Reindeer Movies

A critical look at the human-nature relationship in the tundra.

This Norwegian documentary was released in other countries as Lapland Calendar. In Disneyesque fashion, the film details the day-to-day existence of...

Sami reindeer herders win a Supreme Court victory against Europe’s largest wind farm - but when the state refuses to act, their fight reveals a...

This Finnish documentary film directed, written, produced and shot by Markku Lehmuskallio is the first part of a documentary trilogy about the Nenets...

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan travels to the frozen north, deep inside the Arctic Circle, to meet the ancient Sami people and the animals they...

A light and informative film about the reindeers of east Iceland, their lives and lifestyle, and an inexperienced hunter goes on his first hunting...

Once a legend, hero, and leader of the pack, Rudoph now lives alone in a trailer on the outskirts of the North Pole. After watching a documentary...

Santa's bringing Christmas to the forest, but his elf just can't get into her work. What to do? All proceeds help support the Wild Life Unlimited...

Also known as Reindeer Time and Inheritance, this 9-minute short by Arne Sucksdorff documents the Sámi people’s autumn migration as they...

Like many St. Lawrence Island legends, this story is set in Siberia where Chukchi, the Reindeer People, live. Pelaasi, an elder from Gambell, speaks...

The Chukchi reindeer breeders are peculiar people. They are nomads. Reindeers are their welfare, the purport of life. The mother-reindeer is the main...

Standing in the heart of the girdnu (reindeer corral) surrounded by reindeer moving in a circular motion, the viewer will experience a sense of the...

A lyrical and haunting portrait of reindeer herding in the twilight expanses of the Lappish wilderness.

A captivating story of a quest to find shamans among a small band of nomadic, reindeer herders, known as the Dukha, who live in one of the most...

From the master of all things tactile, Director Conor Finnegan’s ‘Tiptoe & The Flying Machine’ tells the tale of a young blue...

Reindeers and Northern indigenous nations of Russia such as nenets, mansi and khanty are inextricably connected. Reindeer has earned the people's...

A BBC Four Slow Christmas treat follows Norway’s Sami reindeer herds as they migrate across the mountainous region of Finnmark, far north of...