The Shaman's Apprentice / Angakuksajaujuq / Šamankina vajenka

Zacharias Kunuk (Kingulliit Productions, Canada Taqqut Productions)
2021, CAN, 20'50''

A young shaman must face her first test - a trip underground to visit Kannaaluk, The One Below holding the answers to why a community member has become ill. Facing dark spirits and physical challenges, she must trust her mentor's teachings and learn to control her fear.

Mlada šamanka je pred svojim prvim preizkusom – obiskom podzemnega Kannaaluka, Tistega spodaj, ki ve, zakaj je član njene skupnosti zbolel. Ko se spoprijema s temnimi duhovi in fizičnimi izzivi, se mora naučiti zaupati naukom svoje mentorice in obvladati svoj strah.

Recommended for children under 14 years old: Yes
Technique: Puppet film
Language: Inuktitut version English subtitles

Direction: Zacharias Kunuk
Production: Neil Christopher, Zacharias Kunuk, Nadia Mike, Jonathan Frantz
Distribution: ISUMA (Jonathan Frantz)
Artistic direction: Nikki Woolsey
Script: Zacharias Kunuk, Jonathan Frantz
Storyboard: Leslie Pulsifer, Lisa Wang
Music: Beatrice Deer
Sound: Michael Carlucci
Voice: Madeline Ivalu, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Jacky Qrunnut

Zacharias Kunuk

Zacharias Kunuk, OC, ON, is a filmmaker, sculptor and visual artist based in Iglulik (Igloolik), NU. Kunuk has redefined filmmaking in Canada and is at the forefront of innovative broadcast technology in the North. He is perhaps best known for his debut feature film Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) (2001), the first Canadian feature film produced entirely in Inuktitut. The groundbreaking film won six Genie Awards and was ranked the number one Canadian film of all time in a 2015 poll conducted by the Toronto International Film Festival. He is a co-founder of Isuma Productions, the first independent Inuit-led film production company in Canada. In 2019, Kunuk and Isuma Productions represented Canada at the 58th Venice Biennale with their film One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019).

(source: www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Zacharias-Kunuk)