Carol Kunnuk

Saqpinaq Carol Kunnuk is an Inuk actress and filmmaker from Canada,[1] noted for her work with both the Arnait Video Productions and Isuma studios.[2]

She had acting roles in the films The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, Waterproof (Issaittuq) and Uvanga,[1] and was interviewed in the 2015 documentary film Igloolik, a Real Tale.

As a filmmaker she was an assistant director on Knud Rasmussen and Before Tomorrow,[3] before releasing her debut documentary film Queen of the Quest in 2010.

In 2017 she and Zacharias Kunuk co-directed the mid-length documentary film Bowhead Whale Hunting with My Ancestors,[4] which won the award for Best Indigenous Language Production at the 2017 ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival.[5] In 2019 she directed the short documentary film Ataguttaaluk: A Life to Live For.[6]

In November 2021 her short documentary film Being Prepared, which centred on how her home community of Igloolik coped with the COVID-19 pandemic, was broadcast by Uvagut TV.[7]

Tautuktavuk (What We See), a film co-directed by and co-starring Kunnuk and Lucy Tulugarjuk, premiered in the Discovery program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival,[8] and won the Amplify Voices Award for Best First Film.[9]

References
  1. Sarah Rogers, "Igloolik’s Arnait video group to premiere its next feature film in Iqaluit". Nunatsiaq News, April 15, 2014.
  2. Sonia Gunderson, "Arnait Video Productions: Women Telling Their Own Stories". Inuit Art Quarterly, June 20, 2023.
  3. Chris Knight, "Think back -waaay back; Movie preparation involved recreating long-ago customs". National Post, March 27, 2009.
  4. Pat Mullen, "Review: ‘Bowhead Whale Hunting with My Ancestors’". Point of View, October 18, 2017.
  5. Regan Reid, "Belcourt, Jackson’s Indictment wins at imagineNATIVE". Playback, October 23, 2017.
  6. Gary Pearson, "A Story in Three Parts". Border Crossings, May 2022.
  7. "Nunavut filmmaker documents life in lockdown in her Igloolik home". CBC North, November 15, 2021.
  8. John Hazelton, "TIFF Discovery and Midnight Madness line-ups revealed". Screen Daily, August 3, 2022.
  9. Christian Zilko, "American Fiction’ Wins People’s Choice Award at 2023 TIFF (Complete Winners List)". IndieWire, September 17, 2023.


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