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One Duck Down

Filmed on the tundra of the Canadian Arctic, place and personal histories are explored through memories embedded in the land.

Director
Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2025

Language

English

Film Contact
18+
5 min
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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 headshot

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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