07E Animated television programs and films

In 2009, Rachel Uyarasuk, elder of the Inuit community of Igloolik (Nunavut), evokes the ancestors whose name she received at birth. She explains how this transmission ensured their return among the world of the living.

A film by Christin Merlhiot

France, 2014, 11 minutes, animation

Inuktitut with English & French subtitles

Behind the scenes clips from the making of Angakusajaujuq The Shamans Apprentice, filmed at Stop Motion Department in Toronto, ON.

Footage courtesy of Stop Motion Department.

Asinnajaq draws her viewers into a sublime imaginary universe— using archival footage overlaid with a quilt of hand-drawn and CGI animation to recast the present, past and future of Inuit in a radiant new light.

BERRY PICKING
While making breakfast Kalla notices they are almost out of jam, so Ukaliq and Kalla decide to go berry picking for crowberries. Ukaliq learns that even though the berries are very tasty, if he eats as much as he picks, he won’t have any berries to make into jam.