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Tia and Piujuq

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Inuktitut
English
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Summer moves slowly for Tia, a 10-year-old Syrian girl who has recently moved to Montreal with her parents, as she struggles to make new friends. When she finds a magic portal that transports her to the arctic tundra, she befriends Piujuq, an Inuk girl of her age, and they immerse themselves in a world of Inuit myth and magic.

Tia BSHARA as Tia
Nuvvija TULUGARJUK as Piujuq
Eiman ALJABER as Amani
Ghaiss GHARIBET as Samir
Madeline IVALU as Ananatia
Jacky QRUNNUT as Jacky

Director: Lucy TULUGARJUK

Screenplay: Samuel COHN-COUSINEAU, Marie-Hélène COUSINEAU, Lucy TULUGARJUK Producer: 
Marie-Hélène COUSINEAU

Directors of Photography: Edith LABBÉ, Jonathan FRANTZ

Production Design: Mélanie MCNICOLL, Susan AVINGAQ

Editing: Jeremiah HAYES

Executive Producers: Madeline IVALU, Susan AVINGAQ

Music: Chris COLEMAN, Celina KALLUK

Illustrations: Germaine ARNAKTAUYOK

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