Natar Ungalaaq

Nacimiento : 1959-01-01,

Películas

Slash/Back
Fisherman
En una remota comunidad ártica, un grupo de chicas inuit luchan contra una invasión alienígena, mientras intentan llegar a la fiesta más genial de la ciudad.
Los Grizzlies
Pete
La juventud inuit de una pequeña comunidad del Ártico, con una de las tasas de suicidio más altas de Norteamérica, verá sus vidas transformadas a través del deporte del lacrosse.
Iqaluit
Noah
Travelling to the Arctic for the first time, Carmen arrives in Iqaluit to tend to her husband, Gilles, a construction worker who has been seriously injured. Trying to get to the bottom of what happened, she strikes up a friendship with Noah, Gilles' Inuk friend, and realizes they share a similar story. Together, Carmen and Noah head out on the Frobisher Bay - she, looking for answers to her questions; he, trying to stop his son from committing what can't be undone.
Maïna
Tadlo
Maïna is the daughter of the Innu leader Mishtenapuu, who attends a bloody confrontation between his clan and the clan of "Men of the Land of Ice." Following this confrontation, Maïna chooses a mission that will change her life. To fulfill the promise that she has made to her friend Matsii on her deathbed, she embarked on the trail of their enemies to deliver Nipki, a 11 year old boy that the Inuit have captured. But she was also taken as prisoner by Natak, the leader of the Inuit group, and forcibly taken to the Land of Ice.
La leyenda de Sarila
Ukpik (voice)
La vida no es fácil en la tundra ártica. Pero cuando los animales de la zona comienzan súbitamente a desaparecer, dejando a los depredadores sin nada que cazar y a los humanos de la comunidad del joven Markussi muriendo de hambre, la cosa ya no puede ir a peor, así que este decide que han de tomarse medidas drásticas. Desafiando al shaman del clan, Kiliq, Markussi establece una expedición en compañía de sus amigos Putulik y Apik (y su adorable lemming Kimi) para buscar la ciudad legendaria de Sarila, de la que se promete una enorme riqueza en pescados y frutas. Perseguidos por el enfadado shaman y enfrentándose a numerosos peligros, el grupo de aventureros debe restablecer el orden natural del medio ambiente para poder salvar a su pueblo.
The Necessities of Life
Tiivii
In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii with tuberculosis leaves his northern home and family to go recuperate at a sanatorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones, unable to speak French and faced with a completely alien world, he becomes despondent. When he refuses to eat and expresses a wish to die, his nurse, Carole, comes to the realization that Tivii's illness is not the most serious threat to his well-being. She arranges to have a young orphan, Kaki, transferred to the institution. The boy is also sick, but has experience with both worlds and speaks both languages. By sharing his culture with Kaki and opening it up to others, Tivii rediscovers his pride and energy. Ultimately he also rediscovers hope through a plan to adopt Kaki, bring him home and make him part of his family
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Nuqallaq
Based on the journal of Knud Rasmussen's "Great Sled Journey" of 1922 across arctic Canada. The film is shot from the perspective of the Inuit, showing their traditional beliefs and lifestyle. It tells the story of the last great Inuit shaman and his beautiful and headstrong daughter; the shaman must decide whether to accept the Christian religion that is converting the Inuit across Greenland.
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Self (archive footage)
This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable filmmakers.
Atanarjuat, la leyenda del hombre veloz
Atanarjuat
Basada en una leyenda milenaria de un pueblo indígena canadiense, narra la historia de una maldición provocada por un diabólico chamán. Los malos espíritus provocaron un conflicto entre dos familias que saltó generación tras generación. Hablada en lenguaje Inuktitut, lengua indígena de algunas tribus indias del norte de Canadá, obtuvo excelentes críticas por parte de todos los medios norteamericanos, sin excepción.
Kabloonak
Mukpullu
In 1922 the first documentary in the genre sense came on the big screen, "Nanook of the North" (1922). Kabloonak is the story of the making of this movie for which the story was partially staged by his director 'Robert Flaherty'.
Fish Traps
Production Assistant
As summer ends near Igloolik in the 1930's, three families build a saputi to trap fish going upriver for the winter. The days are getting shorter and young people daydream, while waiting for fish to come. But nature is not always predictable.... [Third Isuma recreated fiction, 1993.]
Sikiitu
Casey
Ali, a teenage Inuit hip hop fan, lives in Ivujivik, a small Arctic village where nothing interests him. All of his problems seem to materialize in his father's old snowmobile, constantly breaking down. His only way out ? The famous Rich E. Murdoch, Ali’s favorite rapper.