Nyla Innuksuk

Directing

Nyla Innuksuk

Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Nyla Innuksuk is a genre writer and director. She co-created the character of Snowguard, a teenage superhero for Marvel comics, and recently directed her first feature slash/back. She is excitedly developing her next projects, and will be presenting an interactive 360 horror film at the 2022 Venice Biennale.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Kajutaijuq poster
NR

An Inuit hunter camped out in the Arctic wilderness discovers that it is not just the extreme elements that threaten his survival.

Kajutaijuq

2015

Kajutaijuq poster
NR

An Inuit hunter camped out in the Arctic wilderness discovers that it is not just the extreme elements that threaten his survival.

Kajutaijuq

2015

Slash/Back poster
6.4

In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.

Slash/Back

2022

Slash/Back poster
6.4

In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.

Slash/Back

2022

Slash/Back poster
6.4

In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.

Slash/Back

2022

Breaths poster
NR

In this evocative short documentary, Inuk singer-songwriter and humanitarian Susan Aglukark weaves together stories of artistry, family, and belonging as she explores the complex cultural shifts of the last 50 years of Inuit life. Turning her lens on the turbulence of colonial transition, director Nyla Innuksuk examines the forces that shaped Aglukark's voice and how that voice is now being translated for a new generation of Inuit artists.

Breaths

2016

Breaths poster
NR

In this evocative short documentary, Inuk singer-songwriter and humanitarian Susan Aglukark weaves together stories of artistry, family, and belonging as she explores the complex cultural shifts of the last 50 years of Inuit life. Turning her lens on the turbulence of colonial transition, director Nyla Innuksuk examines the forces that shaped Aglukark's voice and how that voice is now being translated for a new generation of Inuit artists.

Breaths

2016

No artwork available
NR

Yura Ivalu is an ambitious Inuk multimedia artist who spirals out of control when an estranged childhood friend, Sesi Ilupaalik, forces Yura to confront the trauma she’s built her career on and the identity she built as an avenue to escape.

In the Heart of the South

2026

No artwork available
NR

Yura Ivalu is an ambitious Inuk multimedia artist who spirals out of control when an estranged childhood friend, Sesi Ilupaalik, forces Yura to confront the trauma she’s built her career on and the identity she built as an avenue to escape.

In the Heart of the South

2026

Stories from Our Land 1.5: Inngiruti: The Thing That Sings! poster
NR

This short documentary filmed in Pangnirtung features 2 elders reminiscing about the dances held in their community 50 years ago. One of the elders is master accordion player Simeonie Keenainak, and soon he's making toe-tapping music with his instrument. In this celebration of the pleasures of music and dance, Keenainak plays for the enjoyment of friends, family, and the community at large.

Stories from Our Land 1.5: Inngiruti: The Thing That Sings!

2012

Stories from Our Land Vol. 2: Finding Home poster
NR

This short film chronicles filmmaker Nyla Innuksuk's emotional journey to Nunavut to connect with the land of her ancestors and with her Inuk father, whom she has not seen in over 20 years. Nyla's return to her Igloolik birthplace culminates with a lesson on lighting a qulliq, the traditional Inuit oil lamp.

Stories from Our Land Vol. 2: Finding Home

2015

Stories from Our Land Vol. 2: Finding Home poster
NR

This short film chronicles filmmaker Nyla Innuksuk's emotional journey to Nunavut to connect with the land of her ancestors and with her Inuk father, whom she has not seen in over 20 years. Nyla's return to her Igloolik birthplace culminates with a lesson on lighting a qulliq, the traditional Inuit oil lamp.

Stories from Our Land Vol. 2: Finding Home

2015