John Hodgins

 About IsumaTV

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DIAMA preserves irreplaceable Inuit and Aboriginal media archives at risk of being lost. IsumaTV cleans, reformats, digitizes and uploads priceless audio-visual materials collected since the 1970s.… Uqalimakkanirit

These urls are direct links to 1080p h264 files for Isuma Productions. They can be copied (right-click and select "Copy Link Location") and pasted and emailed directly to authorized clients. These urls are specially encoded and stop working after 24 hours from the time you loaded this page.… Uqalimakkanirit

IsumaTV is a collaborative multimedia platform for indigenous filmmakers and media organizations. Each user can design their own space, or channel, to reflect their own identity, mandate and audience.

 About IsumaTV

 About IsumaTV

IsumaTV is a collaborative multimedia platform for indigenous filmmakers and media organizations. Each user can design their own space, or channel, to reflect their own identity, mandate and audience.

 About IsumaTV

IsumaTV is a collaborative multimedia platform for indigenous filmmakers and media organizations. Each user can design their own space, or channel, to reflect their own identity, mandate and audience.

In the seven part series, Hunting with my Ancestors, Zacharias Kunuk retraces the hunting traditions of his ancestors in a modern context. He follows Inuit elders leading the hunts for whale, walrus, seal, fish, caribou and polar bear. We hear them recount stories of the past, share the pain of forced relocations, and teach a younger generation how to hunt.… Uqalimakkanirit

The Fast Runner Trilogy

About the film

Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change had its world premiere October 23, 2010, at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto. The complete film also streamed online simultaneously watched by more than 1500 viewers around the world. Following the film, a Q&A with filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk and Dr.… Uqalimakkanirit

Welcome to a new curated monthly screening series of Indigenous produced, Indigenous language films. Every first weekend of the month tune in to stream for 72hours for $10.00 CAD. Purchase your ticket below. Films only available to stream in the Canadian territory.

ᑭᖑᓪᓖᑦ ᐅᖄᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᓕᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ 1900-ᐄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᕐᖄᕕᓂᖏᓐᓂ 30-ᓂ. ᐊᑦᓯᔭᐅᒪᔪᕕᓃᑦ `ᑭᖑᕚᖑᓕᕐᑐᑦ` ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐹᐅᓐᓂᕋᒥᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᕐᔪᐊᓂ ᓵᑦᓯᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᑦᔨᐅᖏᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖑᒻᒥᔪᒥᒃ ᐊᓯᑦᔨᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓐᖏᑑᑉ ᖃᐅᔨᒻᒫᕆᔭᐅᑦᓱᓂᓗ ᓴᓂᐊᓐᓂᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᓕᓂᒻᒪᕆᐅᑦᓱᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᒐᓴᕐᔪᐊᓄᑦ ᑭᒍᕚᕇᕐᑎᑐᓄᑦ ᑌᑦᓱᒪᓐᖓᓂᐊᓗᒃ.… Uqalimakkanirit

NITV Community TV Channels on IsumaTV

Broadcasting Inuktut community programming online and through local cable TV channels in Nunavut communities.

Co-Director Zacharias Kunuk writes, “First day we all leave – five boats from Ham Bay. And right away the boat, that we later lost, started to have a motor problems. But at the end of the first day we were going through the straits with moving ice, but we all camped that first night near the cabin on the island. Next day was rain, so we just camped, all five boats.… Uqalimakkanirit

Silamit (Live) On the Air is a three-year CCA arts grant on new developments in live-internet remote webcasting. Director Zacharias Kunuk worked with live technology to produce live webcasts from
• traditional Inuit heritage sites
• the floe edge direct to Venice for the 2019 Venice Biennale … Uqalimakkanirit

About the Community

The community has four names Kuujjuarapik (small great river in Inuktitut), Whapmagoostui (place of the beluga in Cree), Poste-de-la-Baleine (in French), and Great Whale River (in English).

Three unique Inuit films expressing the dramatic history of one of the world’s oldest oral cultures from it’s own point of view.
“A masterpiece... The first national cinema of the 21st century.” – A.O. Scott, NY Times review of Atanarjuat The Fast Runner, 2002.

ᖃᖓᒃᑰᖓᓂ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ

ᖃᖓᒃᑰᖓᓂᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᓴᓇᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓯᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᐃᑦ,ᑎᒍᒥᐊᒐᐃᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᒐᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᑎᑦ, ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᑯᕝᕕᖓᓂ. ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᒐᙳᕐᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ. ᐱᔭᕇᕋᖓᑕ ᓴᕿᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᒐᐅᖠᕐᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᓇᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ!

What is Time Machine?

Time Machine is a project designed to make comic stories on the web using computers, iPods or any mobile device. Elders and youth can share stories and turn them into comics. When finished, a comic book is printed so everyone can share with friends, family, and people around the world!

qangakkuunganinga pijjutigillugu

qangakkuunganinga piliriangujuq sanajjutaujunnaqtuq inuit titiraujaqsimajukkut unuikkaarningit aturlugit qarasaujait, tigumiagait uvvallunnitt asingit tigumiagaujut pinngnuarutit, qarasaujakkut takkuvingani. innait ammal makkuktut unikkaaqattaqningit titiraujagangnguqtitaullutik.… Uqalimakkanirit

What is Time Machine?

Time Machine is a project designed to make comic stories on the web using computers, iPods or any mobile device. Elders and youth can share stories and turn them into comics. When finished, a comic book is printed so everyone can share with friends, family, and people around the world!

Tunnganariq Nunagijavut (Welcome to Where We Live Now) is a weekly, live cultural and current affairs series produced in-house by Uvagut TV with community partners throughout Inuit Nunangat.

On January 18, 2021  UVAGUT TV made Hisotry as Canada’s First Inuit-Language TV Channel

At 12:01 a.m. Monday, January 18, Nunavut Independent Television (NITV) launched Uvagut TV - Canada’s first all-Inuit Inuktut TV channel.

In 1985, Zacharias Kunuk broke the race barrier at Canada Council for the Arts when his Inuktitut-language video, From Inuk Point of View, was the first work by an Inuit or Aboriginal artist deemed eligible to apply for a professional artist’s grant. Kunuk was the video’s director; Norman Cohn cameraman; Paul Apak editor; and elder Pauloosie Qulitalik told the story.… Uqalimakkanirit

Based on oral histories and conversations with elders who grew up on the land, ᐅᐃᒃᓴᕆᖕᒋᑕᕋ Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) follows director Zacharias Kunuk’s cinematic tradition of critically acclaimed Inuktut-language historical drama pieces set in the distant past, like Atanarjuat The Fast Runner (2001) and Angakusjaujuaq: The Shaman’s Apprentic… Uqalimakkanirit

IsumaTV is a collaborative multimedia platform for indigenous filmmakers and media organizations. Each user can design their own space, or channel, to reflect their own identity, mandate and audience.

Tautuktavuk (2023) - a new feature film from co-directors Lucy Tulugarjuk and Carol Kunnuk.

Blurring the line between narrative and non-fiction, Uyarak and her eldest sister Saqpinak, embark on a difficult healing journey after a traumatic event that reminds them of the importance of community, culture, and family.

Uvagut TV (meaning “Our” TV) is Canada’s first 24/7 Inuktut television channel. Uvagut TV broadcasts children’s shows, movies, documentaries, cultural and current affairs programming in Inuktut to communities across the north and throughout the country.