One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

2019 Canadian film
  • May 11, 2019 (2019-05-11) (Venice)
Running time
111 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk is a Canadian drama film, directed by Zacharias Kunuk and released in 2019.[1] The film dramatizes the true story of Noah Piugattuk (Apayata Kotierk), an Inuk hunter, over the day in 1961 when he was fatefully approached by a Canadian government agent (Kim Bodnia) who encouraged him to give up the traditional Inuit lifestyle and assimilate into a conventionally modern settlement.[2]

The film premiered on May 11, 2019 at the Canadian pavilion in the 58th Venice Biennale.[3] It received its Canadian premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]

At the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival, the film received the cash award for Best Canadian Film.[5] In December 2019, the film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Inuit artists featured in Canadian pavilion for 1st time at Venice Art Biennale". CBC News, May 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "Kunuk's new film works as a sad, insightful preservation project". The Globe and Mail, May 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "Zacharias Kunuk Speaks on Isuma’s Venice Biennale Project". Canadian Art, May 8, 2019.
  4. ^ Barry Hertz, "TIFF 2019: Toronto festival’s Canadian lineup a mix of familiar faces, exciting rookies and a starring role for David Cronenberg". The Globe and Mail, July 31, 2019.
  5. ^ Derek Neary, "Kunuk’s latest effort earns ‘Best Canadian Film’ in Vancouver". Northern News Services, October 6, 2019.
  6. ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada's top 10 films of 2019". Now, December 11, 2019.
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Films directed by Zacharias Kunuk
  • Nunavut: Our Land (1994)
  • Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
  • The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006)
  • Sirmilik (2011)
  • Searchers (2016)
  • Kivitoo: What They Thought of Us (2018)
  • One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019)
  • Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice (2021)
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