L'impulsivo Kenhai è un giovane cacciatore che nutre un odio profondissimo per gli orsi che gli hanno ucciso il fratello maggiore Sitka. Per un sortilegio sarà trasformato proprio in un orso e dovrà imparare a sua volta a difendersi dagli attacchi degli uomini e soprattutto da Denhai, il terzo fratello deciso a sua volta a vendicare la scomparsa di Sitka e Kenhai.
In Alaska, un uomo esperto in esplosivi e d'incendi scopre che il direttore di una compagnia petrolifera, pur di non restituire la terra alla popolazione eschimese, è disposto a mettere in funzione un pozzo con materiali difettosi.
Un anno nella vita di Nanuk e della sua famiglia, membri della comunità Inuit il popolo autoctono delle fredde terre d'Alaska. La caccia, la pesca, la vita domestica, l'educazione dei figli di chi vive la propria vita in simbiosi con una natura inospitale.
Di madre groenlandese scomparsa tra i ghiacci, Smilla, giovane donna di spiccata sensibilità, non si lascia convincere dalla morte di un bambino, suo amico, liquidata come un incidente. Si mette a indagare e scopre un intrigo di ricerche scientifiche, potere economico, burocrazia con incidenti e omicidi.
In an Arctic village in 1931, British mapmaker Walter Russell selects 12-year-old Eskimo Avik as his guide. When the boy contracts tuberculosis, Walter flies him to a Montreal hospital, where Avik meets Albertine and is infatuated. A decade later, a grown Avik encounters Albertine again in London, where he's serving as a British combat pilot. Despite her relationship with Walter, she and Avik begin an affair.
Ellesmere Island, northern Canada, 1908. Josephine, a brave but naive woman, embarks on a dangerous journey through inhospitable regions in search of her husband, the explorer Robert Peary, who tries to find a route to the North Pole.
Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.
In a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students' lives are transformed when they are introduced to the sport of lacrosse.
In the 1930s, Agaguk lives his traditional Inuit life. But one day, there is a murder in the tribe and Agaguk becomes a suspect. Soon he becomes persecuted by Henderson, a mean mountie, and he must flee through the cold winter of Northern Quebec.
In 2032 an eight-year old boy, displaced by global warming, fends for himself as an environmental refugee in a hostile northern metropolis. Haunted by memories of flooding that left him homeless and orphaned, the boy forms an unexpected friendship with an Inuk ice carver who helps him confront his past.
Ulivia explores what is accessible via the Internet in relation to Inuktitut. A complex language with several dialects which varies from one generation to the next. Inuktitut is threatened by dominant languages. Are there solutions so that these technologies are allies and not enemies?
In a small town in the Canadian Arctic, Ippik, a young Inuit woman, suffers in an abusive relationship. She starts to heal when she connects with other victims of violence and finds her voice.
“Those Who Come, Will Hear” proposes a unique meeting with the speakers of several indigenous and inuit languages of Quebec – all threatened with extinction. The film starts with the discovery of these unsung tongues through listening to the daily life of those who still speak them today. Buttressed by an exploration and creation of archives, the film allows us to better understand the musicality of these languages and reveals the cultural and human importance of these venerable oral traditions by nourishing a collective reflection on the consequences of their disappearance.
Un eschimese vive nel suo ambiente naturale, tra i ghiacci eterni del circolo polare artico. Anche in quelle lande desolate arriva però la cosiddetta "civiltà", con la sua tecnologia, i suoi ritmi e il suo inquinamento. Il vecchio uomo del Nord è destinato a soccombere.
In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving.
With "sealfies" and social media, a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit is wading into the world of activism, using humour and reason to confront aggressive animal rights vitriol and defend their traditional hunting practices. Director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins her fellow Inuit activists as they challenge outdated perceptions of Inuit and present themselves to the world as a modern people in dire need of a sustainable economy.
Charlie Halliday con il suo bimotore trasporta merci sulla rotta artica, grandi terre desolate e selvagge abitate da piccole comunità di pescatori Inuit. Durante uno dei suoi viaggi conosce Kanaalaq una giovane ragazza che ha bisogno di essere trasportata nel più vicino ospedale. Sulla strada del ritorno il motore dell'aereo ha un guasto e sono costretti ad un atterraggio di emergenza. I soccorsi non riescono a localizzarli e i due dovranno lottare per la propria vita. Kanaalaq insegnerà a Charlie i segreti della sopravvivenza in quelle terre così inospitali.
Inuit oral history is filled with strange beings and supernatural creatures. One of these feared land spirits is the Ogress of the Gravelbank. This cruel being was known to lure children into her lair and trap them there. All that perish in that cave remain there as spirits and animated corpses. This short vignette introduces viewers to this malevolent spirit who is unknown to all but the people of the far north.
In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii with tuberculosis leaves his northern home and family to go recuperate at a sanatorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones, unable to speak French and faced with a completely alien world, he becomes despondent. When he refuses to eat and expresses a wish to die, his nurse, Carole, comes to the realization that Tivii's illness is not the most serious threat to his well-being. She arranges to have a young orphan, Kaki, transferred to the institution. The boy is also sick, but has experience with both worlds and speaks both languages. By sharing his culture with Kaki and opening it up to others, Tivii rediscovers his pride and energy. Ultimately he also rediscovers hope through a plan to adopt Kaki, bring him home and make him part of his family
Due attori dilettanti lasciano Parigi per un villaggio remoto della Groenlandia, s'immergono nell'antica cultura inuit e instaurano legami inaspettati.