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The Living Stone
195832 min 31 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: John Feeney
Production: Tom Daly
Script: John Feeney
This film shows the inspiration, often related to belief in the supernatural, behind Inuit sculpture. The Inuit's approach to the work is to release the image the artist sees imprisoned in the rough stone. The film centres on an old legend about the carving of the image of a sea spirit to bring food to a hungry camp.
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Subject categories
- Visual Arts > Arctic RegionCarving and SculptureInuit Arts
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > Northwest Territories, Nunavut and YukonReligion and SpiritualityVisual Arts and Architecture
- Indigenous Studies > ArtsIdentity/Society
Credits
- director
- John Feeney
- script
- John Feeney
- editing
- John Feeney
- producer
- Tom Daly
- photography
- Patrick Carey
- Colin Low
- Wally Gentleman
- sound
- George Croll
- sound editing
- Stuart Baker
- narrator
- George Whalley
- music
- Maurice Blackburn
Awards
- Second Prize - Silver Cup of the Province of GenoaInternational Film Festival
- Special Prize - Cup of the Minister of Tourism and Entertainment "for the best selection among foreign countries"International Film Festival
- Award of Merit - Category: General InformationGenie Awards
- Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Graphic ArtsItinerant - American Film and Video Festival
- Blue Ribbon AwardItinerant - American Film and Video Festival
- Diploma of HonourInternational Film Festival
- Honourable MentionInternational Film Festival
- Honourable MentionAnnual Robert J. Flaherty Film Awards (City College Institute of Film Techniques)
- Award - Category: Best Canadian-made Short SubjectWinnipeg Film Council Annual Film Festival
- CIDALC Medal of HonourFestival of Tourist and Folklore Films
- MentionSODRE International Festival of Documentary and experimental Films
- Silver Cup for the most popular film of the festivalInternational Festival of Films on People and Countries
- Medal - Category: EthnologicalInternational Festival of Films on People and Countries
- Ergo Prize of the Presidency of the Republic (Sèvres vase)Festival international du film maritime et d'exploration