Inuk
Inuit (singular: Inuk) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Russia, including Greenland, Labr ...
Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actress. A founding partner in Arnait Video Productions, a women's filmmaking collective based in
Igloolik
Igloolik ( Inuktitut syllabics: , ''Iglulik'', ) is an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, northern Canada. Because its location on Igloolik Island is close to Melville Peninsula, it is often mistakenly thought to be o ...
,
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the Nunavut Land Claims Agr ...
, she is most noted for her work on the film ''
Before Tomorrow
''Before Tomorrow'' () is a 2008 Canadian drama film, directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu. The film is an adaptation of the novel ''Før Morgendagen'' by Danish writer Jørn Riel. It was the third film released by Igloolik ...
(Le jour avant le lendemain)'', for which she received
Genie Award
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Best Original Song
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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("Pamani") at the
30th Genie Awards
The 30th Genie Awards were presented on April 12, 2010 to honour films released in 2009.Uvanga'' and ''
Tia and Piujuq
''Tia and Piujuq'' () is a Canadian family drama film, directed by Lucy Tulugarjuk and released in 2018.
The film stars Tia Bshara as Tia, a young girl who has moved with her family to Montreal as refugees from the Syrian civil war; struggling ...
'', a costume designer for ''
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
''The Journals of Knud Rasmussen'' is a 2006 Canadian-Danish film directed by Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn (film producer), Norman Cohn. The film is about the pressures on traditional Inuit shamanistic beliefs as documented by Knud Rasmussen dur ...
'' and '' Searchers'', an art director on ''Uvanga'' and ''Searchers'', and co-director of the documentary films ''Anaana'' and '' Sol''.
She has published two children's books, ''Fishing with Grandma'' (2015) and ''The Pencil'' (2018), in collaboration with Maren Vsetula and illustrator Charlene Chua, and has performed as a storyteller on the children's television series '' Anaana's Tent'' and in Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory's theatrical show ''Kiviuq Returns''.Carly Maga, "Kiviuq Returns: This myth is a hit". ''
Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands (Torstar), Daily News Brands division.
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