The Nunavut International Film Festival celebrates Canadian, Greenlandic, and Circumpolar films. The goal of the festival is to foster collaboration and connection amongst Inuit filmmakers and creators in Canada and internationally and to support Inuit language, culture, and stories. The festival is held in the territory's capital Iqaluit and screens submissions of children's films, short films, documentaries, animation, feature-length films, and music videos from filmmakers across Nunavut and arctic communities.

Please note: If the $10.00 submission fee poses a barrier, please contact Holly at admin@nbes.ca. Qujannamiik!

1. All films should be in Inuktut or have Inuktut subtitles. Films in other languages will be considered case-by-case, and we encourage all to submit.
2. Films should include Northern, Inuit, or Indigenous stories and themes.
3. If your project is selected please send any related press materials, including an electronic press kit, and photos to admin@nbes.ca.
4. All genres of films will be accepted.
5. Films must be submitted via a participating submission platform (FilmFreeway), email at admin@nbes.ca, or through digital submissions as secure Dropbox/Vimeo/Youtube links.
6. Films that have been submitted to NIFF in previous years are eligible to be resubmitted.
7. Films must be the original work of the applicants. If a film is based on another person’s life or on a book or other underlying work, the applicant(s) must secure any necessary rights to make such adaptations. However, it is not required to submit the adaptation rights agreements to the Festival. By entering the competition, you represent that you have secured all necessary rights.
8. Applicants are solely responsible for obtaining all necessary rights and permissions for third-party materials included in their films, including but not limited to music, trademarks, logos, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights. NIFF expressly disclaims all liability or responsibility for any violations of the foregoing.

Please note: If the $10.00 submission fee poses a barrier, please contact Holly at admin@nbes.ca. Qujannamiik!

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  • Isuma Distribution International

    It is a real pleasure working with the Aulajut Nunavut Film Festival, and their small and dedicated team! It's so important to have festivals like this in the Arctic, and to have opportunities for filmmakers to share their work with northern audiences that don't have many opportunities to see Independent cinema from Canada and around the world. We really appreciate their focus on films from Indigenous directors from Nunavut and other parts of the Circumpolar north. Would highly recommend!

    April 2026
  • What an honor to have had my film The Arrangement selected! I hope you all enjoyed a bit of my southwestern Navajo cinema! Hope to see you all again soon!

    January 2026
  • steve chappell

    Though I was not able to attend in person, I really enjoyed my experience with this festival! The communication was great, and the show of enthusiasm for films and filmmakers great, and from what I could tell exploring the venue on-line, GREAT!! And, I absolutely LOVE knowing that a little town waaaaaaaay up north can through a cool film festival like this one… New York, LA, eat your hearts out!!! 😆🤘

    May 2025
  • I was so happy to have our short film, CROSS, included in the 2025 edition of Aulajut! The communication was excellent and it felt so nice to know our film would be seen in Nunavut! I hope to attend the festival some day 🙏

    April 2025
  • Well, we got selected, but then....hear nothing back!

    April 2025