The wearer of this necklace is shaman and camp leader. The first national cinema of the 21st century," A.O. Two brothers emerge from the evil order: Amaqjuaq, the Strong One, and Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner. Vi har åbent alle dage fra 11.00 til 20.00. Based on an ancient Inuit legend, Atanarjuat is an epic tale of love, betrayal and revenge. NFB Indigenous Cinema on Tour. Amelia Angilirq Oki ambushes the brothers in their sleep, killing Amaqjuaq, as Atanarjuat miraculously escapes running naked over the spring sea ice. Kuanana returns from a caribou hunt to discover his wife and daughter kidnapped, and the rest of his family slaughtered. Two brothers emerge from the evil order: Amaqjuaq, the Strong One, and Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner. Twenty years pass. Interviewed by Nancy Wachowich, currently professor at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. For Canadian theatrical bookings please contact Entretainment One. When she finds a magic portal that transports her to the arctic tundra, she befriends Piujuq, an Inuk girl of her age, and they immerse themselves in a world of Inuit myth and magic. Zacharias Kunuk (Director). Nunavut, circa 1913. : 70 13 12 11. Igloos, for instance, were crafted from real snow blocks - not styrofoam as in some Southern productions about life in the Arctic! Set in Igloolik, in Nunavut, this is “a powerful drama, not a documentary,” reminds the director Kunuk. Rasmussen hears and records Avva’s life story and that of his wife Orulu.… Read more, Anna is nervous when she and her 14 year old son, Tomas, arrive in the small, close-knit community of Igloolik in the Canadian Arctic. Older, Stronger, ... (The Fast Runner). But can he ever escape the cycle of vengeance left behind? Iggak (caribou goggles) are carved from the antlers of the animal. Box 223Igloolik, NunavutCANADAX0A 0L0+1.867.934.8809 / fax .8700Montréal:+1.514.486.0707 / fax .9851web: www.isuma.tv/isumaproductionsemail: info@isuma.ca, dedicated to At a seasonal fishing camp two families endure conflict between the nobleman Adiits’ii and his best friend Kwa.… Read more. Du kan også sende os en mail på support [at] nfbio.dk The beautiful Atuat (Ivalu) has been promised to the short-fused Oki (Arnatsiaq), the son of the tribe’s leader. Evil in the form of an unknown shaman divides a small community of Inuit, upsetting its balance and spirit. The creation of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is the central event in the history of Canadian cinema. Switch to Low-Speed, Available in:Argentina Australia Bolivia Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador France Germany Guatemala Honduras Ireland Italy Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico United Kingdom United States Uruguay Virgin Islands, US, Languages:InuktitutEnglishFrenchGermanItalianSpanish. His father's spirit helper, the loon Kallulik, sets him on course to overturn fate and reunite his family. Voted "Best Canadian Movie of All-Time" in 2015 by Canadian Film Critics and winner of the 2001 Cannes Film Festival Camera d'or, Atanarjuat The Fast Runner is the first feature film to be written, directed and acted entirely in the Inuktitut language. channel: Kingulliit The Next Generation Blog. Atanarjuat won 20 awards, including eight Genies and the Caméra d’Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. Montreal, PQ: National Film Board of Canada, 2000. Set in Igloolik, in Nunavut, this is “a powerful drama, not a documentary,” reminds the director Kunuk. “I am not surprised that The Fast Runner has been a box office hit in its opening engagements. Grand River Unitarian Indigenous Film Festival. Production CompanyIgloolik Isuma Productions Inc. Company contact informationP.O. Germaine Wong (NFB Producer). She becomes the very young mother of a child whose remarkable life breaks with the millennial traditions of her ancestors.… Read more, In April 1961, John Kennedy is America’s new President, the Cold War heats up in Berlin and nuclear bombers are deployed from bases in arctic Canada. The NFB has pioneered developments in social documentary, animation, documentary drama and direct cinema; and it has been a continuing initiator of new technology. Piers Handling, “The National Film Board of Canada 1939-1959, Michael Baker, “Dresden Story and the Emergence of the Talking Head in the NFB Documentary, You Are on Indian Land, Mike Mitchell, Mort Ransen, 1969. “like Homer with a video camera” Margaret Atwood, Globe and Mail. In Kapuivik, north Baffin Island, Noah Piugattuk’s nomadic Inuit band live and hunt by dog team as his ancestors did when he was born in 1900.… Read more, Haida Gwaii, 1800’s. 161 min., VHS, $99.95. It signifies authority and supernatural power, commanding respect and obedience from the rest of the camp's inhabitants. The sets for Atanarjuat were all authentic Inuit dwellings, made from traditional natural materials such as ice blocks, animal skins, rocks, sod, and snow. In the words of one movie critic, “If Homer had been given a video camera, this is what he would have done!”. This adaptation of an ancient Inuit legend was filmed in Inuktitut and directed by Inuit filmmakers – making Atanarjuat the first feature film of its kind! Surprised at the loss of her innocence, the young Inuk Elsa draws courage from her rugged land to become a woman as strong and independent as the restless river that cuts across it. Twenty years pass. Atanarjuat the Fast Runner (2000 | 2 h 41 min), by Zacharias Kunuk. Have high-speed internet? director: Zacharias KUNUKscreenplay: Paul APAK ANGILIRQphotography: Norman COHNediting: Zacharias KUNUK, Norman COHN, Marie-Christine SARDAmusic: Chris CRILLYart direction: James UNGALAAQcostumes: Micheline AMMAQ, Atuat AKKITIRQproducers: Paul APAK ANGILIRQ, Norman COHN, Zacharias KUNUKexec producer NFB: Sally BOCHNERproduce NFB: Germaine YING GEE WONGAtanarjuat: Natar UNGALAAQAtuat: Sylvia IVALUoki: Peter-Henry ARNATSIAQPuja: Lucy TULUGARJUKPanikpak: Madeline IVALUQulitalik: Pauloosie QULITALIKSauri: Eugene IPKARNAKAmaqjuaq: Pakkak INNUKSHUK. "Winner of the Caméra d'Or last year at Cannes and a burgeoning international sensation, Zacharias Kunuk's first feature - as well as the first feature to be made in the Inuktitut language- is an epic account of an Inuit blood feud, shot on DV in northernmost Canada.… Read more, Kuujjuaq, Nunavik 1940s. “It demystifies the exotic, otherwordly aboriginal stereotype by telling a universal story.” The clothes, spears, kayaks, sunglasses and dwellings were all painstakingly researched. It is unlike anything most audiences will have ever seen, and yet it tells a universal story.”— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, Paul Apak Angilirq, Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk, Germaine Ying Gee Wong, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu. Igloolik at the dawn of the first millennium, when nomadic Inuit were masters of the frozen arctic. This adaptation of an ancient Inuit legend was filmed in Inuktitut and directed by Inuit filmmakers – making Atanarjuat the first feature film of its kind! Switch to High-Speed, Videos load too SLOW? Summer moves slowly for Tia, a 10-year-old Syrian girl who has recently moved to Montreal with her parents, as she struggles to make new friends. Behind the scenes look as Zacharias Kunuk presents Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner to a world audience at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001. The great shaman, Avva, and his family are living on the land some distance from Iglulik, his home community that lately has taken up the teachings of Christian missionaries. Order Number: C0401 023. Interview with Zacharias Kunuk about working method on Atanarjuat The Fast Runner. Anna had a short-lived affair with Tomas’s Inuk father when she worked in Igloolik, but Tomas was born and raised in his mother’s native city of Montreal and never knew much about his origins.… Read more, Mixing scenes from past and present, My Father's Land looks at the meanings between Inuit history and modern mining in North Baffin Island; how new media is used to inform and consult Inuit leading up to July 2012 Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) Final Public Hearings on Baffinland's $6 billion Mary River proposal to build the world's largest iron mine on Inuit land between Igloolik and Pond … Read more. Zacharias Kunuk is from Nunavut. They were worn to protect the eyes from the harsh glare of sunlight reflected on the ice and snow in the Arctic. Paul Apak died in December 1998, before the film was completed. Explorer Knud Rasmussen pays Avva a visit, accompanied by two fellow Danes: trader Peter Freuchen and anthropologist Therkel Mathiassen. (1957-2000). However, she loves the good-natured Atanarjuat (Ungalaaq), a fast runner and excellent hunter. More information here. For educational and institutional screenings, please contact Vtape at distribution@vtape.org. The beautiful Atuat (Ivalu) has been promised to the short-fused Oki (Arnatsiaq), the son of the tribe’s leader. Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn and Paul Apak Angilirq (Producers for Igloolik Isuma Productions). Nordisk Film biografer kan kontaktes via vores support på tlf. 36 minutes. In the film, Atanarjuat paddles to shore in this qajaq (one-man canoe), toward his summer camp and his wife Atuat, who is now expecting their son. Evil in the form of an unknown shaman divides a small community of Inuit, upsetting its balance and spirit. Scott, NY Times. "Atanarjuat the Fast Runner" is the first-ever screenplay written in the Inuit language, Inuktitut -- and the first time's a charm. When Atanarjuat is forced to battle the jealous Oki for Atuat’s hand, the events that follow determine not only his fate, but that of his people. However, she loves the good-natured Atanarjuat (Ungalaaq), a fast runner and excellent hunter. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner was filmed and set in Nunavut. “We show how our ancestors dressed, how they handled their dog teams, how they argued and laughed.. confronted evil and fought back.”, Many enthusiastic viewers have compared this epic story to The Iliad. Based on an ancient Inuit legend, Atanarjuat is an epic tale of love, betrayal and revenge. Atanarjuat wins the hand of the lovely Atuat away from the boastful son of the camp leader, Oki, who vows to get even. National Canadian Film Day is brought to you by. By Isuma, 2000Feature Film – Igloolik at the dawn of the first millennium, when nomadic Inuit were masters of the frozen arctic. The Fast Runner, (2001) the first movie ever made by the Inuit—in their language, telling their story—is reviewed by Penn State professor Bill Kelly. For all international inquires please contact Isuma Distribution International at distribution@isuma.tv, Supported with marketing and promotion assistance provided by Telefilm Canada.

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