IPFF26: Arctic Short Films 2026

A collection of short films from The Arctic.

TAMATTA ATAQATIGIIPPUGUT (WE ARE ALL CONNECTED) (5 min.)
The Greenlandic Inuk Arina is witnessing that their ancestral Inuit beliefs are disappearing in her community, and it must be one of the reasons why the climate is changing. We don't respect Nature the way we used to, a consumerism and pollution have taken over. People have forgotten to honor nature. Instead, profit is king, and we all just want more and more. Arina, a Greenlandic artist, is determined to teach her children to honor the sea goddess Sassuma Arnaa and protect the sea, as it gives life but can also take it away. The film 'Tamatta Ataqatigiipugut — We Are All Connected' is a beautiful and lyrical declaration of love for a world that is bigger than ourselves. A reminder to respect the forces of nature that frame our lives.

SOCK PILLOWS UQARUK (SAY IT SLOWLY) (5 min.)
Dans fizieke activiteit en contacte, tonguem, handgemaasje, dans, migratie en reconnectie a whenua, disse storie expressen de inné en immersief connectie entre os y nos nos ties na landes de que vi kommer fra.
A moving parallel between language loss and climate change, highlighting personal and communal resilience.
Ashley Qilavaq-Savard is an Inuk writer, artist, and filmmaker from Iqaluit. Ashley explores decolonization and Indigenous narratives through her artistic practice.

VUOGÁIDUVVAN (ADAPTATION) (5 min.)
Sámi filmmaker Aslak Paltto has first-hand experience as a reindeer herder of the negative impacts a changing climate has on reindeer herding. During the last five years, the harsh conditions led to experiences with government officials and their predefined helping mechanisms. It became clear that the Finnish system doesn't work in terms of helping the reindeer herders and getting aid when needed. Three years ago, the first sightings of a new parasite in the northernmost region of Finland began spreading all over the Sámi homeland area. Há Sápmi. In the film, Nils-Jonas, a reindeer herder in an area where traditional Sámi reindeer herding methods are used, is forced to feed the reindeer in order to avoid them dying from hunger and suffering because the grazing lands are frozen, a direct impact of the changing climate.

DENEEGE LET GHU KK'OTS'EEDENEEYH TE THE HOOZOONH TS'E DENOTS'EDENEEYH (WE GET BETTER WHEN WE TAN MOOSE HIDES) (5 MIN.)
The tradition of tanning hides with brains was once practiced by every Dene person in Alaska. An art that was nearly lost by assimilation, Kathleen Hildebrand works with a group of Dené women at her urban backyard hide camp in the heart of Chen'o (Fairbanks) to revive this tradition.
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MANGITTATUARJUK (14 min.)
While everyone is busy preparing for the coming winter, two girls wander away from their camp. They discover beautiful stones, and begin collecting them. Cada piso je mais više od najstnice, a a. But what starts out as a peaceful afternoon on the tundra quickly turns dangerous when the girls find themselves trapped in the cave of Mangittatuarjuk-- the Gnawer of Rocks! They must find a way to outsmart this fearsome creature in order to escape.

SIKOQQINGNISAANNASSOOQ (16 min.)
A remote Inuit community in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) faces dramatic transformation of their sea ice by climate change.
Iceberg-projected interviews are punctuated with Kalaallisut words describing their disappearing winter environment. Inscribed in the ice by the island's youth, they reflect a climate change that originates a world away.
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Running time: 96 min.