Aarluk

Synopsis: Building a canoe solely from the materials that the forest provides may become a lost art, even among the Indians whose traditional craft it is. In this film, César Newashish, a sixty-seven-year-old Attikamek Indian of the Manowan Reserve north of Montreal, builds a canoe in the old way, using only birch bark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum.

Synopsis: Sur la terre de Baffin, pendant le court été arctique, les Inuit profitent des quatre mois d'ensoleillement continuel pour faire leurs provisions en vue du long hiver à venir. Dans la région de Pont Inlet dans l'île d'Alukseevee, les Inuit Tununermiut chassent le phoque ainsi que le narval et le béluga. Nous rencontrons la famille d'un chasseur nommé Idlouk au camp.… Uqalimakkanirit

Synopsis: Alanis Obomsawin was born during a solar eclipse: an event that foreshadowed her destiny as a storyteller. Katerina Cizek's portrait of this extraordinary artist, layered with animation, music and image, beautifully recalls Alanis Obomsawin's work.

Only available in English/Version anglaise seulement.

Filmmaker: Katerina Cizek

Producer: Gerry Flahive

Synopsis: The Hudson's Bay Company's 300th anniversary celebration was no occasion for joy among the people whose lives were tied to the trading stores. This film, narrated by George Manuel, president of the National Indian brotherhood, presents the view of spokesmen for Canadian Indian and Métis groups.… Uqalimakkanirit

Synopsis: Moses Koihok talks about the parts of a naulaqtuut.  A traditional fish spear design of Inuinnait.

Filmmaker: Darren Keith, Senior Researcher, Kitikmeot Heritage Society

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Year of Production: 2008

Distributor Information: Kitikmeot Heritage Society, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut www.kitikmeotheritage.ca

Country: Canada

Synopsis: Steve Anavilok talks about the fishing weir that used to be in the river at Harvaqtuuq in Ilu Inlet (Tariunnuaq) during the Cambridge Bay Fish Spear Workshop, April 2009.  Steve was interviewed by Martha Angulalik.

Filmmaker: Darren Keith, Senior Researcher, Kitikmeot Heritage Society

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Synopsis: Moses Koihok talks about the parts and the uses of the nauligaut - one of five different fish spears made during the Cambridge Bay Fish Spear Workshop held in April 2009 at the shop in Killinik High School.

Filmmaker: Darren Keith, Senior Researcher, Kitikmeot Heritage Society

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Year of Production: 2009

Synopsis: Roy Inuktalik sings song about using the bow and arrow at the Kitikmeot Heritage Society's 2006 Bow Building Workshop in Kugluktuk, Nunavut.

Filmmaker: Darren Keith, Senior Researcher, Kitikmeot Heritage Society with Emily Angulalik.

Contact:  www.kitikmeotheritage.ca   heritage@qiniq.com

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Year of Production: 2006

Synopsis: Inuit in Nain learn about using health statistics and receive encouragement from their leaders, President Jim Lyall and First Minister Tony Anderson. This ground-breaking project in knowledge translation will lprovide the evidence for decision making. Visit www.naasautit.ca for more details.

Filmmaker: Tom Axtell

Contact: 613-851-5300

3900 Picures has produced the first international feature film from Greenland. The film is titled "Nuummioq" and was shot during the summer of 2008 in Nuuk and surrounding fjords. The film premiered in Katuaq Culture Center in Nuuk the 1st of november 2009 and is selected in World competition catagory at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Utah.

Check out this amazing silent film called "Speaking out on climate change". In the tradition of Buster Keaton-style black and white slapstick comedy, this piece by Pangnirtung's Julie Alivaktuk brilliantly pokes fun at the very serious issue of climate change and how it affects Arctic ecosystems and Inuit people.