Igloolik Films
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Igloolik and Film
Igloolik has been used as a location in several films and documentaries including:- Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)
- The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
- Easter in Igloolik: Peter's Story
- Qaggiq (Gathering Place, 1988),
- Nunaqpa (Going Inland, 1990),
- Saputi (Fish Traps, 1993)
- Nunavut (Our Land, 1994-95) a 13 part dramatic TV series
Igloolik is home to Isuma Productions Inc. Isuma Productions was established in 1990 and is Canada's first Inuit independent production company.
Isuma's mission is to produce independent community-based media – films, TV and now Internet - to preserve and enhance Inuit culture and language; to create jobs and economic development in Igloolik and Nunavut; and to tell authentic Inuit stories to Inuit and non-Inuit audiences worldwide.
Atanarjuat- The Fast Runner
Atanarjuat- The Fast Runner
Atanarjuat- The Fast Runner
Atanarjuat- The Fast Runner
Isuma filmed the first Aboriginal-language Canadian feature movie, Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner). Atanarjat is based on an Igloolik legend of love, jealousy, murder and revenge.Atanarjuat won the Caméra d'or for Best First Feature Film at the 2001 Cannes International Film Festival, six Canadian Genies including Best Picture and 19 international festival awards overall. More than sixty international film critics named it one of the Ten Best Films of 2002.
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
In 2005 Isuma Productions released The Journals of Knud Rasmussen. The story is set in 1922 Igloolik, when Inuit changed from Shamanism to Christianity.