Contemporary Inuit Filmmakers (Ages 12-14)
This playlist showcases the extraordinary talents of Inuit filmmakers. The films weave together traditional Inuit customs, cultures, and histories through powerful storytelling. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.
This playlist showcases the extraordinary talents of Inuit filmmakers. The films weave together traditional Inuit customs, cultures, and histories through powerful storytelling.
Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.
Playlist
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Angry InukAlethea Arnaquq-Baril 2016 1 h 22 minIn her award-winning documentary, director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit as they campaign to challenge long-established perceptions of seal hunting. Armed with social media and their own sense of humour and justice, this group is bringing its own voice into the conversation and presenting themselves to the world as a modern people in dire need of a sustainable economy.
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Three ThousandAsinnajaq 2017 14 min
In this short film, Inuk artist Asinnajaq plunges us into a sublime imaginary universe—14 minutes of luminescent, archive-inspired cinema that recast the present, past and future of her people in a radiant new light.
Diving into the NFB’s vast archive, she parses the complicated cinematic representation of the Inuit, harvesting fleeting truths and fortuitous accidents from a range of sources—newsreels, propaganda, ethnographic docs, and work by Indigenous filmmakers. Embedding historic footage into original animation, she conjures up a vision of hope and beautiful possibility. -
Evan's DrumOssie Michelin 2021 14 min
In Evan’s Drum, an adventurous young boy and his determined mother share a passion for Labrador Inuit drum dancing.
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Being PreparedCarol Kunnuk 2021 9 min
As the global pandemic reaches into the Arctic Archipelago, Inuk filmmaker Carol Kunnuk documents how unfamiliar new protocols affect her family and community. Her vividly specific soundtrack juxtaposes snippets from local radio broadcasts, issuing health advisories in both Inuktitut and English, with the sweet sounds of children at play. A richly detailed and tender account of disruption and adjustment.
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ShamanEcho Henoche 2017 5 min
This animated short tells the story of a ferocious polar bear turned to stone by an Inuk shaman. The tale is based on emerging filmmaker Echo Henoche's favourite legend, as told to her by her grandfather in her home community of Nain, Nunatsiavut, on Labrador's North Coast. Hand-drawn and painted by Henoche in a style all her own, Shaman is the first collaboration between the Labrador artist and the NFB.
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Nalujuk NightJennie Williams 2021 13 min
Run as fast as you can, the Nalujuit are here! Filmmaker Jennie Williams brings us the story of an exhilarating and sometimes terrifying Nunatsiavut tradition in Nalujuk Night .
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Arctic SongGermaine Arnattaujuq , Neil Christopher , … 2021 6 min
Arctic Song is a short film of Inuit creation stories expressed through song and animation, based on the original artwork of Inuit artist, storyteller and co-director Germaine Arnattaujuq (Arnaktauyok).
