16:00

Broken Promises. The High Artic Relocation

directed by Patricia V. Tassinari, English version, 1995, 52 min.

Inuit and Québec Cinema Program

In the summer of 1953, the Canadian government relocated seven Inuit families from Northern Québec to the High Arctic. They were promised an abundance of game and fish - in short, a better life. The government assured the Inuit that if things didn't work out, they could return home after two years. Two years later, another 35 people joined them. It would be thirty years before any of them saw their ancestral lands again.

17:00

Atanarjuat. The Fast Runner

directed by Zacharias Kunuk, original Inuktitut version with Icelandic subtitles, 2000, 172 min.

Inuit Cinema Program

In an Inuit village, two brothers emerge to challenge the evil order: Amaqjuaq, the Strong One, and Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner. Atanarjuat wins the hand of the lovely Atuat away from the boastful son of the camp leader, Oki, who vows to get even. Oki ambushes the brothers in their sleep, killing Amaqjuaq, as Atanarjuat miraculously escapes running naked over the spring sea ice. But can he ever escape the cycle of vengeance left behind? Atanarjuat. The Fast Runner received the Golden Camera Prize for first-time directors at the Cannes Film Festival.