Indigenous filmmaker (Inuit). OTT. NFB's special programs:.Aboriginal Filmmaking Program. Agency - English program:.Documentary Program - East (Montreal). Versions:.In Inuktitut with English sub-titles. Agency:.Produced by Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, and with the participation of Telefilm Canada, the Canadian Television Fund, Channel 24 Igloolik, Vision TV, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network and the Government of Canada Tax Credit, and additional assistance from the Government of the Northwest Territories, the Baffin Business Development Centre, the Kakivak Association, the Canada Council, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., First Air and the CBC.

Writer, Paul Apak Angilirq ; director, Zacharias Kunuk ; photography, Norman Cohn ; editor, Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn, Marie-Christine Sarda ; design, James Ungalaaq ; original music, Chris Crilly ; producer, Paul Apak Angilirq, Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk ; executive producer, Sally Bochner ; producer, Germaine Ying Gee Wong ; story consultant, Anne Frank ; song, Emile Immaroitok, Abraham Ulayuruluk ; camera, Norman Cohn ; sound recordist, Richard Lavoie ; makeup, Therese Ipkarnak ; special effects services, Walter Klassen ; sound effects editor, Don Ayer ; foley artist, Andy Malcolm, Goro Koyama ; re-recording mixer, Serge Boivin, Jean Paul Vialard ; music recordist, Eric Lemoyne.

Cast, Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Madeline Ivalu, Pauloosie Qulitalik, Eugene Ipkarnak, Pakak Innuksuk, Neeve Irngaut, Abraham Ulayuruluk, Apayata Kotierk, Mary Qulitalik, Luke Taqqaugaq, Alex Uttak, Eric Nutarariaq, Stephen Qrunnut, Pipily Akkitirq, Mary Angutautuk, Charlie Qulitalik, Atuat Akkitirq, Catherine Alaralak, Susan Kublu, Samueli Ammaq, Micheline Ammaq, Lucien Ukkalianuk, Therese Ukkalianuk, Felix Alaralak, Elizabeth Nutarakittuq, Jenny Irngaut, Rita Ijjiraq, Andrew Uyarasuk, Cindy Paniaq, Lou Paula Kunuk, Maggie Ukkalianuk, Arsene Ivalu, Racheal Uyarasuk, Catherine Arnatsiaq, Reena Qulitalik, Bernice Ivalu, Mark Alaralak, Isa Akkitirq, Laurent Arnatsiaq, Isa Ammaq, Cora Akkitirq, Steven Akkitirq, Wilma Ammaq, Daniel Akkitirq, Hayley-June Ammaq, Colleen Ulayuruluk, Tarcisius Taqqaugaq, Raymond Taqqaugaq.

Recorded 2000.

This adaptation of an ancient Inuit legend was filmed in Inuktitut and directed by Inuit filmmakers - making Atanarjuat the first feature film of its kind! Set in Igloolik, in Nunavut, this is "a powerful drama, not a documentary," reminds the director Kunuk. "It demystifies the exotic, otherwordly aboriginal stereotype by telling a universal story." The clothes, spears, kayaks, sunglasses and dwellings were all painstakingly researched. "We show how our ancestors dressed, how they handled their dog teams, how they argued and laughed.. confronted evil and fought back." Many enthusiastic viewers have compared this epic story to The Iliad. In the words of one movie critic, "If Homer had been given a video camera, this is what he would have done!" In Inuktitut, with English subtitles.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Caméra d'or- Un Certain Regard, 2001

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).