Women of the Arnait Video Collective reenact a traditional women's activity: the use of the qulliq. The qulliq is the seal oil lamp and stove of the old days, the only source of light and warmth. The women tell the story in words and songs as they install the qulliq in their igloo.
Interview with Marie-Helene Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu from First Voices Indigenous Radio talking about Before Tomorrow the feature film made by Arnait Video Productions and igloolik isuma Productions's 3rd feature film and part of The Fast Runner Trilogy.
Synopsis: Surfacing The Thames was an experimental film by experimental filmmaker David Rimmer. He was my first 16mm film teacher at SFU 1983, and I appreciated his work and support as a young film student of that decade. He took a strip of film and rephotographed it numerous times to create the lengthen work that it is today.… Uqalimakkanirit
Synopsis:Be Smile tells the stories of two Inuit men living an urban life in the aftermath of Canada's long history of attempts to unmake an ancient aboriginal culture.… Uqalimakkanirit
International Sami Film Centre is a centre for Sami film productions located in Kautokeino, Norway. We support sami filmmakers and co-produce sami films for education and training and we also collect traditional sami knowledge through the film medium.… Uqalimakkanirit
Synopsis: In 1840, two isolated Inuit families reunite in celebration after many years of separation. These tribes have never met any white people, although rumours circulate about them. When Ninioq, an old woman, her best friend, Kuutujuuk, and her grandson, Maniq leave camp to dry fish on a remote island a strange illness attacks the camp.… Uqalimakkanirit
This film documents the teamwork behind the feature "Before Tomorrow" produced by Igloolik Isuma Productions with Arnait Video Collective. Portraits of the art director and the co-directors of the film.
The Making of Before Tomorrow. By Carol Kunuk and Arnait Video Productions, 2008. Inuktitut and English sub-titles.
Danish writer Jorn Riel, author of For Morgendagen, the book that inspired the filmmakers of Before Tomorrow, is interviewed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau, co-director of the film. He talks about his experience in Greenland and his love and respect for the old Inuit women he met as a young adventurer in the Arctic. This interview took place on his farm in Sweden, in 2005.
