Igloolik filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk’s latest feature, “Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband)”, is up for four Canadian Screen Awards this weekend, including Best Motion Picture. Kunuk, pictured here in his Igloolik studio in 2023, is also nominated for Achievement in Direction. (File photo by Madalyn Howitt)
Nunavut and Nunavik based productions are up for several honours at this year’s Canadian Screen Awards. Nominations were announced March 25 in a news release from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
Baker Lake dancers Mary Ikuutaq, left, and David Kalluk perform to the song “Waves” by Dutch rapper Mr. Probz during the Outside Looking In showcase in downtown Toronto Friday night. Teenagers from Baker Lake and Tasiujaq joined dozens of other Indigenous youth from Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan for performances last week. (Photo courtesy of Cindy Young)