Labrador: Autopsy of Silence () is a Canadian crime thriller film, directed by Rodrigue Jean and released in 2026.Olga Artemyeva, "Tribeca 2026 Review: LABRADOR - AUTOPSY OF SILENCE Examines Love, Loss, and Grief in a Quiet, but Heartbreaking Manner". Screen Anarchy, June 19, 2026. The film stars Christopher Angatookalook as Alupa Tulugak, an Inuk mechanic working on a cargo ship supplying remote communities in Labrador, who becomes a murder suspect after his lover Alex (Alexandre Landry), the ship's cook, turns up dead.Nikki Baughan, "‘Labrador - Autopsy Of Silence’ review: Slow-burn Tribeca winner is emotionally-rich Canadian character study". Screen Daily, June 18, 2026.
The cast also includes Gabrielle Poulin as Michelle, the ship's captain who has also pressured Alex into a sexual relationship, as well as Arsaniq Deer and Jassinth Thiagarajah in supporting roles.
Distribution The film premiered at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival.Andrew Tracy, "Three Canadian features to world premiere at Tribeca". Playback, April 17, 2026.
Critical response Olga Artemyeva of Screen Anarchy compared the film to Anatomy of a Fall, writing that "Silence becomes one of the film’s most crucial aesthetic tools, as it isn’t merely something that is kept to possibly conceal the truth. It's a vault to hold together all of the things that simply cannot be put into words. Just like with the sea or the vast landscapes of ice and snow, captured in a mesmerizing way by Mathieu Laverdière’s camera, there is always a sense of something bigger and more complex behind Alupa’s reserved presence."
For Screen Daily, Nikki Baughan wrote that "In keeping with its central characters, this claustrophobic pressure-cooker tension never reaches fever-pitch but is kept simmering by Laverdiere’s evocative cinematography, which contrasts the desolate, industrial external landscape, wrought in cold blues and greys, with the warm intimacy between Alex and Alupa. Alex’s small cabin becomes a cosy enclave, a tiny space where they can truly be themselves; that it is also the scene of the murder is particularly distressing. While Radwan Ghazi Moumneh’s yearning, barely-there score adds a subtle layer of emotional texture, the soundscape largely relies on heightened ambient sounds – the creaking of the boat, the howling of a blizzard, the snap of the ice beneath the hull – to underscore the film’s haunting atmosphere."
Awards Award Year Category Recipient Result Ref Tribeca Film Festival 2026 Best International Narrative Feature Rodrigue Jean Jill Goldsmith, "Tribeca Festival 2026 Winners: ‘Cotton Fever’, ‘Labrador – Autopsy Of Silence’, ‘Jail Time Records’ Take Top Awards". Deadline Hollywood, June 11, 2026. Best Performance in an International Narrative Feature Christopher Angatookalook Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature Mathieu Laverdière
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