One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk | |
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Directed by | Zacharias Kunuk |
Written by | Zacharias Kunuk Norman Cohn |
Produced by | Zacharias Kunuk |
Starring | Apayata Kotierk Kim Bodnia Benjamin Kunuk |
Cinematography | Norman Cohn Jonathan Frantz |
Edited by | Norman Cohn Jonathan Frantz |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
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]
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk | |
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Directed by | Zacharias Kunuk |
Written by | Zacharias Kunuk Norman Cohn |
Produced by | Zacharias Kunuk |
Starring | Apayata Kotierk Kim Bodnia Benjamin Kunuk |
Cinematography | Norman Cohn Jonathan Frantz |
Edited by | Norman Cohn Jonathan Frantz |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
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]