Madeline Ivalu
2021
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Zacharias Kunuk
Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu
Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch each other until one was unconscious, made love on the way to the caribou hunt, ate walrus meat and lit their igloos with seal-oil lamps.
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Tia and Piujuq
Lucy Tulugarjuk
Tia Bshara, Nuvvija Tulugarjuk
Tia, a 10 year-old Syrian refugee living in Montreal, finds a magic portal and travels to the Arctic where she befriends an Inuk girl with who she immerses herself in a world of Inuit myth and magic.
Tia and Piujuq
Le jour avant le lendemain
Madeline Ivalu, Marie-Hélène Cousineau
Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Madeline Ivalu
Two isolated families meet for a summertime celebration. Food is abundant and the future seems bright, but Ningiuq, a wise old woman, sees her world as fragile and moves through it with a pervasive sense of dread. Ningiuq and her grandson Maniq are dropped off on a remote island, where, every year, the family dries the catch and stores it for winter. The task is soon finished. As summer turns to fall, they wait in vain for the others to pick them up. Written by Anonymous (IMDb.com)
Before Tomorrow
Restless River
Madeline Ivalu, Marie-Hélène Cousineau
Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, Etua Snowball
Surprised at the loss of her innocence, the young Inuk Elsa draws courage and strength from her rugged land to become a woman as independent as the restless river that cuts across it. She becomes the very young mother of a child whose surprising destiny breaks with the millennial traditions of her ancestors. Navigating the social norms of the colonizers and the reality of her own family situation, the dreariness of a relationship that is not right for her, and the rebellion of her teenage son, Elsa’s path follows the winding course of the indomitable river that accompanies her every turn in life.
Restless River
