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Nunavut Animation Lab Qalupalik (Inuktitut Version)
20105 min 34 secFilm: Animation
Co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada and Inuit Broadcasting Corporation in association with the Government of Nunavut, Nunavut Film Development Corporation, The Banff Centre, the National Screen Institute and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.
Deep
in the Arctic Ocean lives Qalupalik – a part-human sea monster that preys on
children who do not listen to their parents or elders. That is the fate of
Angutii, a young boy who refuses to help out in his family’s camp and who
plays by the shoreline... until one day Qalupalik seizes him and drags him
away. Angutii's father, a great hunter, must then embark on a lengthy kayak
journey to try and bring his son home.
Director
Ame Siqiniq Papatsie recounts this traditional tale using striking stop-motion
animation with leather cutouts.
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Subject categories
- Film and Video Arts > Animation
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > Traditional stories
- Indigenous Studies > Identity/Society
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Relationships
- Arts Education > Visual Arts
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Inuit & Arctic Peoples (in Canada)
- Intangible Culture & Literature > Traditional Stories & Storytelling