Atanarjuat The Fast Runner (SD)

First Inuit feature (2001) in The Fast Runner Trilogy. Stream film or Download Trilogy (pay-what-you-can) in SD, 720p or full 1080p HD.  More about this film  /  Atanarjuat Website

Inuit epic set in ancient Igloolik, Atanarjuat The Fast Runner is a life-threatening struggle of love, jealousy, murder and revenge between powerful natural and supernatural characters, Canada's first feature film written, produced, directed, and acted by Inuit. 2001 Camera d'or, Cannes Film Festival; Best Picture, 2002 Genie Awards; #1 Canadian Film of the Decade, Macleans, CTV.

A film by Zacharias Kunuk, Paul Apak, Norman Cohn and Pauloosie Qulitalik

YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2001
DURATION: 172 minutes
GENRE: Drama based on historical legend
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Igloolik Isuma Productions
LANGUAGE: Inuktitut with English, French s-t

Country: Canada
Region: Igloolik; Nunavut, Canadian Arctic

Reviews

“A masterpiece.... The first national cinema of the 21st century”

A.O. Scott, NY Times

“Mysterious, bawdy, emotionally intense, and replete with virtuoso throat singing, this three-hour movie is engrossing from first image to last, so devoid of stereotype and cosmic in its vision it could suggest the rebirth of cinema.”

Jim Hoberman, Village Voice

“Nothing less than a complete revelation and reinvention of cinematic form…. a definite ‘must-see’.”

Katherine Monk, Vancouver Sun

"An astonishing epic film"

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“Un film d'une singulière beauté”

Jean-Michel Frodon, Le Monde

“A milestone...a fascinating cultural document”

Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail

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Website: atanarjuat.com

Production Information

DIRECTOR(S): Zacharias Kunuk

PRODUCER(S): Zacharias Kunuk, Paul Apak Angilirq, Norman Cohn, Germaine YG Wong

WRITER(S): Paul Apak Angilirq

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Norman Cohn

SOUND RECORDIST: Richard Lavoie

EDITOR(S): Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn, Marie-Christine Sarda

ORIGINAL MUSIC: Chris Crilly

COSTUMES: Michelline Ammaq, Atuat Akkitiq

PRINCIPAL CAST: Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Madeline Ivalu, Paulossie Qulitalik, Eugene Ipkarnak

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Sally Bochner

SCREENINGS & TELEVISION:

Official Selection - Un Certain Regard -Winner Camera d'or (54th Cannes International Film Festival, May 2001)

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Distributor Information:

Isuma Distribution International c/o VTape, wandav [at] vtape [dot] org, +1.416.351.1317 fax-1509; info [at] isuma [dot] ca, +1.514.486.0707 fax-9851.