Igloolik, NU, Canada

Three partners of Igloolik Isuma Productions interview themselves about the meaning of their work together. Shot sometime in the early 1990's, date unknown.

Why We Do This? Zach Kunuk, Qulitalik, Norman Cohn, 42:09, Inuktitut and English. Early 1990s.

Terry Uyarak and Guillaume Saladin, members of Artcirq, start a weekly TV program transmitted on Channel 5 in Igloolik, Nunavut and re-broadcast on IsumaTV for the worldwide audience.

Year of Production: 2009

Country: Canada

Region: Nunavut

A video of a lesson using the ‘Exploring Inuit Culture Curriculum’ of Isuma. Bringing Inuit culture into primary schools for the International Polar Year, the EICC is a multi-media unit for grades 4-6 about Inuit culture, the Arctic and Canada’s newest territory, Nunavut.… En savoir plus

Artcirq performance in Igloolik's High School gym. December 2005.

Year of Production: 2009

Country: Canada

This is the trailer of the film "Issaittuq". A story about a young Inuk who lost his love. Using alcohol, he is trying to put the reality and the past behind, but the past keeps hunting him. One day he looses control of himself and starts beating a man who's walking on a street beside his house.… En savoir plus

A trip to Pucalpa in the Peruvian Amazon

Year of Production: 2009

Distributor Information:

www.artcirq.org

Country: Canada

Region: Nunavut

Artcirq tells the story of how a group of young circus performers try to teach young Inuit to use circus to find more meaning in life and reject suicide.… En savoir plus

A youth oriented reflexion through video and interviews about the situation of 2 natives worlds, in 2 opposite geographic context, the Peruvian Amazonia and the Canadian high Arctic. Contrast and similitude...

Filmmaker: Guillaume Saladin

Filmmaker Contact:

www.artcirq.org

Producer's Name: artcirq

Artcirq (Igloolik), Les 7 Doigts de la main (Montreal), and Cirko de Mente (Mexico) working together for the first time in october 2007, Monterrey, Mexico.This is just the beginning... Follow "Fibonacci project 2008"

Filmmaker: Solomon Uyarasuk

Filmmaker Contact:

www.artcirq.org

This is a story about a young Inuk who lost his love. Using alcohol, he is trying to put the reality and the past behind, but the past keeps hunting him. One day he looses control of himself and starts beating a man who's walking on a street beside his house. Because of his violent act his been sentenced to go to an outpost camp for two months, a camp where a hunter is waiting for him.

A young Inuk, acknowledging the global warming and its impacts on his community, intends to reduce drastically the energy consumption of his village.

Filmmaker: Félix Pharand D.

Filmmaker Contact: www.artcirq.org /  www.globaia.org

Producer's Name: Guillaume Saladin / Artcirq

This is the first music video clip ever made in Igloolik, with the band "Eskiez", a very nice inspiration for all other musicians in town!! Other music video clips are on the way.

Filmmaker: Guillaume Saladin and Derek Aqqiaquq

Filmmaker Contact:

www.artcirq.org

Rooted in tradition, adoption is a reality that all Inuit families have experienced. In Inuit culture, adopting a child from a relative, friend or acquaintance is a common practice. Marie-Hélène Cousineau, the adoptive mother of Alexandre Apak, lived in Igloolik, a small island southwest of Baffin Island in the Arctic, for many years.

This video is part of a series of other documentaries around a youth Inuit group, Artcirq, who are trying to express their reality and identity in modern days.

Filmmaker: Natar Ungalaq

Filmmaker Contact:

Visit our website www.artcirq.org

Producer's Name: Natar Ungalaq

Rooted in tradition, adoption is a reality which all Inuit families have experienced. In Inuit culture, adopting a child from a relative, friend or acquaintance is extremely common. Marie-Hélène Cousineau, the adoptive mother of Alexandre Apak, lived in Igloolik, a small island southwest of Baffin Island in the Arctic, for many years.

Rose Ukkumaluk, an Igloolik elder, relates the tale of Attagutaaluk, a woman who survived a starvation and lived to become an honoured resident of Igloolik.

Filmmaker: Arnait Ikkagurtigitt Collective

Filmmaker Contact: Visit our website www.arnaitvideo.ca or www.isuma.ca

Producer's Name: Arnait Ikkagurtigitt Collective