Indigenous circumpolar films take centre stage in Ottawa snow theatre
Snowscreen event features 7 films screened outdoors, hot chocolate and music
Indigenous films from the circumpolar North will be screened on a theatre made of snow for the Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa this weekend. (Photo courtesy of Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival)
Indigenous storytelling from the circumpolar North is set to be projected onto screens of snow and ice at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa this weekend as the Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival hosts its 10th annual outdoor Snowscreen event.
Unikkaatuarniq: Snowscreen runs Feb. 6 to 8, from 6 to 9 p.m. each night. Admission is free.
Unikkaatuarniq, which is the Inuktitut word for “storytelling,” highlights Indigenous films from northern regions in Canada and Greenland, and Sámi territories in northern Scandinavia.
The six short films that will be screened outdoors are:
- Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice (Zacharias Kunuk);
- Arctic Song (Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher & Louise Flaherty);
- Shaman (Echo Henoche);
- Nunavut Animation Lab: Lumaajuuq (Alethea Arnaquq-Baril);
- Three Thousand (Asinnajaq);
- Inkwo for When the Starving Return (Amanda Strong).
There is also an indoor screening of Zacharias Kunuk’s 2000 film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner scheduled for Sunday at Beandigen Cafe.
The film screening is being presented in partnership with the City of Ottawa, Tungasuvvingat Inuit, and the National Film Board of Canada, among others.
The nightly shows will be accompanied by post-screening DJ performances, hot drinks and warming stations.
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