About
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
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
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
Director: Zacharias Kunuk
Producers: Zacharias Kunuk, Paul Apak Angilirq, Norman Cohn, Germaine YG Wong
Writer: 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
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
SCREENINGS & TELEVISION:
Official Selection - Un Certain Regard -Winner Camera d'or (54th Cannes International Film Festival, May 2001)
Complete listings at the Atanarjuat companion Website
RELATED LINKS
Press Kit / / Film Stills
Companion website
Lesson Plans on Sila Inuit Educational
Atanarjuat on IMDB
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DISTRIBUTOR INFORMATION
Isuma Distribution International c/o VTape, wandav@vtape.org, +1.416.351.1317 fax-1509; info@isuma.ca, +1.514.486.0707 fax-9851.
