Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner is a 2001 Canadian epic film directed by Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk and produced by his company Isuma Igloolik Productions. It was the first feature film ever to be wri
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Filming took place in Igloolik, Nunavut.
The Cannes Film Festival in May 2001.
Nunavut
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Nunavut is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, which prov
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…on contemporary Inuit. After Isuma applied to Telefilm Canada in spring 1998 for financial support, plans were made to begin filming in Igloolik, Nunavut in April. The month was important because April is typically the only time of year in Northern Canada when camera equipment could film winter scenes…
Depiction of an Inuit settlement on Boothia Peninsula in the 1830s, during John Ross' second expedition to find the Northwest Passage
A ceremony commemorating the establishment of Nunavut, April 1999
An aerial photo of Nunavut near the Roes Welcome Sound on April 22, 2017
CHARS is one of several Arctic research stations in Nunavut.