2021 || Comedy-drama || || <ref>Fish Griwkowsky, [https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/festivals/portraits-from-a-fire-lights-up-the-35th-annual-edmonton-international-film-festival "Portraits from a Fire lights up the 35th annual Edmonton International Film Festival"]. ''Edmonton Journal'', September 28, 2021.</ref> |- |''Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1987 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanis/> |- |''Power'' || Magnus Isacsson || 1996 || Documentary || || <ref>John Griffin, "Power play: New documentary probes Cree battle against James Bay project". ''Montreal Gazette'', September 14, 1996.</ref> |- |''The Pretendians'' || Drew Hayden Taylor, Paul Kemp || 2022 || Documentary || || <ref>Blair Ingenthron, [https://www.broadwayworld.com/toronto/article/CBC-to-Air-THE-PRETENDIANS-This-Week-20220925 "CBC to Air 'The Pretendians' This Week"]. ''Broadway World'', September 25, 2022.</ref> |- |''Puberty, Part 1'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1975 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanisretrospective/> |- |''Puberty, Part 2'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1975 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanisretrospective/> |}
==Q== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny'' || Mark Sandiford, Zebedee Nungak || 2006 || Documentary || || <ref>{{cite web |last1=Graham |first1=Paula |title=White people are funny |url=https://theindependent.ca/uncategorized/white-people-are-funny/ |website=The Independent |access-date=March 11, 2022 |language=en-CA |date=November 24, 2015 |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518212334/https://theindependent.ca/uncategorized/white-people-are-funny/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |''Qimmit, a Clash of Two Truths'' || Joelie Sanguya, Ole Gjerstad || 2010 || Documentary || || <ref name=Unikkausivut/> |- |''Québékoisie'' || Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins || 2013 || Documentary || || <ref>Éric Moreault, [https://www.lesoleil.com/archives/quebekoisie-pour-combattre-les-mythes--feb23721d6d179ead3be47db79a5cfad "Québékoisie: pour combattre les mythes"]. ''Le Soleil'', November 30, 2013.</ref> |- |''Québexit'' || Joshua Demers || 2020 || Comedy || || <ref>Ben Leeson, [https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/quebexit-an-ensemble-comedy-at-intersection-of-language-and-culture-to-premiere-at-cinefest "Québexit, an ensemble comedy at intersection of language and culture, to premiere at Cinefest"]. ''Sudbury Star'', September 21, 2020.</ref> |- |''Quiet Killing (Ce silence qui tue)'' || Kim O'Bomsawin || 2018 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1088280/kim-obomsawin-documentaire-ce-silence-qui-tue "Kim O'Bomsawin tend la main avec le documentaire Ce silence qui tue"]. Ici Radio-Canada Manitoba, March 9, 2018.</ref> |}
==R== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Red'' || Gilles Carle || 1970 || Drama || || <ref>Bill Marshall, ''Quebec National Cinema''. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|9780773521162}}. pp. 249–251.</ref> |- |''Red Fever'' || Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge || 2024 || Documentary || || <ref>Kevin Maimann, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/red-fever-documentary-1.7232961 "Red Fever asks why the West is obsessed with Indigenous cultural stereotypes"]. CBC News, June 15, 2024.</ref> |- |''Red Snow'' || Marie Clements || 2019 || Drama || || <ref>Jeremy Shepherd, [https://www.nsnews.com/entertainment/film/marie-clements-premieres-red-snow-at-film-fest-1.23959101 "Marie Clements premieres Red Snow at film fest"]. ''North Shore News'', September 26, 2019.</ref> |- |''Redlights'' || Eva Thomas || 2023 || Short drama || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/starlight-tour-indigenous-canadians-fear-tiff-1.6962874 "'Starlight Tours' fear felt by Indigenous people in Canada explored in TIFF short film"]. CBC News Windsor, September 11, 2023.</ref> |- |''Reel Injun'' || Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes || 2009 || Documentary || || <ref>{{cite news|last=Hale|first=Mike|title=Letting the Arrows Fly at Hollywood Stereotypes|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/movies/14reel.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 14, 2010}}</ref> |- |''Restless River (La rivière sans repos)'' || Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu || 2019 || Drama || || <ref>[https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/restless-river-premieres-in-montreal/ "Restless River premieres in Montreal"]. ''Nunatsiaq News'', October 11, 2019.</ref> |- |''Returning Home'' || Sean Stiller || 2021 || Documentary || || <ref>Monica Lamb-Yorski, [https://www.wltribune.com/news/webstad-documentary-returning-home-premieres-at-ubc/ "Webstad documentary Returning Home premieres at UBC"]. ''Williams Lake Tribune'', September 30, 2021.</ref> |- |Rez Ball |Sydney Freeland |2024 |Drama | |<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Zuckerman |first=Esther |date=2024-09-08 |title=The Real Inspiration Behind Netflix Sports Drama 'Rez Ball' |url=https://time.com/7018244/rez-ball-true-story-netflix/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref> |- |''Rhymes for Young Ghouls'' || Jeff Barnaby || 2013 || Drama || || <ref>{{cite news|last=Cupryn|first=Isabel|title=Rhymes for Young Ghouls – Capsule Review|publisher=Canadian Film Review|url=http://canadianfilmreview.com/tiff-2013-rhymes-for-young-ghouls-capsule-review/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005230319/http://canadianfilmreview.com/tiff-2013-rhymes-for-young-ghouls-capsule-review/|archive-date=5 October 2013}}</ref> |- |''Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1986 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanis/> |- |''Riel'' || George Bloomfield || 1979 || Drama || || <ref>Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. {{ISBN|1894073215}}. p. 184.</ref> |- |''RKLSS'' || Tank Standing Buffalo || 2020 || Animated short || || <ref>Monica Whitepigeon, [https://nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/rklss-offers-message-of-redemption-and-sheds-light-on-canada-s-prison-system "'RKLSS' Offers Message of Redemption and Sheds Light on Canada's Prison System"]. ''Native News Online'', October 1, 2020.</ref> |- |''The Road Forward'' || Marie Clements || 2017 || Documentary || || <ref name=q>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/wednesday-april-26-2017-bob-mankoff-marie-clements-and-more-1.4082549/the-road-forward-an-innovative-documentary-explores-indigenous-activism-through-songs-1.4082561|title=The Road Forward: an innovative documentary explores Indigenous activism through songs|date=April 26, 2017|work=CBC Radio|language=en}}</ref> |- |''The Road to Webequie'' || Tess Girard, Ryan Noth || 2016 || Short documentary || || <ref>[http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/tiff-short-docs-hand.-line.-cod-the-road-to-webequie "TIFF Short Docs: 'Hand. Line. Cod', 'The Road to Webequie'"]. ''Point of View'', October 3, 2016.</ref> |- |''Roberta'' || Caroline Monnet || 2014 || Short drama || || <ref>[https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/festivals-de-cinema/autres-festivals-de-cinema/201510/07/01-4907530-festival-de-namur-caroline-monnet-competitrice-des-courts.php "Festival de Namur: Caroline Monnet, compétitrice des courts"]. ''La Presse'', October 7, 2015.</ref> |- |''Rocks at Whiskey Trench'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2000 || Documentary || || <ref>"Obomsawin tells story of Kahnawake". ''Sault Star'', June 23, 2000.</ref> |- |''The Romance of the Far Fur Country'' || Harold M. Wyckoff || 1920 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/lost-film-on-canada-s-arctic-shown-in-edmonton-1.1213304 "Lost film on Canada's Arctic shown in Edmonton"]. CBC News, January 21, 2012.</ref> |- |''Rosie'' || Gail Maurice || 2022 || Comedy-drama || || <ref>Courtney Small, [https://thatshelf.com/tiff-2022-rosie-review/ "TIFF 2022: Rosie Review"]. ''That Shelf'', September 9, 2022.</ref> |- |''Round Up'' || Narcisse Blood || 2010 || Short documentary || || <ref name=trilogy/> |- |''Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World'' || Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana || 2017 || Documentary || || <ref>{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=An Encore for the Native Americans Who Shook Up Rock 'n' Roll|authorlink=Robert Ito|author=Robert Ito|date=July 31, 2017|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/arts/music/native-americans-rock-n-roll-documentary-rumble-indians-who-rocked-the-world.html?ribbon-ad-idx=3&rref=movies}}</ref> |- |''Run Woman Run'' || Zoe Leigh Hopkins || 2021 || Drama || || <ref>Alex De Vore, [https://www.sfreporter.com/movies/2021/10/13/run-woman-run-review/ "'Run Woman Run' Review"]. ''Santa Fe Reporter'', October 13, 2021.</ref> |- |''Rustic Oracle'' || Sonia Boileau || 2019 || Drama || || <ref>T'Cha Dunlevy, [https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/quebec-film-a-family-drama-about-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women "Quebec film a family drama about missing and murdered Indigenous women"]. ''Montreal Gazette'', August 21, 2020.</ref> |}
==S== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Ste. Anne'' || Rhayne Vermette || 2021 || Experimental, drama || || <ref>Jared Mobarak, [https://thefilmstage.com/tiff-review-ste-anne/ "TIFF Review: Ste. Anne is an Atmospheric, Experimental Manitoban Odyssey"]. ''The Film Stage'', September 14, 2021.</ref> |- |''Saints and Warriors'' || Patrick Shannon || 2025 || Documentary || || <ref>Nathan Caddell, [https://www.straight.com/movies/doxa-2025-basketball-is-much-more-than-a-game-in-saints-and-warriors# "DOXA 2025: Basketball is much more than a game in Saints and Warriors"]. ''The Georgia Straight'', May 1, 2025.</ref> |- |''Salmon (Tsúqwaoz')'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1975 || Documentary || || <ref name=biennale/> |- |''Savage'' || Lisa Jackson || 2009 || Short drama || || <ref>[http://canadianart.ca/reviews/witnesses-belkin/ "Witnesses: Art and Canada's Indian Residential Schools"]. ''Canadian Art'', November 22, 2013.</ref> |- |''SAVJ'' || Tank Standing Buffalo || 2022 || Animated short || || <ref>Stephen Hunt, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220924175002/https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/calgary/2022/9/24/1_6082951.amp.html "Calgary filmmaker Tank Standing Buffalo explores family trauma in SAVJ"]. CTV News Calgary, September 24, 2022.</ref> |- |''Scarborough'' || Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson || 2021 || Drama || || <ref>Amber Dowling, [https://variety.com/2021/film/global/scarborough-catherine-hernandez-tiff-discovery-1235059803/ "'Scarborough' Gives Ground-Breaking Voice to Ignored Toronto Community"]. ''Variety'', September 10, 2021.</ref> |- |''The Scattering of Man (DƏNE YI'INJETL)'' || Luke Gleeson || 2021 || Documentary || || <ref>Christy Somos, [https://web.archive.org/web/20211023192441/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/scattering-of-man-details-horrors-experienced-by-first-nation-after-b-c-hydro-dam-flood-1.5635667 "'Scattering of Man' details horrors experienced by First Nation after B.C. Hydro dam flood"]. CTV News, October 23, 2021.</ref> |- |''Searchers (Maliglutit)'' || Zacharias Kunuk || 2016 || Drama || || <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/zacharias-kunuk-maliglutit-searchers-1.3704035 |title=Zacharias Kunuk set to unveil Maliglutit, or Searchers, in Toronto this fall |date=August 2, 2016 |work=CBC North}}</ref> |- |''Secret Path'' || Gord Downie || 2016 || Animated || || <ref>Sarah Murphy, [http://exclaim.ca/music/article/gord_downie_announces_secret_path_solo_album_graphic_novel_and_tv_special "Gord Downie Announces 'Secret Path' Solo Album, Graphic Novel and TV Special"]. ''Exclaim!'', September 9, 2016.</ref> |- |''Seeds'' || Kaniehtiio Horn || 2024 || Comedy || || <ref>Alex Hudson, [https://exclaim.ca/film/article/seeds-film-review-tiff-2024 "TIFF 2024: A Budding Cinematic Talent Sprouts in 'Seeds'"]. ''Exclaim!'', September 6, 2024.</ref> |- |''Sigwan'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2005 || Short drama || || <ref name=alanisretrospective/> |- |''Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man'' || Sinakson Trevor Solway || 2025 || Documentary || || <ref>Jason Gorber, [https://povmagazine.com/siksikakowan-the-blackfoot-man-review-breaking-down-the-strong-silent-type/ "Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man Review – Breaking Down the Strong Silent Type"]. ''Point of View'', April 26, 2025.</ref> |- |''Singing Back the Buffalo'' || Tasha Hubbard || 2024 || Documentary || || <ref>{{Cite web |last=Posted |first=Randall King |date=2024-09-14 |title=New documentary tells overdue story of bison 'genocide' |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2024/09/14/giving-a-voice-to-the-north-american-buffalo |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Winnipeg Free Press |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |''Sirmilik'' || Zacharias Kunuk || 2011 || Short documentary || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-filmmaker-wins-genie-award-1.1283676 "Nunavut filmmaker wins Genie Award"]. CBC North, March 8, 2012.</ref> |- |''#skoden'' || Damien Eagle Bear || 2025 || Documentary || || <ref>Marc Glassman, [https://povmagazine.com/skoden-review-the-man-behind-the-meme/ "#skoden Review: The Man Behind the Meme"]. ''Point of View'', May 1, 2025.</ref> |- |''Snip'' || Terril Calder || 2016 || Animated short || || <ref>Alex Heeney, [https://seventh-row.com/2016/09/02/terril-calder-tiff16-short-snip/ "Métis director Terril Calder discusses her TIFF16 short SNIP"]. ''Seventh Row'', September 2, 2016.</ref> |- |''Snowshoes'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2005 || Documentary || || <ref name=alanisretrospective/> |- |''So Surreal: Behind the Masks'' || Neil Diamond, Joanne Robertson || 2024 || Documentary || || <ref>Donna Sound, [https://web.archive.org/web/20240912212826/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/tiff-goes-behind-the-masks-with-world-premiere-of-indigenous-film-1.7035950 "TIFF goes 'Behind the Masks' with world premiere of Indigenous film"]. CTV News, September 12, 2024.</ref> |- |''Sol'' || Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Susan Avingaq || 2014 || Documentary || || <ref>Jason Anderson, "Sol digs into suicide of young Inuk man: Canadian documentary just one of the strong titles at imagineNATIVE arts festival". ''Toronto Star'', October 24, 2014.</ref> |- |''Spirit to Soar'' || Tanya Talaga, Michelle Derosier || 2021 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.6011957/tanya-talaga-explores-racism-in-thunder-bay-and-her-own-indigenous-roots-in-spirit-to-soar-1.6011988 "Tanya Talaga explores racism in Thunder Bay and her own Indigenous roots in Spirit To Soar"]. ''As It Happens'', May 3, 2021.</ref> |- |''Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1997 || Documentary || || <ref>Marc Horton, "High-steeler was a down-to-earth hero; Powerful film traces fateful journey from New York skyscraper to Mohawk land battle". ''Edmonton Journal'', June 1, 1998.</ref> |- |''The Stand'' || Christopher Auchter || 2024 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/haida-gwaii-logging-blockade-1.7340965 "Documentary about 1985 Haida Gwaii blockade premieres at VIFF"]. CBC News British Columbia, October 3, 2024.</ref> |- |''Standing Alone'' || Colin Low || 1982 || Documentary || || <ref name=trilogy/> |- |''Starwalker'' || Corey Payette || 2025 || Musical drama || || <ref>Nicholas Sokic, [https://playbackonline.ca/2025/05/02/two-canadian-world-premieres-set-for-inside-out-2025/ "Two Canadian world premieres set for Inside Out 2025"]. ''Playback'', May 2, 2025.</ref> |- |''Stellar'' || Darlene Naponse || 2022 || Drama || || <ref>Kelly Townsend, [https://playbackonline.ca/2022/09/21/darlene-naponses-stellar-to-open-23rd-imaginenative-festival/ "Darlene Naponse's Stellar to open 23rd imagineNATIVE festival"]. ''Playback'', September 21, 2022.</ref> |- |''Stryker'' || Noam Gonick || 2004 || Drama || || <ref>"Sad issues and a sadder film". ''Toronto Star'', July 22, 2005.</ref> |- | ''Sweet Summer Pow Wow'' || Darrell Dennis || 2025 || Romance || || <ref name=victoria2025/> |- |''The Sun at Midnight'' || Kirsten Carthew || 2016 || Drama || || <ref>Anubha Momin, [https://www.cbc.ca/2017/truenorthcalling/7-must-watch-movies-filmed-in-canada-s-north-1.4013813 "7 must-watch movies filmed in Canada's North"]. ''True North Calling'', March 7, 2017.</ref> |- |''Survivors Rowe'' || Daniel Roher || 2015 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/from-despair-to-redemption-the-remarkable-survivors-1.3058278 "From despair to redemption: The remarkable survivors"]. CBC Indigenous, March 2, 2015.</ref> |}
==T== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Tautuktavuk (What We See)'' || Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk || 2023 || Drama || || <ref name=schneller>Johanna Schneller, "What We See, opening at TIFF, explores the persistence of Inuit trauma". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 2, 2023.</ref> |- |''Tea Creek'' || Ryan Dickie || 2024 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tea-creek-farm-documentary-1.7350499 "New documentary explores Indigenous-led farming in northern B.C."]. CBC News British Columbia, October 12, 2024.</ref> |- |''There Are No Fakes'' || Jamie Kastner || 2019 || Documentary || || <ref>Dorothy Woodend, [https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2019/06/14/Documentary-Norval-Morrisseau/ "Forgery, Drugs, Money and Art: Documentary Dives into Legacy of Norval Morrisseau"]. ''The Tyee'', June 14, 2019.</ref> |- |''There Is a House Here'' || Alan Zweig || 2017 || Documentary || || <ref>[http://realscreen.com/2017/08/10/tiff-17-zweig-latimer-qayumi-and-obomsawin-talk-canadian-docs/ "TIFF '17: Zweig, Latimer, Qayumi and Obomsawin talk Canadian docs"]. ''RealScreen'', August 10, 2017.</ref> |- |''They Are Sacred (Ils sont sacrés)'' || Kim O'Bomsawin || 2025 || Documentary || || <ref>Janet Smith, [https://www.createastir.ca/articles/doxa-2025-full-programming-announcement "Activism and B.C.-made world premieres as DOXA Documentary Film Festival unveils more of its programming"]. ''Stir'', April 3, 2025.</ref> |- |''This Ink Runs Deep'' || Asia Youngman || 2019 || Short documentary || || <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/arts/this-ink-runs-deep-how-indigenous-artists-stitch-themselves-back-together-with-ancestral-tattooing-1.5309170 "This Ink Runs Deep: How Indigenous artists 'stitch themselves back together' with ancestral tattooing"]. CBC Arts, October 4, 2019.</ref> |- |''This Place'' || V. T. Nayani || 2022 || Drama || || <ref>Radheyan Simonpillai, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/10-canadian-films-to-watch-at-tiff-2022 "10 Canadian films to watch at TIFF 2022"]. ''Now'', August 17, 2022.</ref> |- |''This River'' || Katherena Vermette || 2016 || Short documentary || || <ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/new-documentary-shows-lengths-taken-to-find-missing-1.3746810 "New documentary shows lengths taken to find missing family members"]. CBC News, September 4, 2016.</ref> |- |''This Was the Time'' || Eugene Boyko || 1970 || Short documentary || || <ref>Barry T. Klein, ''Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian''. Todd Publications, 2005. {{ISBN|9780915344772}}. p. 298.</ref> |- |''Those Damned Savages (Les maudits sauvages)'' || Jean Pierre Lefebvre || 1971 || Drama || || <ref>Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. {{ISBN|1894073215}}. p. 217.</ref> |- |''Those Who Come, Will Hear (Ceux qui viendront, l'entendront)'' || Simon Plouffe || 2018 || Documentary || || <ref>Louise-Maude Rioux Soucy, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/529805/ceux-qui-viendront-l-entendront "«Ceux qui viendront, l'entendront»: au temps de la parole"]. ''Le Devoir'', June 9, 2018.</ref> |- |''Three Feathers'' || Carla Ulrich || 2018 || Drama || || <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.myyellowknifenow.com/11077/NWT-AUTHORS-NOVEL-TO-BECOME-FILM-WILL-BE-SHOT-IN-4-LANGUAGES/|title=NWT author's novel to become film, will be shot in 4 languages|work=My Yellowknife Now|date=January 22, 2016|author=Mike Gibbins|language=en-CA}}</ref> |- |''Three Thousand'' || Asinnajaq || 2017 || Short documentary || || <ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/indigenous-film-concordia-1.4507741 "Montreal film screening aims to emphasize Indigenous politics, perspectives"]. CBC News Montreal, January 28, 2018.</ref> |- |''Throat Singing in Kangirsuk (Katatjatuuk Kangirsumi)'' || Eva Kaukai, Manon Chamberland || 2019 || Short documentary || || <ref>Jackie McKay, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/throat-singing-sundance-film-festival-1.4983632 "'It's a huge thing': Film starring 2 Nunavik teens screening at Sundance Film Festival"]. CBC North, January 18, 2019.</ref> |- |''Throat Song'' || Miranda de Pencier || 2011 || Short drama || || <ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/iqaluit-made-movie-premieres-at-toronto-film-fest-1.1054643 "Iqaluit-made movie premieres at Toronto film fest"]. CBC North, September 12, 2011.</ref> |- |''Through Black Spruce'' || Don McKellar || 2018 || Drama || || <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-boyden-adaptation-through-black-spruce-heads-to-tiff-sparking-debate/|last=Hertz|first=Barry|title=Boyden adaptation ''Through Black Spruce'' selected by TIFF, reigniting debate over authorship|work=The Globe and Mail|date=July 24, 2018|accessdate=June 29, 2021}}</ref> |- |''Thunder Drum (Mémoire battante)'' || Arthur Lamothe || 1983 || Documentary || || <ref>Michel Coulombe and Marcel Jean, ''Le dictionnaire du cinéma québécois''. Boréal, 1988, p. 267.</ref> |- |''Tia and Piujuq'' || Lucy Tulugarjuk || 2018 || Children's drama || || <ref>Ismaël Houdassine, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-autochtones/1141018/tia-piujuq-amitie-refugie-syrie-inuit-inuktitut-nunavut-igloolik "Tia et Piujuq, l'amitié sans frontières"]. Ici Radio-Canada Montreal, December 10, 2018.</ref> |- |''Tkaronto'' || Shane Belcourt || 2007 || Drama || || <ref>Liz Braun, "Two lost souls touch in terrific Tkaronto". ''Ottawa Sun'', August 8, 2008.</ref> |- |''Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole'' || Gil Cardinal || 2003 || Short documentary || || <ref name=development/> |- |''Totem: Return and Renewal'' || Gil Cardinal || 2007 || Short documentary || Sequel to the 2003 film || <ref>Joanne Peters, [https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol15/no9/totemreturnandrenewal.html "Totem: Return and Renewal"]. ''CM Magazine'', December 8, 2008.</ref> |- |''Trial at Fortitude Bay'' || Vic Sarin || 1994 || Drama || || <ref>John Haslett Cuff, "Strong premise gets flat treatment in Fortitude Bay". ''The Globe and Mail'', December 2, 1994.</ref> |- |''Trick or Treaty?'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2014 || Documentary || || <ref name=alaniscanenc/> |- |''Trouble in the Garden'' || Roz Owen || 2018 || Drama || || <ref>Brad Wheeler, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/reviews/article-review-trouble-in-the-garden-has-the-best-of-intentions-but-lacks/ "Review: Trouble in the Garden has the best of intentions but lacks subtlety"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', February 14, 2019.</ref> |- |''Tshiuetin'' || Caroline Monnet || 2016 || Short documentary || || <ref>[https://bordercrossingsmag.com/article/a-woman-of-many-parts "A Woman of Many Parts"]. ''Border Crossings'', May 2019.</ref> |- |''Tuktuq'' || Robin Aubert || 2016 || Docufiction || || <ref>[http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/201703/24/01-5081884-tuktuq-naissance-dune-conscience-12.php "Tuktuq: naissance d'une conscience"]. ''La Presse'', March 24, 2017.</ref> |- | ''Twice Colonized'' || Lin Alluna || 2023 || Documentary || Canada-Denmark-Greenland coproduction || <ref>Jennie Punter, [https://variety.com/2023/film/global/twice-colonized-hot-docs-1235566429/ "'Twice Colonized' to Open 30th Edition of Hot Docs, Toronto Non-Fiction Festival Unveils Slate"]. ''Variety'', March 28, 2023.</ref> |- |''Two Indians Talking'' || Sara McIntyre || 2010 || Comedy-drama || || <ref>Randy Shore, "First nations humour lightens film; Discussing Mr. Darcy explores the mocking and teasing of native comedy, often missed by other cultures because of its subtlety". ''Vancouver Sun'', September 17, 2009.</ref> |- |''Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things'' || Mark Kenneth Woods, Michael Yerxa || 2016 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/05/28/documentary-shines-spotlight-on-experience-of-lgbt-inuit.html "Documentary shines spotlight on experience of LGBT Inuit"]. ''Toronto Star'', May 28, 2016.</ref> |- |''Two Worlds Colliding'' || Tasha Hubbard || 2004 || Documentary || || <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=1764|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209011211/http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=1764|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 9, 2013|title=Justice of the police|last=Thrall|first=Christopher|date=April 7, 2005|work=Vue Weekly|access-date=February 15, 2010}}</ref> |}
==U== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories'' || multiple || 2011 || multi-film compilation || || <ref name=Unikkausivut/> |- |''Unnatural & Accidental'' || Carl Bessai || 2006 || Drama || || <ref>Alison Gillmor, "Play's powerful message muted by overly stagy film". ''Winnipeg Free Press'', December 8, 2006.</ref> |- |''Utshimassits: Place of the Boss'' || John Walker || 1996 || Documentary || || <ref>"Human spirit triumphs in Davis Inlet story (Place of the Boss: Utshimassits)". ''Halifax Chronicle-Herald'', September 24, 1996.</ref> |- |''Uulx: The Scratcher'' || Banchi Hanuse || 2015 || Documentary || || <ref>[https://www.coastmountainnews.com/news/local-filmmakers-newest-film-uulx-to-make-its-premiere-at-whistler-film-festival/ "Local filmmakers newest film "Uulx" to make its premiere at Whistler Film Festival"]. ''Coast Mountain News'', November 23, 2015.</ref> |- |''Uvanga'' || Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu || 2013 || Drama || || <ref name=modern>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2014/06/19/uvanga_a_modern_family_drama_in_traditional_nunavut_hamlet_review.html "A modern drama in traditional Nunavut hamlet"]. ''Toronto Star'', June 20, 2014.</ref> |}
==V== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Vanishing Point'' || Stephen A. Smith, Julia Szucs || 2012 || Documentary || || <ref name="Volmers">{{cite news | url=http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2012/09/29/calgary-international-film-festival-national-film-board-documentary-vanishing-point-offers-environmental-message-with-a-subtle-touch/ | title=Calgary International Film Festival: National Film Board documentary, Vanishing Point, offers environmental message with a subtle touch | work=Calgary Herald | date=September 29, 2012 | accessdate=March 10, 2014 | author=Eric Volmers | archive-date=March 10, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310200334/http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2012/09/29/calgary-international-film-festival-national-film-board-documentary-vanishing-point-offers-environmental-message-with-a-subtle-touch/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> |}
==W== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- | ''WaaPaKe'' || Jules Arita Koostachin || 2023 || Documentary || || <ref>Pat Mullen, [https://povmagazine.com/waapake-review-healing-for-a-better-tomorrow/ "WaaPaKe Review: Healing for a Better Tomorrow"]. ''Point of View'', October 4, 2023.</ref> |- |''Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2006 || Documentary || || <ref name=alaniscanenc/> |- |''Walker'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1992 || Documentary || || <ref name=alaniscanenc/> |- |''Wapawekka'' || Danis Goulet || 2010 || Short drama || || <ref>Leisha Grebinski, [https://www.ammsa.com/publications/saskatchewan-sage/indigenous-filmmaker-depicts-gap-between-generations "Indigenous filmmaker depicts gap between generations"]. ''Saskatchewan Sage'', 2010.</ref> |- |''Waseskun'' || Steve Patry || 2016 || Documentary || || <ref>{{cite news |last=Caron |first=Dominique |url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/805765/documentaire-cinema-autochtone-waseskun |title=Waseskun, documentaire-choc dans un centre de détention autochtone du Québec|access-date=January 20, 2017|work=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|date=September 29, 2016|language=fr-ca}}</ref> |- |''We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2016 || Documentary || || <ref name=alaniscanenc/> |- |''We Know the Truth: Stories to Inspire Reconciliation'' || Meagan Fiddler, Bertram Schneider || 2021 || Documentary || || <ref>John Doyle, "Stop, listen and watch: Stories to take in on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 30, 2021.</ref> |- |''We Were Children'' || Tim Wolochatiuk || 2012 || Documentary || || <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straight.com/article-799361/vancouver/viff-2012-we-were-children-depicts-residential-school-stories|title=VIFF 2012: We Were Children depicts residential school stories|last=Cole|first=Yolande|date=October 2, 2012|work=The Georgia Straight}}</ref> |- |''welima'q'' || shalan joudry || 2024 || Short documentary || || <ref>Elisabetta Bianchini, [https://ca.news.yahoo.com/tiff-2024-welimaq-shalan-joudrys-short-film-inspired-by-the-beauty-of-sweetgrass-picking-014532579.html "TIFF 2024 'welima'q': shalan joudry's short film inspired by the beauty of sweetgrass picking"]. ''Yahoo! News'', September 5, 2024.</ref> |- |''What Good Canadians Do'' || Stephanie Joline || 2024 || Animated short || || <ref name=vancouvershort/> |- |''When All the Leaves Are Gone'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 2010 || Short drama || || <ref name=alanisretrospective/> |- |''Where the Spirit Lives'' || Bruce Pittman || 1989 || Drama || || <ref>{{cite news |last=Adilman |first=Sid |date=October 7, 1989 |title=Little movie that was a big hit at film fest bound for small screen |work=Toronto Star|id={{ProQuest|<!-- add ProQuest data here -->}}}}{{subscription}}</ref> |- |''The White Dawn'' || Philip Kaufman || 1974 || Drama || || <ref>{{cite news | last =Canby | first =Vincent | title =Film: 'The White Dawn,' Arctic Tale | newspaper =New York Times | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =July 22, 1974 | url =https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1974/07/22/79873288.html?pageNumber=41 | accessdate =May 21, 2021 }}</ref> |- |''Wild Rice Harvest Kenora'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1979 || Documentary || || <ref name=alaniscanenc/> |- |''Wildhood'' || Bretten Hannam || 2021 || Drama || || <ref>Lovia Gyarkye, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/wildhood-tiff-2021-1235018660/ "'Wildhood': Film Review | TIFF 2021"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter'', September 22, 2021.</ref> |- |''Wilfred Buck'' || Lisa Jackson || 2024 || Documentary || || <ref>Lise Pedersen, [https://variety.com/2024/film/global/wilfred-buck-lisa-jackson-1235942781/ "'Wilfred Buck,' About Indigenous Star Lore Expert, Is a Feel-Good Story, Director Lisa Jackson Says"]. ''Variety'', March 15, 2024.</ref> |- |''Windigo'' || Robert Morin || 1994 || Drama || || <ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/windigo-robert-morin/ "Windigo – Film de Robert Morin"]. ''Films du Québec'', February 1, 2011.</ref> |- |''Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace'' || Heather Hatch || 2021 || Documentary || || <ref>Jin He, [https://thegatewayonline.ca/2021/09/wochiigii-io-end-of-the-peace-treaties-indigenous-rights/ "'Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace' comments on treaties and Indigenous rights"]. ''The Gateway'', September 2021.</ref> |- |''Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara)'' || Zacharias Kunuk || 2025 || Historical drama || || <ref name=Uiksaringitara/> |}
==X== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Xusum'' || Alanis Obomsawin || 1975 || Documentary || || <ref name=biennale/> |}
==Y== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| Director ! style="width:6%;"| Year ! style="width:6%;"| Genre ! style="width:30%;"| Notes ! style="width:6%;"| Ref |- |''Yintah'' || Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano || 2024 || Documentary || || <ref>Samantha Burgeson, [https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/yintah-trailer-indigenous-documentary-co-director-arrested-1234978140/ "'Yintah' Trailer: Indigenous Documentary Showcases a Fight to Restore Land Rights More Than 10 Years in the Making"]. ''IndieWire'', April 26, 2024.</ref> |- |''You Are on Indian Land'' || Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell || 1969 || Documentary || || <ref name="White">{{cite book|last=Honarpisheh|first=Farbod |title=The Cinema of Canada|editor=Jerry White|publisher=Wallflower Press|location=London|pages=81–89|chapter=You Are On Indian Land|year=2006 |isbn=1904764606|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yc0bQ1-a8ZIC&dq=%22You+Are+on+Indian+Land%22+Mort&pg=PA81}}</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
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