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    Zacharias Kunuk OC ONu (Inuktitut: แ“ดแ–…แ‘ฒแ“•แŠแ“ฏ แ‘ฏแ“„แ’ƒ, born November 27, 1957) is a Canadian Inuk producer and director most notable for his film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, the first Canadian dramatic feature film produced entirely in Inuktitut. He is the president and co-founder with Paul Qulitalik, Paul Apak โ€ฆ See more

    Zacharias Kunuk was born in Kapuivik on Baffin Island in Canada. In 1966 he attended school in Igloolik. There he carved and sold soapstone sculptures to afford movie โ€ฆ See more

    โ€ข Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice (2021) See more

    His second film, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, is a co-production with Denmark in which he is a co-writer and co-director with Norman โ€ฆ See more

    Feature films and television:
    โ€ข Nunavut: Our Land (1995) โ€” director and writer of television series
    โ€ข Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) โ€ฆ See more

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  2. Zacharias Kunuk on Carrying the Tradition of Inuit โ€ฆ

    WEBNov 23, 2021 · Set in Kivitoo on northern Baffin Island, the film explores the Inuit belief that illness is related to breaking a rule, such as disrespecting a person or animal. โ€œI first heard the story from an elder โ€ฆ

  3. Zacharias Kunuk | IAQ Profiles | Inuit Art Foundation

  4. WEBAug 26, 2021 · In the 1980s, an Inuit elder told filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk a story about a young woman who was learning shamanism from her grandmother. Three years ago, the acclaimed Nunavut filmmaker began โ€ฆ

  5. Zacharias Kunukโ€™s life, from a sod house to the Cannes Film Festival

  6. WEBDec 21, 2023 · In 1981, Zacharias Kunuk bought his first video camera. He brought it to his hometown of Igloolik in Nunavut, and hasnโ€™t stopped making movies since.His best...

  7. WEBOctober 31, 2016. Photo via IsumaTV. For the first 30 minutes of Searchers, a new film co-directed by Zacharias Kunuk and Natar Ungalaaq, the camera lovingly documents scenes of domesticity....