Filmed on the tundra of the Canadian Arctic, place and personal histories are explored through memories embedded in the land.
Canada
2025
English
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Credits & Director
Producer
Lindsay Aksarniq McIntyre
Screenwriter
Lindsay Aksarniq McIntyre
Cinematography
Lindsay Aksarniq McIntyre
Editor
Lindsay Aksarniq McIntyre
Original Music
Bret Parenteau
Lindsay Aksarniq McIntyre
Lindsay McIntyre is an Inuk filmmaker whose works explore place-based knowledge, material practices, and personal histories. With over 40 experimental and documentary films to her name, as well as many festival awards, McIntyre recently leaped into narrative filmmaking with Nigiqtuq ᓂᒋᖅᑐᖅ (The South Wind; 2023), which garnered Best Short at imagineNATIVE. She is a fellow of Sundance, Forge Projects, Media City, and the COUSIN Collective, and teaches Film + Screen Arts at Emily Carr University. She is also the Executive Director of the Inuit Art Foundation and the Publisher of Inuit Art Quarterly.
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