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  • Qajaq

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    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.

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Hunting Tools

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    In the film, this set of hunting tools is made of intricately laced bone and sinew.

    The forked kakivak (fish spear) requires impeccable hand-eye coordination and timing.

    The unaaq (spear) can be used hunt a variety of animals, such as polar bear, seal, walrus, beluga, and narwhal.

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Caribou Goggles

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    Iggak (caribou goggles) are carved from the antlers of the animal. They were worn to protect the eyes from the harsh glare of sunlight reflected on the ice and snow in the Arctic.

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Props

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    The filmmakers assembled a group of talented local artisans to re-create the props used in Atanarjuat.

    They were led by head prop-maker and artistic director James Ungalaaq, an internationally renowned Inuit sculptor from Igloolik whose work is in numerous museum collections of Inuit art worldwide

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Raven Parka

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    This parka is worn by the original camp leader and shaman Kumaglak. His murder in the presence of the Evil Shaman, Tungajuaq, sparks the bloody feud between Atanarjuat and Oki's families. The raven feathers sewn on the skin of the parka indicate that the man wearing it is a shaman.

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Oki's Hood

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    This winter nasaq (hood) was worn by Oki in the film. Made of wolf fur, the hood has long tentacle-like strips encircling the neck, the effect of which is to make Oki look fiercer and meaner.

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • eider parka

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    This unusual parka is made of King Eider duck skin and covered in feathers. It was worn by Atanarjuat's arch-rival, Oki, during the attack on Atanarjuat's camp and subsequent chase across the sea ice. The parka floats in water!

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Amauti

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    The amauti (woman's parka) has a deep hood at the back in which babies and children are placed. In the film, this beautiful amauti was a gift to Atuat, Atanarjuat's first wife, during their emotional reunion after his return to Igloolik following a period of exile and recovery at the camp of the shaman Qulitalik.… Read more

    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • Costumes

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

    Under the dual direction of head seamstress and Igloolik elder, Atuat Akkitirq (nominated for a Genie Award in Achievement in Costume Design), and a group of highly-skilled local seamstresses created the magnificient clothing worn by the characters in the film.

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    uploaded date: 15-10-2009

  • 34m 52s

    Amazonia

    uploaded by: Artcirq

    channel: Artcirq

    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

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    uploaded date: 13-12-2007

  • 2m 44s

    Fibonacci laboratory

    uploaded by: Artcirq

    channel: 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

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    uploaded date: 11-12-2007

  • 45m 7s

    Issaittuq (Waterproof)

    uploaded by: Artcirq

    channel: Artcirq

    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.

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    uploaded date: 01-12-2007

  • 6m 34s

    Maana (Now)

    uploaded by: Artcirq

    channel: Our Lands

    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

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    uploaded date: 01-11-2007

  • 10m 41s

    Inuusivut

    uploaded by: Artcirq

    channel: 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

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    uploaded date: 01-11-2007

  • 46m 22s

    Unakuluk (Dear Little One)

    uploaded by: Marie-Hélène Cousineau

    channel: Arnait Video Productions

    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.

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    uploaded date: 24-10-2007

  • 4m 35s

    Short Skit of Artcirq

    uploaded by: Artcirq

    channel: Artcirq

    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

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    uploaded date: 22-10-2007

  • 53m 45s

    Anaana

    uploaded by: Marie-Hélène Cousineau

    channel: Arnait Video Productions

    A documentary from Arnait Video Productions (Women's Video Collective of Igloolik). Abandoned by her father, a White RCMP officer, Vivi Kunuk was adopted by the Inuk family of her mother who raised her as a boy. This is but one remarkable chapter in her life.

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    uploaded date: 21-10-2007