Paul Apak Angilirq

Zacharias Kunuk

Igloolik, Autumn 1945. In which Akkitiq wakes up and sees that it's a lovely day for a seal hunt.

IFFR 2002

Our Land - Episode 5 (Home), 

Zacharias Kunuk focus

Our Land - Episode 5 (Home)

Autumn 1945. People talk about the danger of the coming world war.

Our Land - Episode 4 (Ice Blocks), 

Our Land - Episode 4 (Ice Blocks)

Igloolik, Summer 1946. In the distance we hear the sound of the atookatookatook 1/4, the first petrol engine in Igloolik.

Our Land - Episode 9 (Walrus), 

Our Land - Episode 9 (Walrus)

In August 1996, Inuit hunters from across the Arctic gathered to catch the first legal bowhead whale in more than forty years. This film traces the history of the bowhead in the Arctic up to the first legal hunt in 1996.

Bowhead!, 

Bowhead!

Two dog teams search the Spring ice, men and boys hunt day and night. There are seals everywhere.

Our Land - Episode 6 (Stalking), 

Our Land - Episode 6 (Stalking)

In which five families build a stone house to prepare for the coming winter.

Our Land - Episode 3 (Stone House), 

Our Land - Episode 3 (Stone House)

Young seals: a spring delicacy, praised for their soft fur and tender meat.

Our Land - Episode 7 (Seal Pups), 

Our Land - Episode 7 (Seal Pups)

In which the Inuit share fresh caribou delicacies and tell stories.

Our Land - Episode 2 (Avaja), 

Our Land - Episode 2 (Avaja)

Igloolik, Summer 1946. After the walrus hunt, everyone is happy. There will be enough to eat for a long time.

Our Land - Episode 10 (Qaisut), 

Our Land - Episode 10 (Qaisut)

Kunuk drags the viewer along into a world where time fades, past and present flow into one. The construction of a communal igloo, dancing, music-making, telling stories and minor family ups and downs.

Gathering Place, 

Gathering Place

The tea simmers on the seal lamps, children play on the beds with caribou skins. Grandmother tells stories of the old times.

Our Land - Episode 12 (Harpoon), 

Our Land - Episode 12 (Harpoon)

Episode I: In which Inuaraq teaches his youngest son the traditional way to survive.

Our Land - Episode 1 (Dog Team), 

Our Land - Episode 1 (Dog Team)

Igloolik, Spring 1946. In which Inuaraq throws bones in the river to skewer fish.

Our Land - Episode 8 (Fish Swimming Back and Forth), 

Our Land - Episode 8 (Fish Swimming Back and Forth)

Autumn comes early and the weather is getting colder. Lakes are frozen and the sea ice gets thicker every day.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Paul Apak Angilirq

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