Qipisa
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35m
Short documentary 35 minutes., Nunavut, Canada 2016
Available Light Film Festival (Whitehorse, Canada 2016)
Présence Autochtone (Montréal 2016) - MAIN FILM PRIZE
Festival de Cinéma de la ville de Québec FCVQ (Québec, Canada 2016)
Festival DreamSpeakers (Canada 2016) - PRIZE FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival (Canada 2016)
Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois RCVQ (Québec 2017)
Vancouver International Women's Film Festival (Canada 2017)
Festival International du film ethnographique du Québec (Québec 2017)
Festival International du film Insulaire de Groix (France 2017)
The director goes back to her roots in Pangnirtung, amongst her family and community. It leads her to another journey: to Qipisa, the outpost camp from where they were uprooted.
Myna lives in Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut, Inuit territory of Canadian Great North. Wishing to know more about her roots, Myna leaves everything behind to settle in Pangnirtung with her family. But Myna is gradually faced with another quest: the one to remember her own origins. Because Myna grew up on the other side of the Cumberland Sound, before the depart without return.
DIRECTED by Myna Ishulutak
WRITTEN by Myna Ishulutak and Aïda MT
IMAGE Aïda MT
EDITING Aïda MT
SOUND DESIGN Martin Allard
MIX Bruno Bélanger
MUSIC Tommy Tremblay
PRODUCED by Myna Ishulutak and Aïda MT
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