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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Sep 4—Sep 5, 2023
    Part of
  • BAM Film 2023
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  • Intimate Epics
Directed by Zacharias Kunuk
With Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq

Winner of the Caméra d’Or for best debut feature at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner is the first Canadian feature film narrative written, produced, directed, and acted by Inuit filmmakers. This pulse-pounding, awe-inspiring action drama unfolds in ancient Igloolik, where a life-altering struggle ensues between human and supernatural forces. Bringing a centuries-old Inuit oral legend to the big screen, director Zacharias Kunuk chronicles the conflict of Atanarjuat, whose polygamous marriage earns him the ire of his camp’s leader and sets off an epic saga of betrayal and brutality.

UPCOMING Screenings

      RUNNING TIME

      161min

      VENUE

      Peter Jay Sharp Building
      BAM Rose Cinemas

      FORMAT

      DCP

      LANGUAGE

      In Inuktitut with English subtitles

      TICKET INFORMATION

      General Admission: $16
      Members: $8

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